The relationship between the First World War and neurology: 100 years of "Shell Shock"

Pedroso, Jose Luiz, Linden, Stefanie C, Barsottini, Orlando G, Maranhao Filho, Pericles and Lees, Andrew J ORCID: 0000-0002-2476-4385 (2017) The relationship between the First World War and neurology: 100 years of "Shell Shock". ARQUIVOS DE NEURO-PSIQUIATRIA, 75 (5). pp. 317-319.

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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0004-282x20170046

Abstract

The First World War was a global war, beginning on 28 July 1914, until 11 November 1918. Soon after the beginning of the war, there was an "epidemic" of neurological conversion symptoms. Soldiers on both sides started to present in large numbers with neurological symptoms, such as dizziness, tremor, paraplegia, tinnitus, amnesia, weakness, headache and mutism of psychosomatic origin. This condition was known as shell shock, or "war neurosis". Because medically unexplained symptoms remain a major challenge, and considering the close relationship of symptoms described in shell shock with clinical neurology, we should study their history in order to improve future care.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	publicationstatus: published
Uncontrolled Keywords:	First World War, shell shock, combat disorders
Depositing User:	Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited:	14 Feb 2019 11:58
Last Modified:	19 Jan 2023 01:03
DOI:	10.1590/0004-282X20170046
Open Access URL:	http://www.scielo.br/pdf/anp/v75n5/0004-282X-anp-7...
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URI:	https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3032849