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- Publisher
- American Medical Association
- Copyright
- Copyright © 1935 American Medical Association. All Rights Reserved. Applicable FARS/DFARS Restrictions Apply to Government Use.
- ISSN
- 0098-7484
- eISSN
- 1538-3598
- DOI
- 10.1001/jama.1935.02760290009004
- Publisher site
- See Article on Publisher Site
Abstract
Our conceptions of psychiatry have undergone considerable evolution during the past quarter of a century. The term psychiatry is now used in a very broad sense, embracing all kinds of mental disease, mild or grave, transitory or protracted, benign or malignant; in fine, every variety of mental disorder or abnormality, including personality problems, behavior disorders, child guidance and problems of mental hygiene, social maladjustment, crime and delinquency. In the present discussion, while using the term in its broader sense, I shall confine myself to a few psychiatric problems of importance and especially to those which serve as a background for the discussion of psychotherapy, which is of the utmost importance in general practice. To avoid the use of psychiatric technicalities and for the sake of brevity, I shall refer to several well recognized general groups; namely, the affective or emotional group, the schizophrenic group, the organic group, the toxic infective
Journal
JAMA – American Medical Association
Published: Jul 20, 1935