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REUK, A. V. S. & PORTER, RUTH (eds). Transcultural psychiatry. London, Churchill, 1965. pp. xii + 396. 605.
A Ciba Foundation symposium of psychiatrists and anthropologists from many countries met in London under the chairmanship of Dr Aubrey Lewis. The book consists of short papers followed by lively discussions. They range from cultural differences in schizophrenic delusions and culturally determined ideas about treatment and response to it, to the effects of mass immigration on mental health and evolutionary considerations. Research methodology is also discussed. A widening book for the chairbound.
FOSS, B. M. (ed.). Determinants of infant behaviour. III. London, Methuen, 1965. pp. xiii+ 264. 505.
Edited version of the third series of seminars arranged by Dr Bowlby, Tavistock Clinic, in 1963 and held under the auspices of the Ciba Foundation. The contributors come from a number of relevant disciplines and report on work in progress, and the discussions are printed. This seminar consists mainly of mother-infant response in animals and humans to feeding, carrying and smiling.
BOSZORMENYI-NAGY, I. & FRAMO, J. L. (eds). Intensive family therapy. New York, Harper & Row, 1965. pp. xix + 507.945.
Fifteen authors write of their experiences in the new field of family therapy and discuss various conceptual and technical issues. The basic revelations hinge on the role of the ‘designated’ patient as a receptacle for the family pathology and their collusion in this process. Another is the identity struggle inherent in the illness which is a threat to the symbiotic structure of the family. A well-documented and exciting book.
POPHAL, RUDOLF. Graphologie in Vorlesungen. Band I. Die Schrift und das Schreiben der Schreiber. Stuttgart, Fischer, 1965, pp. 113. DM 18.
The first of four volumes on this subject. The author is studying written communication, the history of scripts, the development of true handwriting, the mechanics and phys