An Introduction to Physical Methods of Treatment and Psychiatry
- Author:
William Sargant, M.A., M.B(Cantab), M.R.C.P., D.P.M. and Eliot Slater, M.A-,
M.D.(Cantab), M.R.C.P., D.P.M. Livingstone Ltd., Edinburgh. Pp. 164. 8s. 6d.
This is a most valuable contribution to the subject of modern physical methods of treatment in psychiatry’ Great advances have been made in the last five years, so great that it is difficult for those not directly concerned with the use of these methods to keep up to date. They have so far been largely experimental, and there are many Medical Superintendents of mental hospitals and consulting psychiatrists who are still sceptical as to their value.
The types of mental and nervous disorder which are most suitable for the various physical methods of treatment are still sub judice and there is considerable variation in technique in the use of these methods and, it may well be, in the efficiency of those applying themIt was therefore high time that a book like this should appear which codifies the subject and describes the various methods of treatment in intimate detail. The last word has not yet been said on the subject, indeed the authors themselves make no claim to do more than to have written an introduction to it, and in this task they have succeeded most admirably. It is a book to be read by every Psychiatrist and there is no doubt that it would be a great advantage to every general practitioner to be acquainted with it also. As it is short, well set out and eminently readable even those whose time is very limited should be able to make themselves acquainted with its general thesis even if they do not study it in detail.
The growing appreciation of the large part that psychiatric factors play in physical disorders, and of the important part that physical methods of treatment cafl play in dealing with psychiatric illness represents one ot the greatest advances in modern medicine. D.M.O.
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