Pedroso, JL;
Linden, SC;
Barsottini, OG;
Maranhão, P;
Lees, AJ;
(2017)
The relationship between the First World War and neurology: 100 years of "Shell Shock".
Arquivos de Neuro-Psiquiatria
, 75
(5)
pp. 317-319.
10.1590/0004-282X20170046.
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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.
| Type: | Article |
|---|---|
| Title: | The relationship between the First World War and neurology: 100 years of "Shell Shock" |
| Location: | Brazil |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.1590/0004-282X20170046 |
| Publisher version: | http://dx.doi.org/10.1590/0004-282X20170046 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
| Keywords: | Combat Disorders, History, 20th Century, Humans, Military Personnel, Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic, World War I |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Brain Sciences > UCL Queen Square Institute of Neurology > Clinical and Movement Neurosciences |
| URI: | https://discovery-pp.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1561136 |
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