Essays in Psychopathology

First published in 1915, this vintage book contains a fascinating collection of essays by William A. White on the subject of psychopathology. Psychopathology is the scientific study of mental disorders, including efforts to understand their genetic, biological, psychological, and social causes; as well as related treatments. Contents include: Existing Tendencies, Recent Developments and Correlations in the Field of Psychopathology, The Comparative Method in Psychiatry, The Human Organism as an Energy System, Individuality and Introversion, Primitive Mentality and the Racial Unconscious, Two Deflecting Traditions, The Significance of Psychopathology for General Somatic Pathology, etc. William Alanson White (1870 - 1937) was a notable American psychiatrist and neurologist. Other works by this author include: Mental Mechanisms (1911), Outlines of Psychiatry (1915), and Diseases of the Nervous System (1915). Many vintage books like this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now complete with the original text and artwork for the enjoyment of readers now and for years to come.