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A clinical manual of mental diseases.Mental diseases not ordinarily included under insanity.

A clinical manual of mental diseases.: Mental diseases not ordinarily included under insanity. There remains to be considered a residue of mental cases which, though not classified among the insane, are notwithstanding clearly and definitely abnormal. Every community contains a number of individuals who make up its proportion of defectives and deviates. Among these are to be found some of the unsuccessful, the misfits of society, as well as the immoral, the vicious, and the criminal. They separate themselves into two groups, which, though quite distinct, may merge into one another. The first is the mattoids, borderland manic and paranoid states. The second is the morons, states of high-grade deficiency, moral deficiency, and criminality. Other diseases discussed include sexual abnormalities and hypochondria. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved) http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png

A clinical manual of mental diseases.Mental diseases not ordinarily included under insanity.

Dercum, Francis X.
American Psychological Association — Feb 8, 2010
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W B Saunders Co
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Copyright © 1917 American Psychological Association
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352 –376
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10.1037/12015-010
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Abstract

There remains to be considered a residue of mental cases which, though not classified among the insane, are notwithstanding clearly and definitely abnormal. Every community contains a number of individuals who make up its proportion of defectives and deviates. Among these are to be found some of the unsuccessful, the misfits of society, as well as the immoral, the vicious, and the criminal. They separate themselves into two groups, which, though quite distinct, may merge into one another. The first is the mattoids, borderland manic and paranoid states. The second is the morons, states of high-grade deficiency, moral deficiency, and criminality. Other diseases discussed include sexual abnormalities and hypochondria. (PsycInfo Database Record (c) 2022 APA, all rights reserved)

Published: Feb 8, 2010

Keywords: mental disease; borderland states; moral moral deficiency; criminality; morality; mattoids; sexual abnormality; hypochondria

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