Dear Hmadness readers,

you may be interested in Thomas Probert’s article ‘Barking up the pension tree’? Psychoneurosis and the Far Eastern Prisoners of War, published in War & Society. Please find the abstract attached. To access the full article, click here.

“When the Far Eastern Prisoners of War were liberated, there was initial optimism concerning their psychological state. In the months and years following the euphoria of release, however, a significant portion of the FEPOWs did develop psychoneurosis due to their time in captivity. While some effort was made to mediate their adjustment to civilian life, there was a reluctance to award a pension for psychoneurosis”.