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In this volume Dr. Fry reviews ten years of Mental Hygiene and Psychiatry at Yale University. This included a setup for the handling of student problems and personality difficulties in the undergraduate and graduate schools. The volume goes extensively into case material which is divided into the three main headings of Problems of Personality Growth, Reactions to Undergraduate Environment, and Special Problems; these are then subdivided.
The psychiatrist will see here the numerous problems of the young man. They occur in all strata of society and at college or out of college. The data certainly would indicate the need and usefulness at all colleges for similar setups where students may find trained men to help them solve their problems. It is interesting to note that Medical students were strongly resistant to psychiatry as compared with the Divinity students who more readily discussed origins, family ideals, social experiences, etc.; this bodes many difficulties for psychosomatic medicine.
President Seymour's foreword hope, “that the publication of his book will serve to promote essential and more effective service in behalf of the students of the country,” is at least well on its way in this patient contribution by Dr. Fry.