J.Wallace McCulloch Senior Lecturer, School of Applied Social Studies, University of Bradford. Herschel A.Prins Senior Lecturer, School of Social Work, University of Leicester.

• Chapter 1; I Possession — containment — tolerance?; Chapter 2 Mental health and mental illness; Chapter 3 The neuroses; Chapter 4 The functional psychoses; Chapter 5 Psychiatric conditions due to old age or organic cause; Chapter 6 Abnormalities of personality and psycho-sexual disorders; Chapter 7 The problems of drugs and alcohol; Chapter 8 Social aspects of suicidal behaviour; Chapter 9 Mental subnormality…mental handicap; Chapter 10 The legal aspects of psychiatric disorders; Chapter 11 General discussion and conclusions Index; Subject Index;

J.Wallace McCulloch Senior Lecturer, School of Applied Social Studies, University of Bradford. Herschel A.Prins Senior Lecturer, School of Social Work, University of Leicester.

• Chapter 1; I Possession — containment — tolerance?; Chapter 2 Mental health and mental illness; Chapter 3 The neuroses; Chapter 4 The functional psychoses; Chapter 5 Psychiatric conditions due to old age or organic cause; Chapter 6 Abnormalities of personality and psycho-sexual disorders; Chapter 7 The problems of drugs and alcohol; Chapter 8 Social aspects of suicidal behaviour; Chapter 9 Mental subnormality…mental handicap; Chapter 10 The legal aspects of psychiatric disorders; Chapter 11 General discussion and conclusions Index; Subject Index;