Four women are sent to France as neuropsychiatry “civilian aides” to help World War I soldiers recuperate from “shell shock” and “war neurosis,” and 5 women are sent as reconstruction aides (RAs) to work with soldiers with physical injuries. RAs provided “diversion from pain and situation” and worked toward “recovery of function and specific deficits.”
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The NSPOT Board of Management prepares an Emergency Course for Training for Reconstruction Aides, which is published in Maryland Psychiatric Quarterly.
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