ADJUSTMENT IN WARTIME

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Article1 September 1943ADJUSTMENT IN WARTIMEEDWARD L. BORTZ, Commander MC-V(S) USNR, F.A.C.P.EDWARD L. BORTZ, Commander MC-V(S) USNR, F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-19-3-457 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptA NATION CHALLENGEDWhen a peace loving nation is attacked, its citizens are called upon to make the most important adjustment of a lifetime. In total war, everyone is an important cog in his country's defense. Considerations of individual convenience and safety must be subordinated for national security. In time of peace, the various vocations and avocations offer the citizen a wide choice of useful pursuits, and independence of individual action is a sign of national vitality. However, when face to face with a national emergency, a rigorous discipline is essential to efficient military action. The energies and lives of...Bibliography1. REES JR: Three years of military psychiatry in the United Kingdom, Correspondence de Napoleon, 18, 14276: 1808, Brit. Med. Jr., Jan. 1943, No. 4278, pgs. 1-6. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar2. ROWNTREE LG: Colonel, Chief of Medical Division of National Selective Service, April 2, 1943 (The New York Times)—speaking before the War Physical Fitness Training Institute at Teachers College, Columbia University. Google Scholar3. THOM DA: War neuroses, New England Jr. Med., 1941, ccxxv, 864-867. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. GILLESPIE RD: Psychological effects of war on citizen and soldier, Brit. Med. Jr., Jan. 30, 1943, No. 4282, pg. 133. MedlineGoogle Scholar5. STRECKER EA: Personal Communications. Google Scholar6. FAIRBAIRN WR: The war neuroses: their nature and significance, Brit. Med. Jr., Feb. 13, 1943, No. 4284, 183-186. CrossrefMedlineGoogle Scholar7. PEGGE G: Correspondence, Brit. Med. Jr., March 13, 1943, No. 4288, pg. 333. CrossrefGoogle Scholar8. SILLMAN LR: Psychiatry and morale, Jr. Nerv. and Ment. Dis., xcvii, 283-295. Google Scholar9. WHITEHEAD D: The psychoneurosis in military medicine, Pennsylvania Med. Jr., 1942-43, xlvi, 463-468. Google Scholar10. MEAKINS JC: Personal Communication. Google Scholar11. STRECKER EA: Fundamentals of psychiatry, 1942, J. B. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Read before Regional Meeting—South Central States—of The American College of Physicians, held in New Orleans, April 16, 1943.The opinions and assertions contained herein are those of the author and are not to be construed as those of the Navy or of the naval service at large. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 September 1943Volume 19, Issue 3Page: 457-469KeywordsArmed forcesSafety Issue Published: 1 September 1943 PDF downloadLoading ...