The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 88
... depressions have always been diagnosed as endogenous depressions or as neurotic depressions ( the latter is a psycho - analytical diagnosis ( 114 , 139 ) . This is an error . I am convinced that Johnson's depressions were neither of the ...
... depressions have always been diagnosed as endogenous depressions or as neurotic depressions ( the latter is a psycho - analytical diagnosis ( 114 , 139 ) . This is an error . I am convinced that Johnson's depressions were neither of the ...
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... depressions are never inhibited depressions ; they are not pure examples of vital depressions even though the patients are seriously depressed and not infrequently in danger of suicide . 3. In term of diurnal undulations of the mood we ...
... depressions are never inhibited depressions ; they are not pure examples of vital depressions even though the patients are seriously depressed and not infrequently in danger of suicide . 3. In term of diurnal undulations of the mood we ...
Page 151
... depressions . It is a striking fact that the mood of depression could be broken over and over again , either by his own activity and resistance or by seeking the company of others . This is not characteristic of a patient suffering from ...
... depressions . It is a striking fact that the mood of depression could be broken over and over again , either by his own activity and resistance or by seeking the company of others . This is not characteristic of a patient suffering from ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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