YHU Scientific Journal, Vol 10, p81-86, 2024
PSYCHOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF WAR NEUROSIS
Kristine Petrosyan
«Roslin» Academy of Arts and Humanities
Submitted 10.05 , Accepted 26.06
DOI: 10.61484/29538181-sj.10.24-08
Abstract. Wartime neuroses differ significantly from peacetime trauma neuroses in their sharpness. Severity also depends on several factors: age, gender, degree of mental development, the experience of participating in combat operations. This type of neurosis can be accompanied by psychosomatic disorders, which also depend on the type of physical injury. War neuroses are a neuropathic or psychiatric inheritance, the result of a previous nervous or mental disorder. War neurosis is a collective term used in modern warring societies to describe the full range of nervous and mental disorders of soldiers. The term itself is imprecise and has been the subject of debate. Since its first use in a psychiatric setting during World War I, the term has competed with other psychiatric names but was used during World War II in military psychiatry. Thus, the history of war neuroses is in many ways a history of contested medical discourse and practice related to psychological trauma during war. Keywords: War neurosis, psychophysical disorders, physical injury, diagnostic category, neuropathic, psychiatric, mental disorder.
Abstract. Wartime neuroses differ significantly from peacetime trauma neuroses in their sharpness. Severity also depends on several factors: age, gender, degree of mental development, the experience of participating in combat operations. This type of neurosis can be accompanied by psychosomatic disorders, which also depend on the type of physical injury. War neuroses are a neuropathic or psychiatric inheritance, the result of a previous nervous or mental disorder. War neurosis is a collective term used in modern warring societies to describe the full range of nervous and mental disorders of soldiers. The term itself is imprecise and has been the subject of debate. Since its first use in a psychiatric setting during World War I, the term has competed with other psychiatric names but was used during World War II in military psychiatry. Thus, the history of war neuroses is in many ways a history of contested medical discourse and practice related to psychological trauma during war. Keywords: War neurosis, psychophysical disorders, physical injury, diagnostic category, neuropathic, psychiatric, mental disorder.