ABSTRACT
In an important article published in June, 1943, Captain G. F. Collie, who had been a prisoner of war from 1940 to 1942, described the special problems involved, and put forward suggestions for a scheme for the rehabilitation of the repatriate. The Consulting Psychiatrist had proposed a scheme for rehabilitation which was similar to that put forward by Captain Collie, but differed in certain details. Personnel to plan, organize and administer rehabilitation schemes should be selected by technical methods, and might with advantage include selected repatriates. The need for an experimental rehabilitation centre had been recognized as early as February, 1944, and the suggested functions of such a unit were the acquisition of experience, the planning of future developments, and the training of specialized staff for future work. The experimental pilot Civil Resettlement Unit proved sufficiently successful to justify the inauguration of a general civil resettlement scheme.
