This is the third edition of an already well-known and well-used book published for the Nursing Mirror. It can certainly be recommended to all nurses (general and mental), as a simple yet comprehensive account of the psychology they will need in their work, and it is eminently practical. The only criticism is that it might have been brought more up to date in modern views both on leucotomy and ...

The fifth edition of this most useful work contains many ?changes, the text having been largely rewritten, many new illustrations being added and the references brought up to date. The book is a model of clear, concise and helpful teaching. During the eighteen years that have elapsed since the publication of the fourth edition there have been great changes in medical opinion with regard to the ...

This article reviews the history and evolution of the diagnosis of personality disorders according to the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) from its first edition in 1952 through its fourth edition in 1994. The article also traces the earliest origins of personality disorders (e.g., Hippocrates) through the modern foundational works of Pritchard, Schneider, and Horney....

Although this, the fourth edition of the book, bears on its cover the name of one author only, its title-page shows that it is the joint work of two, each responsible for his own portion. Part I on " The Electrical Apparatus " is by Dr. Lewis Jones, the fifth edition of whose book on medical electricity has been recently reviewed in these columns; while Part II on "Medical and Surgical Applicat...

IT is welcome to see a fourth edition of this useful textbook for students. The authors are to be congratulated on bringing out a further edition without notably increasing the length of this book, although their efforts to condense their material do lead to some difficulty. For example, on page 92, the 13 lines devoted to the natural history of breast cancer would almost certainly lead the stu...

Research suggests that select processing speed measures can also serve as embedded validity indicators (EVIs). The present study examined the diagnostic utility of Wechsler Adult Intelligence Scale-Fourth Edition (WAIS-IV) subtests as EVIs in a mixed clinical sample of 205 patients medically referred for neuropsychological assessment (53.3% female, mean age = 45.1). Classification accuracy was ...