Modern Trends in Mental Health and Subnormality
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longer the cure of diseases, the doctor has to make a contribution, along with other professional workers, to the detailed and complex provisions for the development of the innate, or residual, capacities. It is this change which has led to the rapidly increasing medical interest in the growth, education and social training of the mentally handicapped. The main emphasis of this book is on the theoretical knowledge and on administrative
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