Psychology in General Practice
(The Practitioner Handbooks Series). :Author: Alan Moncriett, M.D., M.R.C.P. London : Eyre & Spottiswoode. Pp. 199. 12s. 6d.
This book consists of a collection of papers written by eminent psychiatrists from the point of view of problems of a psychological nature which arise in general practice. It is now recognized by most general practitioners that a large proportion of illness has at least an important psychological factor and that in many cases the psychological aspect is even more important than the physicalAs the editorial preface points oyt the medical curriculum has hitherto directed far too little attention to the patient’s mind, particularly in regard to the minor disturbances which are the most numerous and with Which the general practitioner should be able to deal if he had the necessary equipment and knowledge.
As a psychiatrist, your reviewer read the book with great interest and profit. All the contributions reach a very high level ; they are written simply and without technical jargon. They confine themselves to clear issues and do not get bogged in the obscurities of psychoPathological speculation.
General practitioners nowadays are so overworked that it seems sheer cruelty to ask them to read anything that is not absolutely essential for their day-to-day activities. There is no doubt, however, that this book Would well repay them for the time and mental exertion expended in reading it, and that it would be a real help to them in dealing with a large proportion of their Patients and with the many psycho-somatic manifestations which form some of the most difficult problems for a general practitioner to assess. n m n
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