Show WAR NOTEBOOK I 1 Increase in rn Catches America Napping By HOWARD ARD W. W BLAKESLEE BL rn PUll Editor NEW YORK Two YORK Two of ot Americas America's Amer Amer- leas ica's foremost military psychiatrists psychia psychia- Dr Dra Edward A. A and Kenneth E. E Appel In a a. new boo book k Psychiatry in Modern Warfare MacMillan Co New NewYork NewYork NewYork York a assert sert t that h a a. t the nation was caught napping by bythe the enormous enormous enormous enor enor- and unexpected number of cases cases of this warM warM war M Many a any a y generations t the they ii c y I write will have to pay for the huge r rate n. n t teat c of this War if not in blood certainly certainly certainly in sweat te tears a r 1 a san a and n d money They estimate that a half million roil mil lion men so far have been discharged die dis charged for tor nervous disabilities The nervous b bat battle a t t tIc I e casualties have been one oJe man In n three e they say compared with one in seven of ot World War I. I The cause of the increase Is declared to be the tho fact that in almost every respect this thiB has been a tougher war i Army Consultant Dr Strecker Is consultant for the secretary of war to the sur sur- general geons-general of the army the army air forces the navy and the U. U S. S public health service He was selected for tor this work on advice advice advice ad ad- vice of ot the American ti-ic ti of ot which he is a n. former former for tor- mer president Dr Appel lectures lectures lec lec- tures serves gerves as an examiner and andas andas andas as a visiting psychiatrist under the auspices of the Rockefeller Foundation The Tho book declares there was much fumbling In the early days of ot the present c conflict both in military and In psychiatric organizations or or- but that the present organizations both In the army under Col William C. C and In the navy under Capt William Wil WU- Vil- Vil liam F F. Kennedy a and n d Francis J. J Braceland arc are doing excellent work Careful Screening The rejection rate of induct inductees s is much higher in this war than In World War Var I 12 against 2 The present war screening was wag more carefully carefully carefully care care- fully and efficiently done But t this ls failed to reduce the casualties The authors do not think t this his Ii I a surprising Increase means that the present generation generation genera genera- tion is softer Some of ot the rise they state may b bo be due to better diagnosis of mental disabilities but mostly Is due to the tough world-wide world nature of the war There has not been says the ther r report e p 0 r t any Increase in pay pay- The book points out that the word psychoneurosis does not v r vi i mean Insane and declares declare tJ the m man n with th less dangerous than the theman iv man in the population lon Flight surgeons the i isay say have done one of th the thee e effective fee Ve Jobs job in have th the They advantage Of or ing with their men I l Great GreM The book look quotes an un lied fied report as declaring whereas 90 00 of or th the Vt t who need medical and arid nur attention get it only 5 of t needing it receive P help There arc are says nYI the approximately clans In the United Stab i less t tha-n tha h n an There v Will Inevitably bly be t a. tactic m man n power physicians equipped to cue car psychiatric conditions I The Tho authors appeal to jo for building of veterans veterans' h pj the center of large comm close t to our beat beet hospital medical colleges Out of sight Bight out cut of r mia they state soon t to suf sufferings a of ot our roes and benefactors 5 |