Manual of psychiatry and mental hygiene / by Aaron J. Rosanoff.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Rosanoff, A. J. (Aaron Joshua), 1878-1943, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Mental illness.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xviii, 1,091 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

Seventh edition.

Other Title:

Manual of psychiatry and mental hygiene

Place of Publication:

New York ; London : J. Wiley & sons, inc. ; : Chapmabn & Hall, limited, 1938.

Summary:

"Since the appearance of the last preceding edition of this manual, nearly 11 years ago, noteworthy progress has been made in psychiatry and allied fields. Special mention may be made of large-scale studies of mental disorders in twins, which have been carried out in Germany, in this country, and elsewhere; and which not only have made possible a more exact estimation of the part played by hereditary and germinal factors in the etiology of mental disorders, but have thrown, as a by-product, and rather unexpectedly, new light on certain non-hereditary factors, particularly cerebral birth injuries. In the light of these studies, some important older contributions have gained a special significance for psychiatry, although they were the results of researches in seemingly foreign fields: obstetrics, pediatrics, and biologic statistics. These and many other contributions of the last 10 or 12 years have had to be embodied in the present edition of this manual, if it was to be brought abreast of the times. This has necessitated not only an enlargement of the book by the addition of new material, but also extensive changes and rearrangements. The author's purpose has remained the same as before: to make a working manual by presenting a description of the material of the psychiatric clinic, and methods of dealing with it--that is to say, techniques of diagnosis, prevention, and treatment. This book represents an attempt to give a comprehensive bird's-eye view of the entire field of psychiatry and mental hygiene; but a complete and detailed treatment of any subject dealt with in it has been, of course, quite out of the question. At the end of each chapter the student will find a list of references to original sources. The five main parts of the book are divided as follows: General Psychiatry, Special Psychiatry, The Practice of Psychiatry, Mental Hygiene, and Special Diagnostic procedures"--Preface. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2007 APA, all rights reserved).

Contents:

1.Etiology

2.Symptomatology

3.Neuropsychiatric Syndromes

4.General Pathology of Mental Disorders

5.Classification

6.Huntington's Chorea

7.Amaurotic Family Idiocy

8.Hereditary Mental Deficiency.

9.Mongolism

10.Immediate Effects, Residuals, and Sequels of Cerebral Birth Trauma

11.Immediate Effects, Residuals, and Sequels of Postnatal Brain Trauma

12.Acute Infectious Meningitides and Encephalitides, Their Residuals and Sequels

13.Neurosyphilis

14.Alcoholism

15.Drug Addictions

16.Mental Disorders Due to Other Exogenous Toxins

17.Autotoxic Psychoses

18.Psychoses Associated with Endocrine Disorders

19.Neuropsychiatric Disorders Associated with Nutritional Deficiencies

20.Intracranial Tumors

21.Cerebral Arteriosclerosis

22.Senile and Presenile Deteriorations

23.Chaotic Sexuality, Including Certain So-Called Schizophrenic Psychoses

24.Affective-Reaction Groups, Including So-Called Manic-Depressive Psychoses

25.Antisocial Personalities

26.Mixed, Transitional, Borderline, and Miscellaneous Groups

27.A Theory of Temperament Based Mainly on Psychiatric Experience

28.Methods of Investigation

29.Therapeutic Techniques

30.Psychoanalysis

31.Medicolegal Questions in Psychiatry

Military Psychiatry

Industrial Psychiatry

32.Mental Hygiene

33.Spinal Fluid Examination

34.Wassermann Reaction

35.Examination for Aphasia

36.Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale: 1916 Standardization

37.Free Association Test (Kent-Rosanoff)

38.Tests for Alcohol and Carbon Monoxide

39.Other Special Tests.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Includes bibliographical references and index.