Both cardiovascular diseases (CVD) and mental disorders are major public health issues, which lead to increased disability and mortality. CVD are the worldwide leading cause of death and are responsible for around four million deaths each year in Europe. Mental disorders also demonstrate high lifetime prevalence. For example, the National Comorbidity Survey (NCS), a population-based study in th...

just mentioned, and expressed in a less pretentious manner. It is certainly satisfactory, however, to note that Dr. Clark has considered the importance of a chapter on mental physiology, and that he has been at especial pains to elucidate the frequently obscure terms, illusion, hallucination, and delusion. It is not stated with sufficient clearness that an illusion depends upon the peculiar cir...