TY - JOUR
T1 - Dr Adolf Lukas Vischer (1884-1974) and 'barbed-wire disease'
AU - Ohry, Avi
AU - Solomon, Zahava
PY - 2014/2
Y1 - 2014/2
N2 - The Swiss physician Adolf Lukas Vischer described a psychiatric syndrome among prisoners of war, the 'barbed-wire disease' that follows a long-term incarceration and which involved boredom, confusion, clouding of consciousness and amnesia. Vischer first identified this as an important clinical issue. Later in life, he became one of the first geriatricians and gerontologists.
AB - The Swiss physician Adolf Lukas Vischer described a psychiatric syndrome among prisoners of war, the 'barbed-wire disease' that follows a long-term incarceration and which involved boredom, confusion, clouding of consciousness and amnesia. Vischer first identified this as an important clinical issue. Later in life, he became one of the first geriatricians and gerontologists.
KW - 'Barbed-wire disease'
KW - AL Vischer
KW - Post-traumatic stress disorder
KW - Prisoners of wars
KW - Shell-shock
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84901461912&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1177/0967772013479547
DO - 10.1177/0967772013479547
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AN - SCOPUS:84901461912
SN - 0967-7720
VL - 22
SP - 16
EP - 18
JO - Journal of Medical Biography
JF - Journal of Medical Biography
IS - 1
ER -