Migraine and other common neuroses : a psychological study / by F.G. Crookshank.
- Francis Graham Crookshank
- Date:
- 1926
Licence: In copyright
Credit: Migraine and other common neuroses : a psychological study / by F.G. Crookshank. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![ance of the other's share in the task of integrating health. Whether the full psychological treatment itself be under¬ taken by the general practitioner, or by a physician who has paid special attention to the subject, is another matter. So far as is possible, the physician chosen (if one be chosen) should be one who has general know¬ ledge and sympathies (as has Adler), rather than a specialist psycho-analyst : at any rate for the class of patient we have now chiefly in mind. It is essen¬ tial that he be competent in the diagnosis and treatment of ‘ physical ’ maladies. But I am all in favour of the general practitioner retaining full treat¬ ment in his own hands, if he feels him¬ self competent and confident, and has had experience. A physician consulted, as “ second opinion , may advise helpfully once, but cannot as a rule do much more, unless the psychical treatment is confided to him as whole¬ heartedly as is the conduct of an operation to a surgeon. It may be, and often is, advisable that this course [54]](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b29813256_0060.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
