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He became frustrated with opposition to his views during his time in the military, particularly the view that shell-shock was a treatable condition. His efforts have been called "a pioneering but frustrating struggle to get psychological evidence and applied psychology accepted" He was so upset by
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Myers, C.S. (1915) "A contribution to the study of shell shock".
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Pear, T.H. (1947). "Charles-Samuel Myers: 1873–1946".
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Shell shock in France 1914–1918, based on a war diary
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Governing the Soul: The Shaping of the Private Self
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608:, London, Free Associated Books, (2nd ed), 1999.
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513:Myers, C.S. (1904).
500:In the Realm of Mind
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