The Nervous Child

This work examines the development, signs, and management of pronounced childhood nervousness, linking temperament, home management, and physical factors. It surveys nursery observations, sleep and appetite disturbances, enuresis, toys and amusements, and nervous traits in infancy and later childhood, and discusses how organic disease and faulty upbringing can interact to produce functional symptoms. Practical guidance is offered for correcting management, assessing environment, and balancing physical treatment with psychological insight; chapters cover schooling, sexual education, physique, and the behavior of nervous children during illness.