Review of A Mind That Found Itself.
Publication year - 1908
Publication title -
psychological bulletin
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 10.737
H-Index - 313
eISSN - 1939-1455
pISSN - 0033-2909
DOI - 10.1037/h0065273
Subject(s) - psychology , cognitive psychology , social psychology
Mind that Found Itself. By Clifford Whittingham Beers. New York and London: Longmans, Green & Co., 1908. Pp. 362. "A Mind that Found Itself" is a wonderfully graphic account of the wandering of a mind set adrift, recorded by that mind after it had once more found its moorings. The author describes, as only one who has experienced them can describe, the vividly realistic hallucinations and terrifying illusions which continually harass the victims of certain forms of insanity.. He gives some telling illustrations of how quite common sounds are misinterpreted and grow in significance until they become positive proofs in support of some elaborate delusion which colors the whole thought and conduct. He impresses upon us, not only by these vivid pen pictures, but also
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