The Psychology of Emotion: Morbid and Normal

by MacCurdy, John T

• ISBN13: 9780415209304
• ISBN10: 0415209307
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-07-31
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Routledge is now re-issuing this prestigious series of 204 volumes originally published between 1910 and 1965. The titles include works by key figures such asC.G. Jung, Sigmund Freud, Jean Piaget, Otto Rank, James Hillman, Erich Fromm, Karen Horney and Susan Isaacs. Each volume is available on its own, as part of a themed mini-set, or as part of a specially-priced 204-volume set. A brochure listing each title in theInternational Library of Psychologyseries is available upon request.

Table of Contents

Preface	ix
PART I---PSYCHIATRICAL INTRODUCTION
The Manic-Depressive Group	1	(8)
Somatic and Psychological Pathology	9	(9)
The ``Mixed Conditions''	18	(6)
The Theory of Psychogenesis	24	(8)
Problems of Diagnosis	32	(3)
PART II---PSYCHOLOGICAL INTRODUCTION
Definitions	35	(12)
The James-Lange Hypothesis	47	(10)
Mcdougall's Theories	57	(9)
The Views of Freud and Janet	66	(3)
The Contributions of Morton Prince	69	(17)
A Tentative Theory of Emotions	86	(5)
The Oedipus Complex and Infantile Sexuality	91	(10)
PART III---THE STUPOR REACTION
Description of the Stupor Reaction	101	(9)
The Case of Charlotte W.	110	(5)
Psychology of the Stupor Reaction	115	(22)
PART IV---THE INVOLUTION MELANCHOLIAS
Symptoms and Types of Involution Melancholia	137	(7)
Typical Cases	144	(24)
The Psychology of Involution Melancholia	168	(15)
PART V---MANIC STATES
Introductory---Sublimations	183	(9)
Precipitating Mental Causes---Cases	192	(13)
Some Typical Manic Cases	205	(28)
Emotions in Manic States Other than Elation	233	(6)
The Principle of Distraction of Thought	239	(7)
Stages in Distraction of Thought---Cases	246	(17)
Distraction of Thought and Anomalies of Manic States	263	(23)
Elation Without Content	286	(2)
Explanation of Mood Variations in those States	288	(8)
Normal Happiness and Hypomania	296	(8)
The Prognosis of Manic States	304	(15)
PART VI---ANXIETY STATES
Theories of Anxiety	319	(6)
Anxiety Cases	325	(6)
Psychology of the Anxiety Reaction	331	(6)
PART VII---DEPRESSION
Analysis of the Symptoms of Depression	337	(17)
Case of Depression with Onset of Infantile Ideas	354	(5)
The Mental Make-Up of Depressive Patients	359	(7)
Precipitating Mental Causes of Depression	366	(8)
Reactive Depressions	374	(6)
Depression and Impotence	380	(3)
PART VIII---PERPLEXITY STATES
Description of Perplexity States	383	(10)
Psychological Explanation of the Perplexity Reaction	393	(3)
Cases Illustrative of Perplexity	396	(25)
Relationship of Perplexity to other Psychoses	421	(4)
``Deja Vu''	425	(8)
The Affect in Perplexity	433	(4)
PART IX---PSYCHIATRIC CONCLUSIONS
Treatment	437	(14)
The Nature of Manic-Depressive Insanity	451	(18)
PART X---DATA FOR A THEORY OF EMOTIONS
Material Derived from the Psychogenic Psychoses	469	(9)
Dreams and Emotions	478	(33)
The Nature of the Thinking in Dreams	511	(38)
PART XI---PSYCHOLOGICAL CONCLUSIONS
The Psychology of Emotions	549	(23)
Future Problems	572	(5)
Glossary	577	(8)
Index	585