Psychopathology
- Author:
Nicole, L.M.S.S.A., D.P.M.,
M.R.C.S. Bailli6re, Tindall & Cox. 15s. The fourth edition of Dr Nicole’s book contains, as he says, only a few additions and corrections to the third; but it is none the less welcome as a comprehensive and readable introduction to the various schools of psychopathology; it also serves as an excellent reference book, and a useful guide to more detailed reading. The account of the applications of psychotherapy to medicine, education and industry should be of special interest to those eagerly seeking guidance on such subjects. The section dealing with social problems of war is less likely to reach the eyes of those who control our destiny, who seldom seek guidance from what appears to be a purely medical textbook. It is indeed not the account of psychopathological views which seem to be needed here but the power to get these, ideas directly or indirectly (by public opinion) into the minds of governments and so into action.
The accounts of the work and theories of the major schools is most clear and concise, and does not neglect to include also the work of Rivers, Watson and Kempf. The contributions of endocrinology, biochemistry and physiology are discussed, and the work of Malinovski and Mead in sociology and ethnology is given its deserved place.
Dr Nicole has, however, restrained the temptation ‘ to be too detailed, thinking rightly that the value of his book lies mostly in providing a guide to the many modern approaches rather than a textbook of any one of them. In this, he has amply succeeded. R.F.T.
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