Was it possible to prevent this kind of psychological state? It was, actually. The solution was simple: if a soldier believed that what he had done was beyond reproach, that he had done it for justice and to protect his country and people, then the likelihood of such psychological problems arising would decrease.
That was not to say they would never occur, only that the probability would drop to a very low level.
After the Second World War and the Korean War our country had experienced, there had been many retired veterans, yet not many suffered from such psychological problems. Of course, that might also have been because counseling was underdeveloped in that era, and even if some people had problems, no one knew about them.
However, Jiang Yan Hai was more willing to believe that there simply were not many soldiers with such problems.
Faith could indeed resolve many psychological problems at times, even if, in the eyes of some absolutely rational people, faith itself was a psychological problem.
But were there truly absolutely rational people in this world? Perhaps.
In fact, they had always done fairly well in this regard. The presence of instructors and political commissars had played a positive role in early prevention, though perhaps it was more because they had little combat experience.
"Do you think psychologists are useful, professors?" Jiang Yan Hai asked after falling silent for a moment and then raising his head.
This issue could not be ignored. Jiang Yan Hai could not let these soldiers devote their youth to the country, perhaps even sacrifice their lives, only to suffer enormous psychological problems upon retirement, leaving them utterly unable to reintegrate into society or causing them to do things they would regret for the rest of their lives.
"They are useful. But