| Summary: | "This volume treats of the numerous nervous illnesses of women, in which the mental factor plays a large part, and which are known as functional disorders, as distinguished from organic diseases. It is a companion volume to the one on Nervous disorders of men. Of course, many of the complaints are common to both men and women; but their causation, and to some extent their treatment, is different in the two sexes and justifies the description being given in separate volumes, although a number of paragraphs in the two books must of necessity be similar or identical.
What has been said of men is still more true of women, that up to quite recent years patients suffering from these disorders were not taken seriously, and their treatment was left largely to persons outside the profession, lay practitioners, specialising in one form of treatment: in electricity, massage, physical exercise, diet treatment, or other specific, and the various 'mental healers' of 'Christian science, ' 'Higher thought, ' and other cults. Needless to say that there is no one method in existence which is a 'cure-all.' Medicinal, hygienic, dietetic, physical and moral measures have all to be employed according to the individuality of the patient and the nature of the complaint, and it is only a qualified physician who can possess the requisite knowledge. As in men so in women, the mental, or more correctly speaking, the emotional, factor plays a large part in the causation of nervous disorders, and mental causes require mental treatment.
There are various methods of applying it, and it is the purpose of this book to show what can be accomplished by them. Hence this book, although not a textbook, may be of interest and some value to the busy practitioner; and, being written in non-technical language, it should appeal also to lay readers desirous of practical and useful information on the subject of nervous disorders of women, their prevention and treatment, especially to those who have the care of nervous patients"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2011 APA, all rights reserved).
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| Other form: | Print version: Hollander, Bernard, 1864-1934. Nervous disorders of women. London, K. Paul, Trench, Trübner & co., ltd., 1916
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