Excerpt from The Problem of Nervous Breakdown The concern alike of doctors, nurses, social workers, care committees, schoolmasters, military authorities, prison officials, and others who have frequently before them questions which can only be efficiently answered in the light of some understanding of its various bearings the problem of nervous breakdown is to-day of great importance. Hence, anyone who has had special opportunities of studying the mind, and nervous system in health and in disorder may well feel desirous of placing his experiences and conclusions before the widest possible circle just now. The kind reception of my earlier work, Nerves and the Nervous - out of print for some time since - has encouraged me to write this book, the purpose of which is to review the problem as it affects the individual and as it concerns the State; to discuss the origin of the more common disorders, and to indicate in what directions it is possible for us to redress the balance in favour of nerve and efficiency. Throughout I have particularly borne in mind the difficulties of the family doctor, the trained nurse, and the anxious relative upon whose shoulders falls the grave responsibility of bringing back those stricken in "nerve" to useful life and work. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.