Japanese Journal of National Medical Services
Online ISSN : 1884-8729
Print ISSN : 0021-1699
ISSN-L : 0021-1699
War Neurosis
Katsumi MEGURO
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1967 Volume 21 Issue 2 Pages 176-180

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War neurosis is also called neurosis during the war, It is the general term of neurosis which has appeared in the army during the war.
Total number of neuropsychiatric patients who entered in Kondodai Military Hospital between 1938 to 1945 was 10, 454, Concerning the rate of each disease, we found 54.4% in hysteria, 33.5% in neurasthenia and 12.1% in psychogenic reaction.
The percentage of hysteria during the sencond World War was 54.4% in Japan, 45.1% in U. S. S. R. and 18% in U. S. A. The rate of hysteria in the United States armed force during the first World War was 30%.
Speaking about the prognosis of war neurosis in our country after 20 years, 25% of them have not recovered as yet. In the group of this kind we find that the primitive reactions disappeared, and the type of illness moved to the symptoms of disturbance of the autonomic nervous systems in every case.
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