Historical Conceptions of Dissociation and Psychosis: Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Century Perspectives on Severe Psychopathology

Psychosis, Trauma and Dissociation: Emerging Perspectives on Severe Psychopathology

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 7-20

  Middleton, Warwick ^a   Dorahy, Martin J ^b   Moskowitz, Andrew ^c,d  

^a University of Canterbury ^*  (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN   (United Kingdom)

^d ROYAL CORNHILL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Degeneration equivalent to insanity; Dissociation and psychosis historical conceptions; Dissociation, psychosis and schizophrenia merging construct; Dissociative disorders and psychotic disorders; General paresis and 'schizophrenia'; Hysteria and dissociative divisions in personality; Jung and the psychology of dementia praecox; Multiple personality disorder (MPD) or dissociative identity disorder; Philippe Pinel's Des Maladies Mentales; Psychosis insanity, dementia praecox and schizophrenia

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889302791     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470699652.ch1     Document Type: Chapter

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