Kelly Brendan D
University College Dublin
Hist Psychiatry. 2015 Mar;26(1):50-63. doi: 10.1177/0957154X14554378.
The history of mental disorders occasioned by World War I is a complex and important history, indelibly linked with social, political and cultural circumstances, and the history of the war itself. The Richmond War Hospital was a 32-bed establishment on the grounds of the large Richmond District Asylum in Dublin which, from 16 June 1916 until 23 December 1919, treated 362 soldiers with shell shock and other mental disorders, of whom more than half were considered to have recovered. Despite the limitations of the Richmond War Hospital, it was a generally forward-looking institution that pointed the way for future reform of Ireland's asylum system and, along with the other war hospitals, brought significant changes to the practice of psychiatry.
第一次世界大战引发的精神障碍史是一段复杂而重要的历史，与社会、政治和文化环境以及战争本身的历史有着不可磨灭的联系。里士满战争医院位于都柏林大型里士满地区精神病院的院区，有32张床位，从1916年6月16日至1919年12月23日，收治了362名患有炮弹休克症和其他精神障碍的士兵，其中一半以上被认为已经康复。尽管里士满战争医院存在局限性，但它总体上是一个具有前瞻性的机构，为爱尔兰精神病院系统的未来改革指明了方向，并且与其他战争医院一起，给精神病学实践带来了重大变革。
