The psychology of abnormal people : with educational applications / by John J.B. Morgan.

  • John J. B. Morgan
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[1928]
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Credit: The psychology of abnormal people : with educational applications / by John J.B. Morgan. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    THE PSYCHOLOGY OF ABNORMAL PEOPLE CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION In this chapter we shall find that the normal person is the one who keeps his balance while adjusting to difficulties of differ¬ ent levels of complexity. From a survey of the ways in which abnormal persons have been treated in the past we shall learn to adopt a more rational attitude than that held by our fore¬ fathers. We should learn how to apply scientific methods to the study of the problems of mental abnormality which have in the past been so perplexing. We shall discover the great social and individual importance of a study of abnormal indi¬ viduals and gain a viewpoint which will enable us to benefit personally from our study. 1. A specific instance of character breakdown. Recently the writer was asked for assistance by a man of about thirty- five years of age who spoke about, himself in the most dis¬ paraging terms. He stated that he was a good-for-nothing drunkard, that he had made a wreck of his life, that he was shaking the foundations from his home and about to be de¬ serted by his wife, that he should be hanged if he got what he deserved, that he was not fit to associate with his one-year- old daughter, and that he was certain that he was going crazy. He had taken different alcoholic cures, he had been given the l
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