THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF PHYSIOTHERAPY
William C. Menninger M. D., and
Mildred Cutrer R. N.
The psychological effects obtained from physiotherapy depend largely upon the personality of the therapist, her understanding of the psychologic needs of the individual and her ability to direct therapy to meet these. In the treatment of mental diseases the value of physiotherapy results only in part (probably a minor part in some instances) from the physical effects but rather from the psychological effects which it produces.
The fact that all mental institutions, no matter how small, have some kind of a physiotherapy department gives one an opportunity to stress the point that physiotherapy is of great help in producing improvement in mentally ill patients.
