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Textbook of abnormal psychology
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Year: 1945 Publisher: Baltimore : Williams & Wilkins Co.,

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In observing the trends which have developed in the last five years in the field of abnormal psychology and in related fields, the authors are of the opinion that there has not been any marked change in directional lines. It is true that a vast amount of research and case material has been published, and certain new schools of theory seem to have developed. However, if new language is discounted, most of the material can be treated adequately under the existing framework that has stood the test of time. We have, therefore, continued our presentation of new material within this conventional framework and have attempted to show how some of the newer concepts are related to the older ones. Retaining the basic plan of earlier editions we have incorporated the results of research where they seemed most appropriate and have added three hundred sixty-five new references. In addition, as a result of suggestions made by our colleagues who have used the earlier editions and of our own teaching experiences, we have rearranged some of the material in order to obtain greater clarity for the student. In view of the new material that has been presented and of the reorganization of earlier points of difficulty we believe that both the student and the research worker in the field of abnormal psychology will find the third edition a worthwhile contribution to the field.


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Psychology in general practice
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Year: 1945 Publisher: [London] : Pub. on behalf of the Practitioner by Eyre and Spottiswoode, ltd.,

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The neurologist's point of view : essays on psychiatric and other subjects
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Year: 1945 Publisher: New York : Fischer,

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Textbook of abnormal psychology
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Year: 1945 Publisher: Baltimore : The Williams & Wilkins company,

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"Without reflecting any discredit on the pioneer treatises on this topic, it can fairly be said that the present volume marks the beginning of an epoch. In fact, I am strongly inclined to believe that the volume signalizes the beginning of the scientific era in abnormal psychology. The authors, it would appear, have produced a work which is in line with the foundations laid by Pierre Janet, and infused with the spirit of the great French pathologist. While the work of Janet has necessarily been restricted to the clinical aspects, the present authors have coordinated therewith the contributions of general and experimental psychology; thus producing a structure worthy of its foundation. I am impressed, in the first place, with the vast amount of materials collected in this volume. No other book has attempted such a task. Obviously, this is a sharp departure from the conventional type of psychology text, in which "easy steps for little feet" has become more and more the rule. In conjunction with the literature-references, which are of extraordinary definiteness, the book furnishes a starting point from which the really industrious student may branch out into any subtopic in this complicated field. In the second place, I am impressed with the critical balance of the book. Giving the various isms and theories their places, the authors avoid imposing on the reader either isms or emotional anti-isms (which is more than I can say for my own writings). Without being subjected to the stress of violent iconoclasm, the reader is prepared for immunity to both pseudo-psychological novelties and ancient superstitions. There are various points of interpretation, of course, on which I should take issue with the authors; and on some of these points I should possibly be right. These features of the presentation, however, increase my appreciation of, and respect for, the whole. The authors, and the psychological profession are to be congratulated on this magnum opus, which demonstrates, among other things, that scientifically minded psychiatrists and psychologists can work together in harmony and fruitfulness: for, it should be said, this book has a history which is not superficially obvious; and in that history, Dr. Chapman has played a part of no small importance. In observing the trends which have developed in the last five years in the field of abnormal psychology and in related fields, the authors are of the opinion that there has not been any marked change in directional lines. It is true that a vast amount of research and case material has been published, and certain new schools of theory seem to have developed. However, if new language is discounted, most of the material can be treated adequately under the existing framework that has stood the test of time. We have, therefore, continued our presentation of new material within this conventional framework and have attempted to show how some of the newer concepts are related to the older ones. Retaining the basic plan of earlier editions we have incorporated the results of research where they seemed most appropriate and have added three hundred sixty-five new references. In addition, as a result of suggestions made by our colleagues who have used the earlier editions and of our own teaching experiences, we have rearranged some of the material in order to obtain greater clarity for the student. In view of the new material that has been presented and of the reorganization of earlier points of difficulty we believe that both the student and the research worker in the field of abnormal psychology will find the third edition a worthwhile contribution to the field"--Foreword. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved).


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Seelische Erkrankungen bei Mensch und Tier : eine Grundlage für eine vergleichende Psychopathologie
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Year: 1945 Publisher: Bern : Huber,

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Seelische Erkrankungen bei Mensch und Tier : eine Grundlage für eine vergleichende Psychopathologie
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Men under stress
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Year: 1945 Publisher: Philadelphia, : Blakiston,

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The stress of war tries men as no other test that they have encountered in civilized life. Like a crucial experiment it exposes the underlying physiological and psychological mechanisms of the human being. Exceedingly valuable lessons can be learned from it regarding the methods by which men adapt themselves to all forms of stress, either in war or in peace. Under sufficient stress any individual may show failure of adaptation, evidenced by neurotic symptoms. Such symptoms then are pathological only in a comparative sense, when contrasted with the symptoms of those still making successful adaptations. While the material in this book concerns flying personnel almost exclusively, the psychological mechanisms under discussion in this book are those that apply to Everyman in his struggle to master his own environment. In this realm, a hair divides the normal from the neurotic, the adaptive from the nonadaptive. The failures of adaptation of the soldier described herein mirror Everyman's everyday failures or neurotic compromises with reality. The book's material is roughly divided into a discussion of war neuroses appearing overseas and those in combat veterans returned home for relief from flying or for rehabilitation. "Men under Stress" covers a vast array of topics, beginning with the background and selection of flight personnel, followed by seventeen chapters on the combat environment and reactions to it--which include the subjects of morale, combat stress, psychodynamics, emotional disorders and neurotic reactions, guilt and depression, aggression and hostility, psychosomatic states; psychotic-like states, and the treatment modalities of psychotherapy, narcosynthesis, and adjunctive treatment. The book closes with two chapters on civilian applications, including civilian psychiatry and general social implications. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved).


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The psychoanalytic study of the child.
ISSN: 24743356 Year: 1945 Publisher: New Haven Philadelphia : Yale University Press, Taylor & Francis

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