Appendix III The Repression of War Experience
- Title
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Appendix III The Repression of War Experience
- LC Subject
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Repression (Psychology)
War
- Creator
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Rivers, W. H. R. (William Halse Rivers), 1864-1922
- Description
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The author defines repression as an active process of making some part of the mental content inaccessible to memory. He believes it to be harmful when it has negative effects on one's adaptation to his environment. He states that although it is a common practice to tell patients to not think of unpleasant memories it is rarely beneficial to voluntarily banish these thoughts. He discusses cases of war neurosis, and the part taken by repression in each of them. He concludes that facing painful memories and thoughts should be encouraged and patients should be helped after "cessation of repression" for improvement in treatment.
- Issued
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1920
- Identifier
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diss_rive_appe3_1920
- Rights
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No Copyright - United States
- Source
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University of Oregon Knight Library, BF173.R54. Instinct and the unconscious; a contribution to a biological theory of the psycho-neuroses, 185-204. Cambridge University press.
- Language
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English
- Type
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Text
- Format
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application/pdf
- Set
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Dissociation and Trauma Archives
- Primary Set
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Dissociation and Trauma Archives
- Institution
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University of Oregon
- Citation
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Appendix III: "Repression of War Experiences". In Rivers, W. H. R. Rivers (1920). Instinct and the unconscious; a contribution to a biological theory of the psycho-neuroses. Cambridge University press.
- Note
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Description provided by Deniz Tahiroglu.