Studies in Psychopathology Classic Reprint

Excerpt from Studies in PsychopathologyIt is true that in some cases we can drive the analogy more closely, because in some of the forms of recurrent psychomotor states we observe somewhat similar symptoms. We find the presence of a distinct aura, sensory in char acter, a sense of oppression, and sometimes a profound disturbance of consciousness during the attack, the patient occasionally being insensible to external stimuli. In some cases we even find a dazed state of consciousness, headache, and a con dition of extreme fatigue after the attack is over. This resemblance, however, is but a superficial one. Recurrent psychomotor states differ widely from epilepsy. I have pointed this out in my previous works 1 and shall show it in this paper by an analysis of cases selected from a number of others of the same type. Many writers are deceived by this superficial resem blance and regard such attacks as larval epilepsy, as psychic equivalent of epilepsy. Such a view is entirely unjustified by a close scientific analysis of the facts. The most that can be done is to draw an analogy between the attacks of insistent states and the attacks of epilepsy, but we must bear 1n mind that analogy 1s not a safe method, as one may find himself reasoning on the same lines with the Esquimaux, who regards glass as a kind of we.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.