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shell shock loss of sight, memory, etc., resulting from psychological strain during prolonged engagement in warfare How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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By the time AIDS and battle fatigue shut it down, Theatre-in-Limbo had killed in such Busch extravaganzas as Theodora, She-Bitch of Byzantium; Psycho Beach Party; Vampire Lesbians of Sodom; The Lady in Question; and Red Scare on Sunset. The need for extensions in part reflected the length of time required to negotiate the initial APA, which often resulted in the APA term having ended before the terms of the first APA were even known--along with related battle fatigue. During World War II she worked as a Red Cross nurse's aide in the psychiatric ward at Massachusetts General Hospital, where she treated soldiers suffering from battle fatigue. |
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