Maastricht University, The Netherlands.
Hist Psychiatry. 2021 Sep;32(3):289-307. doi: 10.1177/0957154X21998217. Epub 2021 Mar 9.
During World War I, civilians became a target of the war machine. Air raids transformed the lives of those not involved in active combat and blurred the lines between the home front and the war front. This paper argues that the experience of air raids in World War I was comparable to the combat stress at the Western Front. The author bases her argument on contemporary publications in medical journals, measures taken by British authorities to prevent air-raid shock, and contemporary case records. The narratives of air-raid shock - similarly to those of shell-shocked soldiers - reflect the feelings of terror and loss of control, and demonstrate the profound effect these experiences could have on individuals' mental health.
第一次世界大战期间，平民成为战争机器的目标。空袭改变了那些不参与实际战斗的人的生活，模糊了后方和前线之间的界限。本文认为，第一次世界大战期间的空袭经历与西线的战斗压力相当。作者的论点基于当时在医学期刊上的出版物、英国当局为防止空袭休克而采取的措施以及当时的病例记录。空袭休克的描述——与弹震症士兵的描述类似——反映了恐惧和失控的感觉，并表明这些经历对个人心理健康可能产生的深远影响。
