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- Publisher
- W B Saunders Co
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1917 American Psychological Association
- Pages
- 26 –33
- DOI
- 10.1037/12015-002
- Publisher site
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Abstract
I have long come to the conclusion that insanity must, as far as possible, be approached from the standpoint of practical medicine. Indeed, it has seemed to me most natural to begin the study of mental disorders with the affections with which the general practitioner first comes in contact. These include delirium, confusion and mental stupor; melancholia, mania and circular insanity (Melancholia-mania and Manic-depressive insanity); the heboid-paranoid group (dementia praecox and paranoia; the neurasthenic-neuropathic disorders (psychasthenia); and the dementias. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)
Published: Feb 8, 2010
Keywords: mental disease; insanity; practical medicine; general practitioners