Origins of Shell-Shock
The major war that saw the first use of the term
What is WW1?
Many soldiers with Shell Shock have this trouble during the night.
What is sleeping?
Doctors often gave rest away from this place.
What is a battle field?
This disorder can develop after someone experiences a very scary or life-threatening event.
What is PTSD?
Doctors once believed shell shock came from this physical force created by exploding shells.
What is blast pressure?
The term "Shell Shock" first appeared in this medical journal in 1915
What is The Lancet?
Some soldiers shook uncontrollably, showing this symptom.
What are Tremors?
A common but painful early treatment used electric currents.
What is electric shock therapy?
People with PTSD often avoid these—places, people, or situations that remind them of the trauma.
what are triggers?
To help soldiers regain confidence, hospitals sometimes had them participate in these staged events that copied real battles.
What are mock battles?
Early doctors believed that Shell Shock came from the blast of these weapons.
Shell shock could cause some fear, triggering reminders of battle known as these.
What are flashbacks?
These talking-based treatments began to replace harsher methods.
What is psychotherapy?
This type of therapy uses eye movements to help the brain process traumatic memories.
What is EMDR?
In WWI hospitals, doctors sometimes tested soldiers’ nerves by tapping this part of the leg to check for reflexes.
What is the knee?
Shell Shock was later understood as this mental strain from war.
What is stress or psychological trauma?
What are physical symptoms with no physical cause?
Soldiers were sometimes asked to practice simple tasks like farm work or marching, using methods called.
What is re-education?
This reaction makes someone jump or get scared very easily after trauma.
What is an exaggerated startle response?
A few soldiers with shell shock couldn’t feel certain parts of their body, a strange symptom known by this name.
What is anaesthesia (loss of sensation)?
This year marked the first appearance of Shell Shock in The Lancet
What is 1915?
Nightmares, irritability, and diffusely concentrating are examples of these kinds of symptoms.
What are psychological symptoms?
This WWI treatment tried to heal shell-shocked soldiers by putting them into a trance and giving calming suggestions.
What is hypnosis?
This chemical messenger in the brain, linked to stress, is often out of balance in people with PTSD.
What is cortisol?
Some WWI soldiers with shell shock forgot how to read, a condition doctors called the “word” problem.
What is word-blindness?