Abstract
THE influence of the physical state of the body on the mental outlook has long been recognisedand a timely cathartic has often proved effective in dispelling a morbid and gloomy philosophy of life. But physical remedies arc not always effective in combatting physical ills, as is witnessed by the case, treated by Dr. Banister, of a patient suffering from insomnia, who had, during scvon years ordinary treatment, consumed gallons of soporific drugs without appreciable effect. Psychological treatment based on two visits of about an hour each brought about a complete cure.
Psychology and Health
By Dr. H. Banister. Pp. viii + 256. (Cambridge: At the University Press, 1935.) 7s. 6d. net.
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F., A. Ministering to Minds Diseased. Nature 136, 319–320 (1935). https://doi.org/10.1038/136319a0
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