PEP | Article - The Practice of Psychiatry in General Hospitals: Edited by A. E. Bennett, M.D., Eugene A. Hargrove, M.D., and Bernice Engle. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1956. 178 pp.

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Abstract

The establishment of psychiatric facilities in general hospitals, looked upon with suspicion only a half century ago, is now widely accepted as desirable and necessary; in new hospitals, indeed it is the rule. Doctor Bennett, the senior editor of this volume, was an early worker in this field. He has gathered about him experts in various aspects of hospital administration—clinical, nursing, psychological, social service, architectural, occupational therapy, legal—and has produced a comprehensive volume which should be read by all who are interested in the practical operation of general hospitals.

Dr. Daniel Blain the Foreword and Dr. Karl M. Bowman in the Introduction emphasize the importance of psychiatric facilities in bringing psychiatry into closer touch with general medicine, as regards both the practitioner and the general public.