Psychiatry in the Korean War: Perils, PIES, and prisoners of war

From: Military Medicine | Date: November 1, 2002| Author: Ritchie, Elspeth Cameron | Copyright information

In the initial months of the Korean War, very high numbers of psychological casualties occurred among American troops, 250 per 1000 per annum. Initially, these men were evacuated to Japan or the United States, and very few of them were returned to duty. Then the principles of early and far-forward treatment, learned in the previous world wars, were reinstituted. Up to 80% of neuropsychiatric casualties were returned to duty. During and after the war, the prisoners of war were believed to have...

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