ABSTRACT
The Director of Mihtary Training invited a psychiatrist to attend an experimental demonstration of 'noise training' at Ripon, Yorks., in March, 1942, and, at the psychiatrist's suggestion, the War Office arranged a further experiment at Warley, Essex, in May. Plans had been made for attempts to 'condition' students to the sight of blood, by visits to slaughterhouses and the throwing of blood about the training areas during active exercises. With a view to lowering the incidence of psychiatric breakdown, and promoting mental health, Army psychiatrists also contributed directly to the maintenance of good morale principally by giving advice on the psychiatric aspects of leadership and 'man-management', propaganda, training, and welfare. The building up of good morale was an active process: there was no really effective passive defence against either air attack or bad morale. In September, 1942, it was pointed out that the emotional training of a recruit in military values might be helped by films.
