An introduction to psychiatry

This is the second and slightly revised edition of an entertaining and highly readable handbook of psychiatry first published in 1955. Psychological, neuro-physiological, biochemical and historical aspects of psychiatry are presented in a superficial but integrated fashion by the author, Consultant Psychiatrist for the Bristol (England) Clinical Area. With progress in community care, the management and treatment of the psychiatricaly ill is becoming increasingly the responsibility of general practitioners. This book should serve them well as a useful introduction to psychiatry .