The Measure and the Choice: A Pathographic Essay on Samuel JohnsonStory Scientia, 1971 - 231 pages |
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Page 32
... positive symptoms . The negative symptom is the cause of diminished psychological tension and disintegration . In the context of the hierarchy of mental function , Jackson discerned a shift of balance which he described as follows . " I ...
... positive symptoms . The negative symptom is the cause of diminished psychological tension and disintegration . In the context of the hierarchy of mental function , Jackson discerned a shift of balance which he described as follows . " I ...
Page 110
... positive nature . In the the terms of these definitions , selective mental self- protection from an excess of sensations does not come under the heading of neurotic defence , for this has a negative result ( escape into isolation by ...
... positive nature . In the the terms of these definitions , selective mental self- protection from an excess of sensations does not come under the heading of neurotic defence , for this has a negative result ( escape into isolation by ...
Page 113
... positive mental element . If defence " renounces " its " vocation " as an ordering . regulating principle in this hierarchical subordi- nation to the integrative potencies , to follow separatist tenden- cies and turn against the ...
... positive mental element . If defence " renounces " its " vocation " as an ordering . regulating principle in this hierarchical subordi- nation to the integrative potencies , to follow separatist tenden- cies and turn against the ...
Contents
Preface | 5 |
Johnson in parenthesis | 20 |
The degeneration concept in psychiatry | 28 |
Copyright | |
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