Psychiatric casualty explained

A psychiatric casualty is a military combatant who is unable to continue fighting due to some sort of mental debilitation. The debilitations a casualty can experience are extensive; they can be anything from affective disorders to somatoform disorders, with many psychiatric casualties developing long term or permanent post-traumatic stress disorder.[1] Treatment generally consists of simply removing a soldier from combat; however, psychotherapy is sometimes used.

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  1. Web site: Psychiatric Casualties in War . https://web.archive.org/web/20160725222131/https://www.killology.com/art_psych_casualties.htm . 2016-07-25.