"FURLOUGH" PSYCHOSIS
Abstract
Twelve cases were observed showing an acute schizophrenic reaction, seemingly precipitated by the sudden emotional readjustments necessitated by leave or furlough.
The onset of the symptoms occurred abruptly a few days after these apparently well adjusted individuals had returned home. The clinical symptoms, however, were not sufficiently clear-cut to include them in a single diagnostic category.
The 4 typical case histories cited indicate that the episode was provoked by the sudden release from military authority upon which the individual had become emotionally dependent.
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