Q&A - From Cowardice to Shellshock: Medicine, Psychiatry and the Great War

Are stretcher-bearers to most underappreciated heroes of the Great War? Can you diagnose a distinction between mental illness and cowardice? How has treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder changed over time?
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This Q&A follows the event, 'From cowardice to shellshock: medicine, psychiatry and the Great War.'

World War I drove great advances in science and technology, but less well-known is its impact on medicine.

Emily Mayhew told the story of the stretcher bearers of WW1 who were at the heart of this medical revolution. Louis and Marc-Antoine Crocq then explored the evolution of the diagnostics and treatment of ’war neurosis’.

This event was organised in association with the French Embassy.

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