MENTAL HEALTH IN EDUCATION

Abstract

There has been a need in the field of education for a book whose subject matter is specifically focused on mental hygiene within the framework of the school's milieu. Dr. Bonney's book Mental Health in Education has met this need by bringing together principles of mental hygiene and relating it to the total school program. In this clearly written and easy to read book, Dr. Bonney has presented to all students of human relations "a body of material that bears on the total development of children and that, although related, are not closely involved in the teaching of academic skills and content.'' The approach to the concepts of personality development, behavioral influences, interpersonal relations and psychosocial adjustment is an inter- disciplinary one.