Research in Dementia Praecox
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This is a book by an American author, Professor N. C. D. Lewis, of Columbia University. It is of a quite unusual kind and is the result of the author's attempt to collect the findings of research work done into the condition during the last fifteen years. Its publication in America was largely made possible by the beneficience of the Scottish Rite Masons. In the prefact it is suggested that it is written both for those with and without scientific training. This seems rather doubtful, for it seems specially meant for advanced students and research workers in psychiatry. For the latter, in fact, such a book would seem to be a most
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VOLUME 3: THE PSYCHOGENESIS OF MENTAL DISEASE Abstracts of the Collected Works of C. G. Jung Volume 3: The Psychogenesis of Mental Disease The psychology of dementia praecox. 1. Critical survey of theoretical views on the psychology of dementia praecox
A critical survey of the theoretical views on the psychology of dementia praecox includes discussions and comparisons of the works of Freud, Gross, Jiling, and a number of others. An overview of the literature on the subject shows that the research, although fragmentary and apparently uncoordinated, agrees that the symptoms commonly include a central disturbance -a lowering of attention or appe...
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