RT Journal
T1 Mental diseases: A handbook dealing with diagnosis and classification.
JF Journal of the American Medical Association
JO Journal of the American Medical Association
YR 1919
FD February 8
VO 72
IS 6
SP 445
OP 445
DO 10.1001/jama.1919.02610060059035
UL http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1919.02610060059035
AB The subtitle states that this book deals with diagnosis and classification. It does, to the extent of about eighty-seven pages of text. The introduction informs us that "this little book" is a response to a need for "concise, digested information." But brevity is not a synonym for conciseness. The contribution is brief but the style is not concise. Nor is the information digested. This "handbook" is about the size of a quiz compend, without the latter's condensed and systematic information. Those desiring a sketchy smattering of not very accurate knowledge of mental disorders may perhaps be satisfied with this work. Thirty-five photographs of insane patients adorn the work but fail to illuminate the subject.