| Description |
x, 404 pages ; 23 cm |
| Contents |
Preface -- Definitions: the two aspects of bibliotherapy -- Origins and pioneers -- The medical profession: attitudes and opinions -- Bibliotherapy in mental hospitals and with the mentally-disturbed outpatient -- General hospitals and special institutions -- Bibliotherapy in nursing homes and homes for the aged -- Prisons and other correctional institutions -- Problems related to a school situation -- The role of the public library in bibliotherapy -- The non-institutionalized disadvantaged -- Qualifications, training, and duties of a bibliotherapist -- Types of literature used in bibliotherapy -- Possible adverse side effects -- The use of audio-visual aids as a stimulant in bibliotherapy -- Research and experimentation |
| Summary |
Surveys the origins and development of bibliotherapy as a discipline and the present-day status of using reading materials for solving medical and nonmedical personal problems |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographies and index |
| Subject |
Bibliotherapy.
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Bibliotherapy.
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| LC no. |
74028187 |
| ISBN |
0810807823 |
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