The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 92
... manifestations it is advisable , with reference to Johnson's mental disturbances , to focus on the group of manifestations described as psychomotor attacks , automatisms and temporal attacks ( 404 , vol . II , p . 551 et seq . ) . The ...
... manifestations it is advisable , with reference to Johnson's mental disturbances , to focus on the group of manifestations described as psychomotor attacks , automatisms and temporal attacks ( 404 , vol . II , p . 551 et seq . ) . The ...
Page 103
... manifestations are seen to occur even in individuals with little or no compulsive traits in their disposition ; these compulsive manifestations must therefore be regarded as reactive to a slight disinhibition of drives and impulses ...
... manifestations are seen to occur even in individuals with little or no compulsive traits in their disposition ; these compulsive manifestations must therefore be regarded as reactive to a slight disinhibition of drives and impulses ...
Page 158
... manifestation that best serves defence . Neurotic manifestations and fictions occur in such a way that confron- tation with reality is avoided as effectively as possible . The neurotic is bogged down deeper and deeper in these fictions ...
... manifestation that best serves defence . Neurotic manifestations and fictions occur in such a way that confron- tation with reality is avoided as effectively as possible . The neurotic is bogged down deeper and deeper in these fictions ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
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