Morale in mental handicap hospitals.

Porphyrias and Mental Handicap

substances, the main one of which he called haematoporphyrin (porphurouspurple). Three years later Schultz published the first case of porphyria. In 1911 Glinther classified the diseases of porphyrin metabolism from published cases, including his own. Since then, numerous papers have been published and various classifications put forward. The latest classification is that from Brodie et al,2 in...

Morale and Mental Health in Modern Society

I feel that the title chosen by your Council for this Annual Address is one which is particularly important to us all at the moment, and Particularly appropriate for this Association to discuss. We had hoped to have Sir George Schuster to speak ; but most unfortunately he "ad to refuse, and as I had gone a little way to Put before my fellow members of the Council the importance of the subject, ...

Mental handicap and the mental health act.

Social Competence and Mental Handicap

^ailliere Tindall and Russell, 45s. the author points out, probably ^ore time and energy have been sPent over the past 100 years in e*ploring why some individuals are ^ntally defective than in investigating their training and treatment, 'his book provides a critical review present methods of educating training the mentally handi

Prevention of mental handicap in developing countries.

The Commonwealth Association for Mental Handicap and Developmental Disabilities held a workshop on 'Prevention of mental handicap-what is possible in developing countries?' in Bombay in March 1985. The workshop was attended by 40 invited participants from many parts of the world, both from developed and developing countries. During the two days various prenatal, perinatal, and postnatal problem...