The distressed mind provides a general overview of psychiatry, although certain parts of this text are outdated and modern science has refuted them, the text does allude to this possibility occurring in the (then) future.

Brown's writing initially starts off as what can be seen as a defensive stance on the legitimacy of psychiatry and psychology as respected scientific fields and branches out into the main topics regarding the fields. The detail of the writing itself is not immense but acceptable as the book itself covers a vast variety of topics ranging from Psychiatry's development, Freud/Jung/Alder's takes on psychoanalysis, psychopathology, the nervous system, psychosomatic disorders, et cetera.

The preface of this book is wrong to suggest that the material is centred on psychosomatic disorders as it only composes a mere chapter of the book and is not mentioned within the others.

3/5 Overall slightly ahead of its time in regards to opinions held about those with known psychological issues but not a very in-depth piece. Great as a memory refresher...