The care and training of the mentally subnormal,
by Charles H. Hallas. With a foreword by Ronald C. MacGillivray.
- 4th ed.
- Baltimore, Williams and Wilkins, 1970.
- viii, 286 p. illus. 23 cm.
First ed. published in 1958 under title: The nursing of mental defectives. Second ed. published in 1962 under title: Nursing the mentally subnormal. Fifth ed. published in 1974 under title: The care and training of the mentally handicapped.
Bibliography: p. 263-265.
Preface // Foreword // Introductory // Legal aspects of mental subnormality // Classification of the clinical varieties of mental subnormality // Physical concomitants // The admission of a patient // Methods of examination and investigation of the mentally subnormal // Education of th mentally subnormal child // Care of the mentally subnormal child // Motivation through therapeutic care // Occupational therapy // Rehabilitation // Wards and ward management // Nursing assignment // Community care // Drugs and their indications // Mental illness in relation to mental subnormality // Methods of treatment // Psychological development // Patterns of behaviour // Intelligence and intelligence testing // Learning, Remembering and forgetting // Impressions // Personality // The unconscious mind // Emotions // Bibliography // Appendix - Notes on the English and Scottish Mental Health Acts // Index //
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