Mental Mechanisms
Scanned, proofed and corrected from the original hardcover edition for enjoyable reading. (Worth every penny spent!)
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Contents:
I. Some Considerations on the Constitution of Consciousness – Relation of Mental and Physical
II. Types of Reaction—Defense and Compensation
III. The Content of Consciousness—Dreams—Symbolism—The Psychoses—Folk-Lore
IV. The "Complex"—Types of "Complex" Reactions—Modes of Expression—General Considerations
V. Current Conceptions of Hysteria—Psychological, Physiological, Biological and Clinical Theories
VI. The Psychological Approach to the Problem of Art
VII. The Theory, Methods and Psychotherapeutic Value of Psychoanalysis
VIII. Preventive Principles in the Field of Mental Medicine
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INTRODUCTION
A few words only by way of introduction so that the reader may be assisted to an understanding of the plan of this book. It is always helpful to get a bird's-eye view of a city one is about to explore, or to look at a field under the microscope first with a low-power objective, for purposes of general orientation, before examining the minute details with a lens of higher magnification.
In the first place the book does not pretend to an exhaustive setting forth of all the principles underlying psychopathology, but only to an explanation and emphasis of certain fundamentals which appear to me absolutely essential to an understanding of the problems of present-day psychiatry.
The first chapter is devoted to a consideration of the building up of the structure of consciousness, the organization and operation of the forces at work and somewhat of the laws of their interplay. The second chapter accounts, in a general way, for the content of consciousness, the nature of that content, and gives a general account of certain types of reaction. The third chapter deals somewhat more specifically with the content of consciousness as illustrated by dreams, the content of the psychoses, and certain phenomena of the content of the race consciousness—folklore. The fourth chapter is devoted to a definition of the complex and an explanation of its effects both in the normal mind and in the psychoses. Chapter five carries out the principles elucidated in the preceding chapters in the setting forth of the problem of hysteria, while in chapter six the principles are applied to an explanation of the problem of art, both from the standpoint of the creation of art and the nature of its appeal. Chapter seven sets forth the methods by which, in accordance with the principles thus far laid down, it is possible to attain to a knowledge of the content of consciousness, and discusses certain therapeutic issues; while the final chapter, chapter eight, is a general discussion of the bearing of all that precedes upon the problems of preventive medicine, with some suggestions as to methods of procedure.
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Contents:
I. Some Considerations on the Constitution of Consciousness – Relation of Mental and Physical
II. Types of Reaction—Defense and Compensation
III. The Content of Consciousness—Dreams—Symbolism—The Psychoses—Folk-Lore
IV. The "Complex"—Types of "Complex" Reactions—Modes of Expression—General Considerations
V. Current Conceptions of Hysteria—Psychological, Physiological, Biological and Clinical Theories
VI. The Psychological Approach to the Problem of Art
VII. The Theory, Methods and Psychotherapeutic Value of Psychoanalysis
VIII. Preventive Principles in the Field of Mental Medicine
***
INTRODUCTION
A few words only by way of introduction so that the reader may be assisted to an understanding of the plan of this book. It is always helpful to get a bird's-eye view of a city one is about to explore, or to look at a field under the microscope first with a low-power objective, for purposes of general orientation, before examining the minute details with a lens of higher magnification.
In the first place the book does not pretend to an exhaustive setting forth of all the principles underlying psychopathology, but only to an explanation and emphasis of certain fundamentals which appear to me absolutely essential to an understanding of the problems of present-day psychiatry.
The first chapter is devoted to a consideration of the building up of the structure of consciousness, the organization and operation of the forces at work and somewhat of the laws of their interplay. The second chapter accounts, in a general way, for the content of consciousness, the nature of that content, and gives a general account of certain types of reaction. The third chapter deals somewhat more specifically with the content of consciousness as illustrated by dreams, the content of the psychoses, and certain phenomena of the content of the race consciousness—folklore. The fourth chapter is devoted to a definition of the complex and an explanation of its effects both in the normal mind and in the psychoses. Chapter five carries out the principles elucidated in the preceding chapters in the setting forth of the problem of hysteria, while in chapter six the principles are applied to an explanation of the problem of art, both from the standpoint of the creation of art and the nature of its appeal. Chapter seven sets forth the methods by which, in accordance with the principles thus far laid down, it is possible to attain to a knowledge of the content of consciousness, and discusses certain therapeutic issues; while the final chapter, chapter eight, is a general discussion of the bearing of all that precedes upon the problems of preventive medicine, with some suggestions as to methods of procedure.
Mental Mechanisms
Scanned, proofed and corrected from the original hardcover edition for enjoyable reading. (Worth every penny spent!)
