Left Behind

A Study of Mental Handicap
1. Auflage 1978
ISBN: 978-0-7130-0164-8
Verlag: Taylor & Francis

Buch, Englisch, 242 Seiten, Format (B × H): 138 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 408 g

First Published in 1978. The primary aim of this book is to provide authoritative accounts of several important topics in the complex and rapidly developing field of psychiatric disorder, presented in such a way as to be of interest and value to those involved in social work, using this term in its widest sense. It was hoped that the series would also be of help to the interested layman who wished an accurate, but not over-technical description of modern developments in mental health practice. The author argues that, with proper support, the practices discussed within could rapidly become one of the most productive areas of preventive medicine and of rationally designed therapy.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Heaton-Ward, W. Alan

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

The concept of mental subnormality; the causes of mental subnormality; the abilites and behaviour of the mentally subnormal; epilepsy in the mentally subnormal; mental illness in the mentally subnormal; the development of care of the mentally subnormal; existing facilities for the care of the mentally subnormal; the statistics of mental subnormality; educational establishments and institutes for research into mental subnormality; legal aspects of the care of the mentally subnormal; 1976 and after.

Über Autor(innen)

W. Alan. Heaton-Ward, Consultant Psychiatrist. Stoke Park Group of Hospitals. Clinical Teacher in Mental Health. University of Bristol.