Mental Disorder An Introductory Textbook for Nurses

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Originally published in 1977 this book was written in response to demands for a textbook of psychiatry which was neither too theoretical nor so simple that it was inaccurate. It was addressed primarily to pupil nurses in hospitals for the mentally ill and to student nurses in their first months of training. Its style and content ensured that it could be read with profit by all others whose work brought them into close contact with the mentally ill. The early chapters provide a history of care and treatment an introduction to psychological development and the unconscious mind and an explanation of mental disorder and its causes. Specific mental disorders are discussed together with an outlin…