Shell shock

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Subject Source: UK Archival Thesaurus

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

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Notes on 'the Danger Instincts'

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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/1/6

Scope and Contents

Rivers's work on reactions to danger (flight, aggression, immobility etc.) form part of his investigation into the effects of war trauma and the neuroses exhibited by some of those who had fought in the First World War. Rivers differentiates between cowardice and neurosis.

Found in: Department of Psychology / Papers of W H R Rivers / Research and lecture notes

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'The Repression of War Experience', 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/4/12

Dates: 1918

Found in: Department of Psychology / Papers of W H R Rivers / Off-prints of Rivers's own academic research published in journals

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'War Neurosis and Military Training', 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/3377/WHRivers/4/14

Dates: 1918

Found in: Department of Psychology / Papers of W H R Rivers / Off-prints of Rivers's own academic research published in journals