[British Army printed circular.] Notes on Psychiatric Disabilities in the Army.

6pp., foolscap 8vo. Duplicated typescript on three leaves of pink paper pinned together. In fair condition, aged and worn, with two fold lines. Second paragraph: 'Army Psychiatry falls into two inter-related sections; that at home with troops in training where the stress in [sic] on the prophylactic aspect, in the endeavour to weed out the constitutionally unstable, neurotic or intellectually dull, to side-track them into positions to which they stand a chance of adjusting themselves, and, as far as possible, to prevent their serving in forward areas where they would inevitably break down; and secondly, that in areas of active operations, in sorting and treating the psychiatric battle casualties.' Headings: Personnel Selection at Home; Army Selection Centres; Documentation; Types of Disability to be Expected [Mental Defect; The Psychoses; The Psychopathic Personalities; The Psychoneuroses or Neuroses [Hysteria; Anxiety States; Obsessional States]; Officer Selection; Psychiatric Disabilities in Forward Operational Areas. Appendix on 'Personnel Selection Procedure at Intake'. From a small archive of material belonging to Daphne Kayton of the Royal Army Medical Corps. No other copy listed on COPAC or WorldCat.