ABSTRACT
Patients suffering from acute psychotic episodes of short duration could remain under treatment in the Army until recovery. In September, 1939, Brigadier Rees had also put forward 'A Brief Outline of Suggestions for the Psychiatric Service of the Army', which included a statement of the general principles of treatment of the war neuroses and avoiding their being scattered among general hospitals. Although a number of specialized military psychiatric hospitals were opened after the outbreak of war, it was felt that there might yet be definite advantages in being able to admit certain military psychiatric cases, for observation and treatment, to a psychiatric unit attached to an ordinary military hospital. An important factor in the successful military rehabilitation of psychoneurotic patients was their suitable disposal and employment after discharge from hospital. It was found that many such patients, who had responded well to treatment, subsequently relapsed after they had returned to their original units and duties.
