The grief of soldiers
Vietnam combat veterans' self-help movement
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9055073 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Chaim F Shatan (New York University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1973 |
| Volume | 43 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 640-653 |
| Publication date | 1973-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1973.tb00834.x |
| PMID | 4577467 |
| OpenAlex | W2026812369 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 27 |
| References cited | 2 |
While the government has claimed few “psychiatric casualties” among Vietnam war veterans, most symptoms are delayed in onset, due to emotional anesthesia brought on by a combination of combat trauma and the military's counter-guerrilla training, which discourages grief and intimacy. This paper describes the symptoms reported by veterans, and their efforts in launching a self-help movement of group sessions and other activities, outside the auspices of a Veterans Administration that they find unresponsive to their needs. The involvement in the veterans' movement of mental health professionals is described, and the inadequacy of the traditional therapist-patient relationship is discussed
Grief · Political science · Psychiatry · Vietnam War · Clinical Psychology · Historical Psychiatry and Medical Practices · Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Research · Psychology · Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
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Psychological effects of military service in Vietnam
Return to Vietnam
The Influence of Social Exclusion on Posttraumatic Stress Reactions in Older Adult Veterans
The Unhomed Vietnam Veteran
Transference, Countertransference and Mourning the Death of a Parent
Rethinking Responsibility
A Gender/Ethnic Investigation of Relationship Closeness to the Father and the Experience of Grief
Life after death
Psychotherapy with Australian Vietnam Veterans
Franklian psychotherapy with adults molested as children
Franklian treatment with Vietnam veteran couples
An Analysis of Factors Predicting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder and Grief Following Comrade Loss
The Delayed Stress Syndrome
New soldiers and empty boys
Shifting the Pastoral Theology Conversation on Moral Injury
Creative Performances
Diagnosis and Its Discontents
Trauma Groups
Delayed‐onset PTSD After Combat
Trauma and Victimization
Symptom development in Vietnam era veterans
Incidence of delayed stress disorder among Vietnam era veterans
The mental foxhole
PTSD in DSM-III
The 'Right Stuff' Gone Wrong
| Unique citing works | 27 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,53 |
| Citation span | 1975 - 2023 (49) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 24 |