Show No Such Thing as N Nervous Breakdown BERKELEY CaL Cd UP There is no such thing as a nervous breakdown breakdown breakdown break break- down Dr M. M C. C Reid University of California psychiatrist claimed to to- day Actually Dr Reid said the condi- condi lion Ion termed a breakdown is a menal mental men- men tal ml al compromise A typical case that we have in college the psychiatrist said aid is the he student who attempts to take subjects subject in which he is uninterested or for which he is h mentally un tin adapted Unable to force himself himsel to give the concentration to master these hese subjects he worries continually continual- continual ly y and at the approach of finals he attempts to drive his brain and will power The result from a case ase of at this kind is that the conscious conscious mind is determined to carry carryon on but the unconscious unconscious un un- un conscious mind rebels The so called nervous breakdown is a compromise The individual saves his face and the he scorn of the world is changed to sympathy and solicitation This is an unconscious evasion of at responsibilIty Ity ty Relaxation was cited by the psychiatrist psychiatrist as an aid to overcoming such conditions |