The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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... manic - depressive psychosis , with a preponderance of depressive phases but by no means lacking the manic element ( Johnson's hilarious mood after hearing of Langton's testament , for example ) . Johnson did show diurnal modulations of ...
... manic - depressive psychosis , with a preponderance of depressive phases but by no means lacking the manic element ( Johnson's hilarious mood after hearing of Langton's testament , for example ) . Johnson did show diurnal modulations of ...
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... depression ( manic - depressive psychosis comes under this heading ) , but rather of epileptic depressive states . We thus find that there are no decisive clues to a manic- depressive disposition . The possibility of manic - depressive ...
... depression ( manic - depressive psychosis comes under this heading ) , but rather of epileptic depressive states . We thus find that there are no decisive clues to a manic- depressive disposition . The possibility of manic - depressive ...
Page 153
... manic - depressive dis- order , which preferably takes an intermittent course , with periods during which the patient is in normal mental health . The rare so - called chronic forms of manic - depressive psychosis are , I believe ...
... manic - depressive dis- order , which preferably takes an intermittent course , with periods during which the patient is in normal mental health . The rare so - called chronic forms of manic - depressive psychosis are , I believe ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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