***
Contents:
I. Some Considerations on the Constitution of Consciousness – Relation of Mental and Physical
II. Types of Reaction—Defense and Compensation
III. The Content of Consciousness—Dreams—Symbolism—The Psychoses—Folk-Lore
IV. The "Complex"—Types of "Complex" Reactions—Modes of Expression—General Considerations
V. Current Conceptions of Hysteria—Psychological, Physiological, Biological and Clinical Theories
VI. The Psychological Approach to the Problem of Art
VII. The Theory, Methods and Psychotherapeutic Value of Psychoanalysis
VIII. Preventive Principles in the Field of Mental Medicine
***
INTRODUCTION
A few words only by way of introduction so that the reader may be assisted to an understanding of the plan of this book. It is always helpful to get a bird's-eye view of a city one is about to explore, or to look at a field under the microscope first with a low-power objective, for purposes of general orientation, before examining the minute details with a lens of higher magnification.
In the first place the book does not pretend to an exhaustive setting forth of all the principles underlying psychopathology, but only to an explanation and emphasis of certain fundamentals which appear to me absolutely essential to an understanding of the problems of present-day psychiatry.
The first chapter is devoted to a consideration of the building up of the structure of consciousness, the organization and operation of the forces at work and somewhat of the laws of their interplay. The second chapter accounts, in a general way, for the content of consciousness, the nature of that content, and gives a general account of certain types of reaction. The third chapter deals somewhat more specifically with the content of consciousness as illustrated by dreams, the content of the psychoses, and certain phenomena of the content of the race consciousness—folklore. The fourth chapter is devoted to a definition of the complex and an explanation of its effects both in the normal mind and in the psychoses. Chapter five carries out the principles elucidated in the preceding chapters in the setting forth of the problem of hysteria, while in chapter six the principles are applied to an explanation of the problem of art, both from the standpoint of the creation of art and the nature of its appeal. Chapter seven sets forth the methods by which, in accordance with the principles thus far laid down, it is possible to attain to a knowledge of the content of consciousness, and discusses certain therapeutic issues; while the final chapter, chapter eight, is a general discussion of the bearing of all that precedes upon the problems of preventive medicine, with some suggestions as to methods of procedure.
***
Contents:
I. Some Considerations on the Constitution of Consciousness – Relation of Mental and Physical
II. Types of Reaction—Defense and Compensation
III. The Content of Consciousness—Dreams—Symbolism—The Psychoses—Folk-Lore
IV. The "Complex"—Types of "Complex" Reactions—Modes of Expression—General Considerations
V. Current Conceptions of Hysteria—Psychological, Physiological, Biological and Clinical Theories
VI. The Psychological Approach to the Problem of Art
VII. The Theory, Methods and Psychotherapeutic Value of Psychoanalysis
VIII. Preventive Principles in the Field of Mental Medicine
***
INTRODUCTION
A few words only by way of introduction so that the reader may be assisted to an understanding of the plan of this book. It is always helpful to get a bird's-eye view of a city one is about to explore, or to look at a field under the microscope first with a low-power objective, for purposes of general orientation, before examining the minute details with a lens of higher magnification.
In the first place the book does not pretend to an exhaustive setting forth of all the principles underlying psychopathology, but only to an explanation and emphasis of certain fundamentals which appear to me absolutely essential to an understanding of the problems of present-day psychiatry.
The first chapter is devoted to a consideration of the building up of the structure of consciousness, the organization and operation of the forces at work and somewhat of the laws of their interplay. The second chapter accounts, in a general way, for the content of consciousness, the nature of that content, and gives a general account of certain types of reaction. The third chapter deals somewhat more specifically with the content of consciousness as illustrated by dreams, the content of the psychoses, and certain phenomena of the content of the race consciousness—folklore. The fourth chapter is devoted to a definition of the complex and an explanation of its effects both in the normal mind and in the psychoses. Chapter five carries out the principles elucidated in the preceding chapters in the setting forth of the problem of hysteria, while in chapter six the principles are applied to an explanation of the problem of art, both from the standpoint of the creation of art and the nature of its appeal. Chapter seven sets forth the methods by which, in accordance with the principles thus far laid down, it is possible to attain to a knowledge of the content of consciousness, and discusses certain therapeutic issues; while the final chapter, chapter eight, is a general discussion of the bearing of all that precedes upon the problems of preventive medicine, with some suggestions as to methods of procedure.
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| BN ID: | 2940012891556 |
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| Publisher: | OGB |
| Publication date: | 06/18/2011 |
| Series: | Nervous and Mental Disease Monograph Series , #8 |
| Sold by: | Barnes & Noble |
| Format: | eBook |
| File size: | 552 KB |
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