The
BULLETIN
of the
U. S. Army Medical Department
COMBAT PSYCHIATRY
The Bulletin is indexed in the following publications:
Current List of Medical Literature
(Army Medical Library) Weekly listings of journal contents by author; subject index monthly.
Quarterly Cumulative Index Medicus
(American Medical Association) Author and subject.
Index-Catalogue of the Library of the Surgeon General`s Office, U. S. Army
(Army Medical Library) Now in Fourth Series, Vol. X, Letter M (first half). Author and subject.
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By direction of the Secretary of the Army, the material contained herein is published monthly as administrative information for the proper transaction of the public business and with the approval of the Director of the Budget.
R. W. BLISS,
Major General, U. S. Army.
Surgeon General.
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THE BULLETIN
OF THE
U. S. Army Medical Department
UNITED STATES
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 1949
THE BULLETIN
OF THE
U. S. Army Medical Department
Lieutenant Colonel Wayne G. Brandstadt, M. C., Editor
Mr. Clifford F. Johnson, Managing Editor
EDITORIAL BOARD
Major General George E. Armstrong, M. C., U. S. Army,
Deputy Surgeon General, Chairman
Major General Thomas L. Smith, D. C., U. S. Army,
Chief, Dental Division
Brigadier General James A. McCallam, V. C., U. S. Army,
Chief, Veterinary Division
Colonel Don Longfellow, M.C.,
Chief, Preventive Medicine Division
Colonel John M. Caldwell, Jr., M. C.,
Chief, Neuropsychiatry Consultants Division
Colonel Emmett M. Smith
Chief, Physical Medicine Consultants Division
Colonel Hugh R. Gilmore, Jr.
Chief, Pathology and Allied Sciences Division
Colonel Warner F. Bowers, M. C.,
Chief, Surgical Consultants Division
Lieutenant Colonel Charles H. Gingles, M. C.,
Chief, Medical Consultants Division
ADVISORY EDITORIAL BOARD
Dr. Michael E. DeBakey, professor of surgery, Baylor University, Houston; Dr. Johnston F. Hammond, associate editor, Journal of the American Medical Association; Dr. Raymond A. Kelser, professor of bacteriology and dean of faculty, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of Pennsylvania; Dr. B. R. Kirklin, professor of radiology, University of Minnesota, and director of the Division of Radiology, Mayo Clinic; Dr. Esmond R. Long, director Henry Phipps Institute, University of Pennsylvania; Dr. William C. Menninger, executive secretary, Menninger Foundation; Dr. Clyde E. Minges, president, American Dental Association; Dr. Hugh J. Morgan, professor of medicine, School of Medicine, Vanderbilt University; Dr. Fred W. Rankin, former president of American Medical Association; Dr. James S. Simmons, dean, Harvard School of Public Health; and Dr. Derrick Vail, professor of ophthalmology, Northwestern University.
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COMBAT PSYCHIATRY
Experiences in the North African and Mediterranean
Theaters of Operation, American Ground Forces,
World War II
Compiled and Edited
by
Colonel Frederick R. Hanson
Medical Corps, Army of the United States
From the Historical Division, Office of the Surgeon General. This manuscript was prepared as part of the history of the Medical Department, U. S. Army, in World War II
Major General Raymond W. Bliss, Surgeon General, U. S. Army
Colonel Frederick R.. Hanson, M.C., A. U. S.
SECTION I. PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT ATVARIOUS ECHELONS
The Normal Battle Reaction: Its Relation to the Pathologic Battle Reaction
Lieutenant Colonel Stephen W. Ranson, M.C., U.S.A.
A Dynamic Approach to the Problems of Combat-Induced Anxiety
Major Edwin A. Weinstein, M. C., A. U. S., and Lieutenant Colonel Calvin S. Drayer, M. C., A. U. S.
Malingering in Combat Soldiers
Major Alfred O. Ludwig, M. C., A. U. S.
Organization of the Psychiatric Services in World War II
Colonel Frederick R. Hanson, M. C., A. U. S.
The Battalion Surgeon as Psychiatrist
Major Raymond Sobel, M. C., A. U. S.
Psychiatry at the Division Level
Lieutenant Colonel Albert J. Glass, M. C., U. S. A.
Major Alfred O. Ludwig, M. C., A. U. S.
The Base Section Psychiatric Hospital
Lieutenant Colonel Louis L. Tureen, M. C., A. U. S., and Major Martin Stein, M. C., A. U. S.
SECTION II. PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS OF COMBAT
Anxiety-Depression Reactions after Prolonged Combat Experience: The "Old Sergeant Syndrome"
Major Raymond Sobel, M. C., A. U. S.
The Factor of Fatigue in Neuroses of Combat
Colonel Frederick R. Hanson, M. C., A. U. S.
Pseudopsychotic and Psychotic States Arising in Combat
Lieutenant Colonel Benjamin Boshes, M. C., A. U. S., and Lieutenant Colonel Clifford O. Erickson, M. C., A. U. S.
Gastrointestinal Disorders of Psychogenic Origin
Lieutenant Colonel James A. Halstead, M. C., A. U. S.
Military Medicolegal Problems in Field Psychiatry
Lieutenant Colonel Stephen W. Hanson, M. C., U. S. A.
Colonel Frederick R. Hansson, M. C., A. U. S., and Lieutenant Colonel Stephen W. Ranson, M. C., U. S. A.
II. Combat Treatment Plan (Proposed 1949)
