THE DEMENTIA PRAECOX PROBLEM
Authors: G. W. Dishong
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1938)

Article1 June 1938THE DEMENTIA PRAECOX PROBLEMG. W. DISHONG, M.D., F.A.C.P.G. W. DISHONG, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-11-12-2214 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptDementia praecox with its involved interests—social, economic, and clinical—is today the outstanding problem of psychiatry. It is estimated that from 30,000 to 40,000 new cases develop annually in the United States. And, roughly speaking, 25 per cent of the admissions to our state hospitals, and 50 per cent of the chronic cases belong in the dementia praecox grouping. The social and economic implications of the problem are obvious when we consider the nature of dementia praecox. This disorder with its varying degrees of personality distortion accounts for the majority of our social misfits, and involves the expense for their custodial...References1. KRAEPELIN E (translated by R. MARY BARCLAY; edited by G. M. ROBERTSON): Dementia praecox and paraphrenia, 1916, E. & S. Livingston, Edinburg, p. 3-4. Google Scholar2. BLEULER E (translated by BRILL, A. A.): Textbook of psychiatry, 1924, Macmillan Company, New York, pp. 373, 437. Google Scholar3. KRAEPELIN E (translated by R. MARY BARCLAY; edited by G. M. ROBERTSON): Dementia praecox and paraphrenia, 1916, E. & S. Livingston, Edinburg, p. 213. Google Scholar4. BLEULER E (translated by BRILL, A. A.): Textbook of psychiatry, 1924, Macmillan Company, New York, p. 442. Google Scholar5. RYLANDER G: The practical medicine series of year books, Psychiatry series, 1932, Chicago, The Year Book Publishers, Inc., 304 South Dearborn Street, p. 425. Google Scholar6. NOYES AP: Modern clinical psychiatry, 1934, W. B. Saunders Company, Philadelphia, p. 192. Google Scholar7. KRAEPELIN E (translated by R. MARY BARCLAY; edited by G. M. ROBERTSON): Dementia praecox and paraphrenia, 1916, E. & S. Livingston, Edinburg, p. 224. Google Scholar8. MEYER A: The right to marry, Mental Hygiene, 1919, iii, 54. Google Scholar9. MEYER A: Interrelations of the domain of neuropsychiatry, Arch. Neurol. and Psychiat., 1922, viii, 117. Google Scholar10. MEYER A: Dementia praecox (Meyer, Jelliffe, Hoch), 1911, Boston, Richard G. Badger, The Gorham Press, pp. 10, 11, 12, 18. Google Scholar11. PUTNAM JJ: The work of Sigmund Freud, Jr. Abnormal Psychol., 1917, xii, 146. Google Scholar12. OWEN FE Reported by : The Psychological Clinic of Southern California Association of Applied Psychology, Jr. Abnormal Psychol., 1917, xii, 146. Google Scholar13. CAMPBELL CM: The mental health of the community and the work of the psychiatric dispensary, Mental Hygiene, 1917, i, 573. Google Scholar14. FERENCZI S (authorized translation by ERNEST JONES): Contributions to psychoanalysis, 1916, Richard G. Badger, Boston, p. 131. CrossrefGoogle Scholar15. VAN RENTERGREN AW: Freud and his school, Jr. Abnormal Psychol., 1915, x, 65. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Omaha, Nebraska*Read at the St. Louis meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 23, 1937. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics 1 June 1938Volume 11, Issue 12Page: 2214-2222KeywordsSchizophrenia ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 June 1938 PDF downloadLoading ...