A plea for an objective psychiatry

Abstract

I have chosen to write a plea for an Objective Psychiatry and will continue my thesis along the following lines: -(a) A Critical Survey of the History of Psychiatry (b) The Physiology of Mind (c) The Physiology of some Abnormal States (d) The "Pathology” of the Psychoses (1) Melancholia (2) Mani a (3) Dementia Praecox (4) Toxic States (5) Delusional States (6) Degenerative States (7) After-effects of Head Injuries (e) Prognosis and Treatment (f) Summary and Conclusions