Affiliation:
1. Burwood Hospital, Mairehau Rd, Christchurch 8140, New Zealand
Abstract
Objective: The aim of this paper was to review the literature written by doctor-prisoners of the Japanese working on the Burma-Thai Railway with particular emphasis on the psychological and psychiatric conditions they encountered. Conclusions: The enormous respect and gratitude expressed by survivors for their medical attendants is an indication that in addition to performing extraordinary surgical and medical care in appalling conditions and with very limited available resources, these doctors also very adequately attended the clinical problems of demoralization, depression and acute delirium.
Subject
Psychiatry and Mental health