"FURLOUGH" PSYCHOSIS
GEORGE F. SUTHERLAND M. C., A. U. S.1, and
MILFORD E. BARNES M. C., A. U. S.1
1 The Neuropsychiatric Section, Crile General Hospital, Cleveland, Ohio.
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.
