If, however, the man’s breakdown did not follow a shell explosion, it was not thought to be ‘due to the enemy’, and he was to [be] labelled 'shell-shock' or 'S' (for sickness) and was not entitled to a wound stripe or a pension.
He hammered home the notion that it was necessary to create special centres near the line using treatment based on: He also used hypnosis with limited success.
[citation needed] In December 1916, Gordon Holmes was put in charge of the northern, and more important, part of the western front.
"But, because of the Adjutant-General's distrust of doctors, no patient could receive that specialist attention until Form AF 3436 had been sent off to the man’s unit and filled in by his commanding officer.
[7] Combat Stress was formed at a time when there was little known about mental health problems affecting ex-Service men and women who had returned home after serving in war and conflict zones.