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Amnesia in war cases

Creator
Issued
  • 1920
Description
  • The authors first define dissociation, describe it as a functionally adaptive process, and suggest that it may be an instinctive defense. The authors suggest that the absence of appropriate dissociation in the face of emotionally overwhelming events may lead to psychosis or other serious mental disturbances. The authors then describe three cases of psychogenic amnesia in previously healthy soldiers with no family or personal history of dysfunction. The first case of amnesia was observed in a soldier who witnessed a member of his company decapitated by a shell, the second in a soldier who saw his fiancee mortally wounded by a bomb, and the third in a sergeant who gave an order that led to the deaths of 122 men.
MODS Note
  • Description provided by Bridget Klest.
Subject
Identifier
  • diss_thom_amnes_1920
Source
  • University of Oregon Knight Library, RC 321 .A52. American Journal of Insanity, vol. 76, p.437-448.
Contained in Journal
  • American Journal of Insanity
Citation
  • Thom, D.A. & Fenton, N. (1920) Amnesia in war cases. American Journal of Insanity. 76, 437-448.
Institution
Conversion
  • Scanned in reflective mode with Silverfast AI 6.0 on Microtek 9800 scanner. Levels adjusted from 0 - 1.00 - 255 to 14 - 1.00 - 221 prior to capture. Scanned image enters Photoshop as 24 bit color. Archived tiff is saved. Adobe Photoshop used to reorient and crop image, set and neutralize shadow and highlight point, adjust midtone contrast, set images to black and white, and delete information from irrelevant/separate text/articles. Image enters OmniPage Pro 15 for OCR with related images for an article. The OCR is uncorrected. A single page Adobe PDF document is created from the tiff page images as "PDF with image on text" and a plain text file of the transcript.
Submission Date
  • 02/06/2015
Modified
  • 07/08/2022
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APA

Dissociation and Trauma Archives, University of Oregon. (19 Apr 2024). Amnesia in war cases Retrieved from https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df670h14b

MLA

Dissociation and Trauma Archives, University of Oregon. "Amnesia in war cases" Oregon Digital. 19 Apr 2024. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df670h14b

Chicago

Dissociation and Trauma Archives, University of Oregon. "Amnesia in war cases" Oregon Digital. Accessed 2024-04-19. https://oregondigital.org/concern/documents/df670h14b

Wiki

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Data Sources
Footer Number Term External URI
1 Fenton, Norman, 1895- http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no00081773
2 Thom, Douglas Armour, 1887-1951 http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/no97037352
3 Amnesia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85004557
4 Dissociation http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85038500
5 University of Oregon http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80126183

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