Research Catalog

Title

Foundations of abnormal psychology, by Fred A. Moss ... and Thelma Hunt ...

Author

Moss, Fred August, 1893-

Publication

New York, Prentice-Hall, Inc., 1932.

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Details

Additional Authors

Hunt, Thelma.

Description

xii, 548 pages illustrations.

Summary

When the objective scientist undertakes the study of any phenomenon, he first attempts to discover the physical cause producing it; he next looks for the physical machinery through which this cause acts. Knowing the cause and the underlying machinery, he can more adequately describe and explain the phenomenon. As a final step, he may attempt to devise methods of controlling or preventing the phenomenon. The above procedure has been followed insofar as possible in our study of mental disorder. We begin by giving the physical agents that produce the disorder; we next consider the underlying tissue pathology which these agents produce; third, we consider the mental abnormalities resulting from this tissue pathology; and fourth, we consider methods for preventing the disorder or for curing it when once it is acquired. In those instances in which the physical cause and pathology are unknown, we have been frank to say so. We recognize that the science of abnormal psychology is still in its infancy, and it is to be expected that the next ten years will bring many changes and additions to the material set forth in this book. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2005 APA, all rights reserved).

Series Statement

Prentice-Hall psychology series

Uniform Title

Prentice-Hall psychology series.

Subject

• Psychology, Pathological
• Mental illness
• Mental Disorders
• Psychopathology
• mental disorders

Note

• In 2 parts, pt. II preceded by half-title not included in the paging; illustrations are numbered as plates.

Contents

Part 1: General consideration of mental disorders -- The physical basis of mind -- Who is normal? -- Mental disorders through the ages -- The importance and extent of mental disorders -- Causes of mental disorders -- Symptoms of mental disorders -- Developmental history of the mentally disordered -- Objective evidences of mental disorders -- Prevention of mental disorders -- Part 2: A consideration of specific diseases -- Classification of mental disorders -- Mental disorders resulting from bacterial infection -- Mental disorders caused by toxins -- Mental disorders caused by glandular disturbances -- Mental disorders caused by certain deficiencies in cell nutrients -- Mental disorders due to deficiency in nerve cells -- Mental disorders caused by brain atrophy, arteriosclerosis, and other senile changes -- Mental disorders resulting from developmental and mechanical injury of the brain tissue -- Mental disorders resulting from temperature disturbances -- Mental disorders the causes of which are only partly known -- Mental disorders the causes of which are unknown.

LCCN

32004849

OCLC

• ocm01348463
• 1348463
• SCSB-590789

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library