ANALYSIS OF A CASE OF DISSOCIATION COMBINED WITH PHOBIAS AND COMPULSIONS
Abstract
A CASE PHOBIASDOOLEY,DISSOCIATION COMPULSIONS.*WASHINGTON,PH.D., M. D.,D. yearsC.described, occupation, addition On toa young1920,tonsils,November,she complainedat âlosswhich ofmemory.âinvestigation for three yearsit turned she hours had whenshe becamemeant lastdison actionsby this that at intervals ing from a few seconds oriented-was the street, did uncertain not knowto of howidentity home.and, Apparentlydid not appear abnormal as no one ever noticed her, and she continued to walk about until things became clear to her again. She was conscious at these times that she was reading the names of the streets but they meant nothing to her. The most severe and prolongedshe Oncame thatdispensary shea visitand had tofinally Washington and onled leaving for herto on the seekhelp.inter-train afterreturned Baltimore, wandered she recognized and then Shea latestation four theshe hours. officethere,had Atdisoriented. four where in the she ofabout found herself the quicklynearly oppositemorning worked, him,building askednight madea directionto her in as a day. eveningepileptic ofboarding the Shewould equivalents fainting*house. andsit lost and attacks of work inThese followedthrough day the in a patientthe daypreceded stateby a heavy as muchby a dreamy dreams.hypothesis childhood. referredat leisure thought byNaturally was Further forsupported study,history failedwriter,however, to theattending the Neurological Dispensary of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, by Dr. G. Lane Taneyhill, chief