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War Office: Directorate of Army Psychiatry: Reports
Catalogue reference: WO 241
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WO 241
Duplicated and printed reports of the Directorate of Army Psychiatry on the psychological effects of war upon troops, and on the psychological basis of enemy morale.
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WO 241
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Title (The name of the record)
- War Office: Directorate of Army Psychiatry: Reports
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Date (When the record was created)
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1944-1945
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Description (What the record is about)
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Duplicated and printed reports of the Directorate of Army Psychiatry on the psychological effects of war upon troops, and on the psychological basis of enemy morale.
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- The National Archives, Kew
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English
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Creator(s) (The creator of the record)
- War Office, Directorate of Army Psychiatry, 1943-1964
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6 file(s)
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The Directorate of Army Psychiatry was part of the Adjutant General's Department and was responsible for technical advice on psychiatric aspects of morale, discipline, training and equipment; selection, training and allocation of Army psychiatrists; technical supervision of clinical policy and research at Army psychiatric hospitals and clinics; psychiatric aspects of rehabilitation and invaliding; and liaison on psychiatric matters with the Ministry of Labour and National Service, Ministry of Pensions and the Ministry of Health.
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Record URL
- https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C14447/
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