The Collected Papers of Adolf Meyer: Volume IIPsychiatry
Abstract
cause of its extraordinary complexities, requires on the part of anyone who engages himself in it a solid knowledge of the different aspects of the problem, among them dynamic psychology, academic psychology, biology, anthropology ; economic, social and racial concepts ; philosophy, literature, and religion. Such a knowledge, as the book discloses, is exhibited by the author, who reveals also a conciseOF ADOLF: VOLUME(Baltimore: JohnsEdited by Eunice Winters. Hopkins Press, io.)The second volume of Adolf Meyerâs collected papers is devoted entirely to psychiatry, but in general it follows the pattern set by the previous volume on neurology. The papers are presented chronologically and one can follow the development of MeyerâsWorcester,style,writers.not usuallyin pro-York, and finally to the Henry Phipps Psychiatric Clinic in Baltimore. In addition, there are papers on his early medical formulations and special reviews of dementia prcox, paranoia, affective disorders, psychopathology, and psychodynamics. Perhaps the most important contributions are the remarks given at the opening of the Psychiatric Clinic in 1937. As in the previous volume, Meyerâs well-developed historical bent allowed him to record much material easily lost except for publication in volumes of this type. For instance, in the presidential address before the American Psychopathological Association