The term psychology refers both to an institutional discipline and to a subject matter. Henriques, in his article "Psychology Defined" (this issue) , emphasizes the second reference, and its focus can be sharpened by taking into account the first reference. On the one hand, epistemic progress in science is a dynamic process, which, as often as not, cuts across institutional divisions. However, ...

Every survey of the prevalence of neurosis in general practice records a rate in women almost double that in men. This investigation is an attempt to examine a possible cause for this disparity. The patients studied in this survey constituted a rural general practice of 3,000. Data were collected from the general practitioner's disease index, the patient's record card, and the personal knowledg...

Because there is not definite scientific knowledge about posttraumatic neurosis, a psychiatrist involved in evaluating allegations of psychiatric impairment in negligence law cases can make only a circumscribed contribution. Nevertheless, the contribution can be an important one.

investigations concerning the higher level activities of the cerebellar cortex in regard to psychoneurosis have revealed quite different point of views as compared to early pioneers in this field such as freud. systematic approach to informational processing as one of the higher level functions of cerebellar cortex plays an influencial part of the genesis of psychoneurosis. there are some simil...

This research studies alienation and neurosis in Toni Morrison’s God Help the Child. The concepts of are going to be applied within scope psychoanalysis. These help interpret characters, namely female protagonist Lula Ann Bridewell her parents, their resistance against people who taunt them for being black. injustice causes parents alienated from society; later they become psychically neurotic....