Some dismissed soldiers are unable successfully to integrate the traumatic experience of war. They find reorientation in civilian life difficult because their

whole security system has been disrupted. Others, who found reassurance and an outlet for aggression (in military life), may react with depression to the loss of these mental-economic advantages. Social agencies have an important part to play in the program of rehabilitation of returned men. Knowledge of psychodynamics renders the social worker more effective in the service to veterans.