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Yossarian's Session with Major Sanderson from "Catch-22". Yossarian is sent to the psychiatrist, Major Sanderson, who is more interested in his own problems than Yossarian's.

during Yossarian's hospital stay for his leg wound

Yossarian's Session with Major Sanderson

Yossarian is sent to the psychiatrist, Major Sanderson, who is more interested in his own problems than Yossarian's. Sanderson diagnoses Yossarian with a split personality and declares him insane, but then sends him back to combat. The session is a farce of psychoanalysis, showing that the military's mental health system is just another tool for returning men to the front lines.