The First World War: trauma and memory

3.2.2 Fiona Reid: shell shock

Watch this interview with the historian Fiona Reid, in which she talks about developing attitudes to shell shock after the war. As you watch, ask yourself – is there still a stigma attached to mental breakdown today?

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