Treatment of Mental Disorders in WWII

This video goes over the mental stress soldiers faced during World War II. Moving into a military environment can negatively affect people’s psychological mindset. Stress can be caused by many different facets of the military such as, a soldiers position (job), environment, moral, good or poor leadership, routine, lack of privacy and freedoms, and physical labor. This can lead to lack of sleep, loss of appetite, and eventually possible mental breakdown (loss of memory, physical pain, or even pure insanity). In order to prevent or offset mental illness or instability, measures are taken to counteract such occurrences. Keeping the soldiers morale high, along with giving the soldiers feelings of accomplishment and duty, allow for soldiers to stay mentally healthy. It would be interesting to study how much and what specifically has changed in regards to the U.S. military guidelines for treating and preventing mental illness since World War II.