Upon completion of reading Shephard’s “A War of Nerves,” let’s discuss

Upon completion of reading Shephard’s “A War of Nerves,” let’s discuss
what part of his book captured your attention most, and why. This book was published in 2000. What do you believe should be added to it in 2016?
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The portion of the book “A War of Nerves,” captured my attention most was chapter fifteen, Font-Line Psychiatry. It was always interesting how much mental health services were required for situations related to combat, and if those assistances were easily obtainable for those in need. Historically, military members were almost required to seek services when their superiors noticed they needed immediate attention. During the war, sections of the British Army did not want to consent to the psychiatric causalities to be unavoidable (Shephard, 2000). Even with all the available resources and clinical professionals within the field of psychiatry or psychology, there are still reservations from military members to accept or realize that they have mental health concerns that require attention.
There are many service members and Veterans that need to come to the realization that what they experience on the battlefield and even what they continue to remember upon their return, requires assistance in order to cope with those concerns. Pentothal abreaction eliminated a soldier returning to combat, but gave encouragement to Soldiers to not have the desire to return to combat; due to personality being exposed by essential breaks and gaps, this efficiently detached the latest signs of obligations within the military, and this was something that Grinker would not hesitate to utilize (Shephard, 2000). The concern of the military was affected due to clinical professionals becoming more compassionate. I can understand the military having concerns of their soldiers not returning back to combat due to the mission at hand, but should the military member require immediate and supervised care, they should be able to return home, and get the care that is necessary in coping with their illness.
Many soldiers continue to suffer from what they were faced with during combat, and this is a major factor as to why soldiers returning from combat are required to process through reverse SRP. This process being mandated for soldiers returning from combat is crucial in order to ensure they receive the best possible care for their recovery. Even though there are some soldiers who are cleared from this process, should continue to be observed due to delayed trauma that may have impacted them during combat.
This book brought much to my attention in regards to the historical impact and affects to our military members and veterans. Most of my exposure initially started in early 2000, but knowing the historical information in reference to traumatic events, makes the history of psychology more pertinent as to what currently affects our veterans.
Response 2 Need 200 words
“A War of Nerves” is a great book, I can say there is many chapters that captured my attention. I will say that will peace bring peace? Is one of the sections of the book that I could either relate to and it is overall a part of history that still exist today, just in a different era, different war. This chapter speaks a lot about shell shock and the gradual mental self-repair process that these people went through. The stories or documentary journals that were shared really are amazing, and to think that people are currently going through the same thing these people were going through years ago.
Not only does this chapter talk about the shell shock the soldiers experience at war, but there is a new kind of shell shock the men faced when they returned home. Men went to war while women were left behind, these women did not just stand around and wait for their husband’s to come home, they got jobs. “The female workforce rose by 50% and by the end of the war some 700,000 women had taken the place of men” (Shepard, p. 147). To survive and provide these women had to go to work. When the men returned from war these “hard-mouthed cigarette smoking females” (p.146) had taken all the jobs, this was a shock to the men and hard to come home to something that had changed and they were not used to.
Since 2000 we had a few conflicts around the world, two different wars going on at the same time with the same. I think what this book could use in the future is just an update on what happened during these wars and conflicts. How PTSD, TBI has changed people and killed people. Currently we have 22 veterans committing suicide on a daily basis, the war has changed but the problems are still there. Now the problems have upgraded to something different and changed the name of it, some of the symptoms changed or have been added to them.
Something that could be added to this book is the research being conducted, and how far we have come to find the solution to some of the deadliest problems we fight with outside of the combat zone. Although this was a great book and very interesting to read since we are close to an end on the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, this book can add a few more chapters on this current problem that we face.

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