title: Dr Adolf Lukas Vischer (1884-1974) and 'barbed-wire disease'.
abstract: The Swiss physician Adolf Lukas Vischer described a psychiatric syndrome among prisoners of war, the 'barbed-wire disease' that follows a long-term incarceration and which involved boredom, confusion, clouding of consciousness and amnesia. Vischer first identified this as an important clinical issue. Later in life, he became one of the first geriatricians and gerontologists.
authors.affiliation: Tel Aviv University, Israel.
authors.forename: Avi
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ohry
authors.forename: Zahava
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Solomon
mesh_terms: D005853:Geriatrics / Q000266:history; D049673:History, 20th Century; D006801:Humans; D063906:Prisoners of War / Q000266:history* / Q000523:psychology; D013313:Stress Disorders, Post-Traumatic / Q000266:history*; D013557:Switzerland; D047828:World War I
keywords: AL Vischer; post-traumatic stress disorder; prisoners of wars; shell-shock; ‘Barbed-wire disease’