A Doctor's Report on Dianetics
Contributors: Frederick Perls MD
Edition: 1
Publisher: Julian Press inc
Published: 1951
Language: eng
Number of pages: 227
Subjects: psychotherapy
Genres: science
First sentence: The progress of the human race is marked by discoveries.
Description: A contemporaneous critical appraisal of the Dianetics hypothesis from the first and former medical director of the Dianetics Research Foundation. Winter, a psychosomaticist, believed Dianetics ought to remain part of the toolbox of qualified therapists, following observations of patients of the HDRF suffering psychotic breaks as a result of therapy.

Book Blurb: "A Doctor's Report on Dianetics is written by the first medical man who seriously investigated the concepts and practice of Dianetics. Dr Winter is in a special position to give this report to the medical and psychiatric professions as well as to the interested public since he was the first Medical Director of The Hubbard Dianetic Research Foundation, Inc. and has been in close touch with the developments in Dianetics since the beginning.

The pro's and con's of Dianetics, as a new psychotherapy are thoroughly examined from a rigorous scientific viewpoint. Dr Winter offers a candid expression of opinion on some of the more controversial aspects of Dianetics, such as "Clear," "Prenatal engrams," and the practice of Dianetics by the layman.

In addition to an exposition of the original Dianetic theory and technique, new theory and methods are presented. A Doctor's Report on Dianetics contains the results of Dr Winter's recent research, discussion of work in progress, and suggestions for further investigative approaches.

This book will be of great interest to the various scientific groups as well as to hundreds of thousands of people all over the world who were stimulated by the original concepts of Dianetics.
Table of contents: pagenum: IX
class: section
title: INTRODUCTION; pagenum: XVIII
class: part
title: PREFACE; pagenum: 1
title: THE FIRST PHASE
class: section
label: I; pagenum: 43
label: II
class: part
title: HUBBARD'S THEORY; pagenum: 53
label: III
class: part
title: MODIFICATIONS OF A HYPOTHESIS OF MENTAL FUNCTION; pagenum: 84
label: IV
class: part
title: THE THERAPY SESSION; pagenum: 122
title: THE DIFFICULT CASE
class: part
label: V; pagenum: 155
label: VI
class: part
title: PRECAUTIONS IN THERAPY; pagenum: 175
label: VII
class: part
title: THERAPEUTIC BENEFITS; pagenum: 183
label: VIII
class: part
title: OTHER INVESTIGATIONS; pagenum: 192
title: THE PRESENT PHASE
class: part
label: IX; pagenum: 214
title: SUGGESTIONS FOR FURTHER INVESTIGATIONS
class: part
label: X; pagenum: 221
class: part
title: APPENDIX; pagenum: 225
class: part
title: INDEX