Practical Psychology for Nurses and other Workers in Mental Hospitals
- Author:
Kimber,
L.C.R.P., D.P.M., Medical Superintendent, Hill End Hospital for Mental and Nervous Disorders. Oxford University Press, Humphrey Milford. 3/6.
In his Preface to this useful little book, Dr Kimber explains that he has written it ” from such an angle that it may be of practical use for the nurse in the wards ” as well as for mental hospital chaplains and psychiatric social workers.
The psychological teachings of Adler are those upon which the advice given in the book are based, but an explanation is also given of the main tenets of the Freudians to show the connection between the two schools of thought.
There are chapters on the treatment of mental patients?viewed from the nurse’s angle?-on Occupation Therapy and on the part played by the Psychiatric Social Worker in the Hospital team. The last part of the book deals briefly with the outstanding characteristics of the various forms of Mental Disorder.
Condensed text books are often useful for examination purposes but they seldom have the merit of being at the same time ” alive ” and interesting. These qualities can emphatically be claimed for Dr Kimber’s book, which is written in such a way that it should be of service to all who are concerned with mental patients. A.L.H.
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