Originally published in 1926, a complement to the author’s Outline of Psychology, this book surveys the field of neurotic and mental disorders in so far as they are not due to gross organic lesions. It discusses the principal types of mental processes that are abnormal or disorderly, seeking to understand them in terms of the general principles laid down in the earlier volume.
Key Features
- Explores sleep, the influence of drugs and suggestion.
- Examines conflict and repression, automatisms and somnambulisms.
- Covers morbid fears, obsessions and impulsions, perversions, delusions.
- Discusses exaltation and depression, multiple personalities, and psycho-therapy.
- Addresses various schools of abnormal psychology.
- Targeted not only at medical experts but also at anyone interested in human personality.
Additional Information
This book presents a psychological theory perspective rather than a medical practice approach. It is intended for every man or woman interested in the riddle of human personality.
