Appendix B to unknown document. Diagram of casualty evacuation from the front to a hospital ship.
Incomplete document. Report for quarter ending 31 December 1944.
Origins and work in the Middle East Psychiatric Service.
Statistics, analysis, and personnel details regarding Royal Air Force, Royal Navy, British Army, Dominion, Colonial, and other psychiatric cases treated by British forces in the Mediterranean, plus information on hospitals.
Minutes from a meeting of psychological specialists to discuss the current status of psychological casualties in the army including those suffering from psychoneurosis and mental deficiency. Also notes on how men with psychological problems should be invalidated from re-enlistment. Those present include Lt-Col. Davies, Lt-Col. Hadfield, Major Ross; Majors Barbour, Bennet, Browne, Hargreaves, Pearce, Rodger and Wilson.
Report on the basics of morale, its importance during wartime, the importance of leadership in making or breaking morale, its treatment and how it can lead to the diagnosis of psychological disorders.
Two quarterly reports from the 11 Corps Psychiatric team from the period January 1945 to June 1945. Reports on the status of the team, the number if admissions and evacuations of psychiatric casualties, average daily admissions per month and clinical notes if there are any.
A collection of documents from June to August 1940. Includes correspondence on the important of psychological tests in recruitment, "Notes for 'Specialists in Psychological Medicine' to the Army August 1940" , "Memorandum. Psychoneurosis in the Army - September 1939 - June 1940" , a list of psychiatric units, notes on medical arrangements of psychological casualties. Plus appendices "Mental Diseases" , "List of special military hospitals to which specialists in psychological medicine should transfer psychotic cases" , "E.M.S. Special centres for Neurosis".
An investigation report to obtain a first-hand account of men's reactions to the enemy weapons which had been used against them; and in particular to compare the lethality and wounding of various enemy weapons with the moral/morale effect produced on friendly troops. Includes lists of the most disliked enemy weapons and why that is so. Includes a copy of the questionnaire that was used to build these statistics.
Report on the reaction of psychological casualties on being posted for agricultural duties for treatment.
Report on an investigation of morale in the army with recommendations and analysis. Includes "Status of Selection testing in civil life and in armies" , "The scope and limitations of selection testing" , "The place of selection testing in a modern army" , "The origin, present position and the future of D.S.P." , "Present relations of D.S.P. and military psychiatrists" , "Present position of psychiatrists in A.M.D. in relation to A. Branches" , "The Responsibility for mental health (prevention of psychological illness) in the army" , "Present position, future possibilities and suggestions" , "Summary of Data" plus appendices "Absence without leave - observations on". Includes tables.
Minutes of a meeting to discuss the effectiveness of sending men with neurosis to do farm work. Includes statistics on the recovery rate of these workers.
Contents Include:
- Classification of Psychiatric Casualties
- The Causes of Breakdown
- Early Signs and Symptoms
- Clinical Types
- Treatment
- The Prevention of Psychiatric Casualties
- The Disposal of Psychiatric Casualties
Two quarterly reports on the status of No. 13 Corps Psychiatric Team from January to March 1945 and April to June 1945. Includes reports on accommodation, organisation, staff, and units visited of the psychiatric team. Also lists the psychiatric cases examined, the source of the cases, type of cases and provide analysis on these.
Quarterly report of the No. 6 Base psychiatric centre. Notes on the staff, cases, facilities and treatment of patients in the hospital.
Quarterly report that deals with the organization of special psychiatric units, noting on cases on psychiatric casualties, including war shock and mental exhaustion, and on points of special medical interest.
Report on a visit to No. 64 and No. 8 General Hospitals to see what the psychological state of soldiers is there.
Instructions and protocols on how to set up a hospital to treat psychiatric cases
Two reports detailing the status of the Advanced Base Psychiatric Centre, 92 I.G.H.(C) for the months of April and May 1945. Notes on the working staff, the patients, the accommodations, deaths, and treatment.