Textbook of Insanity Based on Clinical Observations (Classic Reprint)

Richard von Krafft-Ebing

ISBN 10: 1330470923 / ISBN 13: 9781330470923

Verlag: Forgotten Books, 2018

Beschreibung

Print on Demand. This book delves into the complex world of mental illness, offering a comprehensive and insightful guide for both students and medical practitioners. Grounded in the author's extensive clinical experience, the book meticulously examines the various forms of mental disease, painting vivid portraits of their manifestations. Avoiding theoretical speculation, the author emphasizes established scientific knowledge, presenting a systematic and accessible framework for understanding these challenging conditions. The book traces the historical evolution of psychiatry, highlighting the struggles and triumphs that have shaped our understanding of the mind. It then delves into the underlying causes of mental illness, exploring both predisposing factors and immediate triggers. With meticulous detail, the author analyzes the symptoms and course of various mental disorders, offering valuable insights into diagnosis, prognosis, and treatment. The book concludes with a compassionate and practical discussion of therapeutic approaches, emphasizing the importance of both physical and psychological interventions. Ultimately, this book illuminates the intricate workings of the human mind, offering hope and guidance for those grappling with the challenges of mental illness. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781330470923_0

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Titel: Textbook of Insanity Based on Clinical ...

Verlag: Forgotten Books

Erscheinungsdatum: 2018

Einband: Paperback

Zustand: New

Art des Buches: print-on-demand item

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Excerpt from Textbook of Insanity: Based on Clinical Observations; For Practitioners and Students of Medicine

The present edition follows the tradition of preceding editions, in that the author's text-book is intended to be a useful guide in the difficult domain of psychiatric study and science, for the student as well as for the practitioner of medicine. For the attainment of this object, the important points that have been kept in view are: Clear, comprehensible terms; avoidance, as far as possible, of theories and hypotheses; emphasis of all that may be regarded as more or less certain in the science of psychiatry; and systematic arrangement of the scientific material.

Owing to the peculiarity of this science and its state of incompleteness, text-books on psychiatry present more or less prominently subjective features dependent upon the personality of their authors. The present text-book is based upon thirty-three years of observation of the insane, and presents disease-pictures in the light of the author's personal experience. The general correspondence between the author's experience and that of other observers may be taken as a guarantee that in general he has been correct in his observation, and that, notwithstanding the confusing variety of manifestations in "diseases of the personality," there are certain fixed laws which permit the establishment empirically of distinct disease-pictures.

The most careful account has been taken of the additions to psychiatric science since the last edition of this work.

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Excerpt from Textbook of Insanity Based on Clinical Observations: For Practitioners and Students of Medicine

Our thanks are due Dr. Frederick Peterson, of New York, for his kindness in consenting to prepare the biographical introduction.

About the Publisher

Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com

This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.