Towards Peace of Mind
Everyday Problems of Mental health.
- Author:
Karl M. Bowman,
M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Boston Psychopathic Hospital. With a Preface by Professor Cyril Burt. Allen & Unwin, Ltd. 6/-.
This is a book giving the essentials of modern psychology and its practical deductions in nontechnical language intelligible to any educated reader however slight his previous knowledge of the subject. At the same time the treatment of it is not over-simplified and the book is not therefore open to the objection that it disseminates that ” little knowledge ” which if given to those who lack the reverence bringing deeper understanding, may so easily lead to ill-considered judgments and hasty superficial conclusions.
As Dr Cyril Burt says in his Preface, the object of the author is:?
” to set out the established facts of human nature in such a way that the average (or woman) may understand himself more clearly and be able to deal in a healthier manner with the personal problems that confront each one of us.”
In the book there are accordingly chapters on such topics as ” How Physical Disease affects our Mental Life,” ” Methods of Dealing with Mental Conflict,” Problems in Child Training, ” Everyday Problems of the Average Adult,” ” Tobacco and Alcohol,” etc., all written on practical lines and yet giving due weight to the many sided nature of the issues involved. There is a useful Bibliography at the end, with however, a striking omission of any reference to Jung. A.L.H.
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