Benign stupors : a study of a new manic-depressive reaction type /
"In order to understand psychological reactions, interrelation rather than mere coincidence of symptoms must be studied and, to aid in this, free use was made of the fundamental principles of unconscious mentation as exposed in the theories of Freud and his followers. Almost at the outset it ha...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York :
The Macmillan Company,
1921.
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| Summary: | "In order to understand psychological reactions, interrelation rather than mere coincidence of symptoms must be studied and, to aid in this, free use was made of the fundamental principles of unconscious mentation as exposed in the theories of Freud and his followers. Almost at the outset it had been discovered that many patients presented clinical pictures that would not fit into existing diagnostic pigeon holes. Dr. George H. Kirby, whose skill and industry had made the most valuable contributions to the archives of the Institute, published in 1913 a brief paper in which he pointed out, not only that many cases with 'catatonic' symptoms recovered, but also that clinically the behavior of stupor showed it to be related to manic-depressive insanity as well as dementia prcox. Dr. Hoch took up the problem at this point. Using Dr. Kirby's material and adding to it his earlier observations as well as current cases, he endeavored to work out the essentials of the stupor reaction. It was his ambition to describe stupor not only in its psychiatric bearing but also as a life reaction"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2012 APA, all rights reserved). |
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| Item Description: | "Editor's preface" signed: John T. MacCurdy. Electronic resource. |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xi, 284 pages) |
| Format: | Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Place of Publication: | United States -- New York -- New York. |