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About The Book: The book's aim is to delve into mental derangements in India, their symptoms, treatment, and shed light on the latest insights into the origins of insanity. This marks the beginning of a new era, with potential advancements each year in effectively addressing various forms of this condition. Its threefold goals include outlining patient admission and treatment options for mental asylums or home care, underscoring toxaemias' role in many cases and their significance in treatment, and presenting perspectives from two decades in the East for the psychiatry field. Achieving these aims requires a comprehensive exploration of insanity. Throughout, the author focuses on serving Indian medical and legal professionals, while accurately portraying mental health and suggesting enhancements. About The Author: Alexander William Overbeck-Wright (1879-1938), a British psychiatrist, notably served as the superintendent of Agra's mental hospital and lectured at medical institutions in Lucknow and Agra. He authored "Mental Derangements in India" (1912) and "Lunacy in India" (1921), a well-regarded work on colonial psychiatry. Overbeck-Wright's career origins in "medical psychology" led him to the Indian Medical Service (IMS), and he gained expertise at the Royal Victoria Hospital. He emphasized that mental disease manifestations in Europeans and Indians were similar, and hereditary predisposition and external factors caused mental illness. "Lunacy in India" aimed to improve conditions for India's mentally ill and provided a culturally sensitive definition of insanity, considering local standards. The Title 'Mental Derangements in India Their Symptoms and Treatment written/authored/edited by A. W. Overbeck-Wright', published in the year 2023. The ISBN 9788121284714 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title. This book has total of pp. 390 (Pages). The publisher of this title is Gyan Publishing House. This Book is in English. The subject of this book is Histor