THE RÔLE OF CONDITIONED RESPONSES IN EMOTIONAL DISTURBANCES OF WAR
NORBERT BROMBERG M. C. (S), U. S. N. R.
1. The failure of agreement on several aspects of the emotional disturbances of war is cited and some factors considered responsible for this impasse are listed and examined.
2. The rôle of violent stimuli of war conditions on the nervous system is emphasized and their significance is considered in the light of experimental studies of conditioned responses.
3. The resulting symptoms in previously stable individuals is discussed, and the name, traumatic neurotoid state, is suggested for the picture presented.
