A Descriptive Study of Fifty Vietnam Era Veterans Seeking Psychiatric Services at the Veterans Administration Hospital Outpatient Clinic, New York, 1967
Abstract
War is social disorganization in its most violent form. It not only disorganizes international relations, it also demoralizes individuals. However, different times produce different types of warfare. World War II progressed to what became popularly known as a "total war". The American soldier fighting in this war went into battle knowing his entire country was backing him. He knew that the civilians left at home were working long hours in mammoth bomber plants, giant shipyards and heavy war industries so that the soldier in the field could have the best equipment as was humanly possible to produce. Both the civilians at home and the members of the Armed Forces were of one mind in their determination to achieve the unconditional surrender of the enemy in the shortest time possible. When the soldier of World War II broke down, it was generally from "battle fatigue". Battle fatigue in the sense that the individual was left in combat beyond his psychic endurance. This soldier was pushed beyond his psychological limits to perdure.
Subject Area
Social work|Military studies|Mental health|Clinical psychology
Recommended Citation
Repke, Edward J, "A Descriptive Study of Fifty Vietnam Era Veterans Seeking Psychiatric Services at the Veterans Administration Hospital Outpatient Clinic, New York, 1967" (1968). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI30359875.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI30359875
