quite effective since World War I, involve (1) treatment of the psychiatric casualty as far forward on the battlefield as possible—that is, in the closest possible proximity to the battlefield, often still inside enemy artillery range—and (2) constant communication to the casualty by leadership and medical personnel of their expectancy that he will be rejoining his comrades in the front line as soon as possible. These two factors permit the psychiatric casualty to get treatment and much-needed rest, while not giving a message to still-healthy comrades that psychiatric casualty is a ticket off
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