Edgar Jones
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185 cm
Edgar Jones is an authority on the psychological effects of war and conflict. He has contributed on screen and as a consultant to a wide range of documentaries (including the award-winning Who Do You Think You Are?) and as an expert commentator for news programs. Having graduated from Nuffield College Oxford with a doctorate in history, he then tra...
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Edgar Jones is an authority on the psychological effects of war and conflict. He has contributed on screen and as a consultant to a wide range of documentaries (including the award-winning Who Do You Think You Are?) and as an expert commentator for news programs. Having graduated from Nuffield College Oxford with a doctorate in history, he then trained at Guy's Hospital in clinical psychopathology and qualified as a psychotherapist. He works at King's College London's Institute of Psychiatry Psychology & Neuroscience where he researches and teaches post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), shell shock and other traumatic experiences of war; he has over a hundred peer-reviewed publications and book chapters. His daughter, Imogen Jones, played a lead role in the film All Good Children (2010). Show less «
Shell shock, the iconic illness of the First World War, has found an enduring place in British culture. The most dramatic representation of ...Show more »
Shell shock, the iconic illness of the First World War, has found an enduring place in British culture. The most dramatic representation of shell shock comes from the film 'War Neuroses' made by Arthur Hurst in 1917-18 [Psychologist, 2015]. Show less «
Entertainment is a morale sustaining factor [Report for the British Forces Foundation, 2012].
Entertainment is a morale sustaining factor [Report for the British Forces Foundation, 2012].
The two World Wars played an important part in establishing the validity of psychological injury and we may now be seeing the recognition of...Show more »
The two World Wars played an important part in establishing the validity of psychological injury and we may now be seeing the recognition of moral wounds in the context of the recent campaigns in Afghanistan and the Middle East [Lancet, 2018]. Show less «
World War One taught the principle combatant nations about psychological casualties. In an extended war of attrition, they were numerous and...Show more »
World War One taught the principle combatant nations about psychological casualties. In an extended war of attrition, they were numerous and of too great a military consequence to be ignored [Military Behavioral Health, 2018]. Show less «
