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.”
The NSPOT Board of Management prepares an Emergency Course for Training for Reconstruction Aides, which is published in Maryland Psychiatric Quarterly.