The vital balance : the life process in mental health and illness /
Menninger, Karl A., 1893-1990,
The vital balance : the life process in mental health and illness / Karl Menninger, with Martin Mayman and Paul Pruyser. - 531 pages ; 20 cm
Reprint of the 1967 ed. published by Viking Press.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Name and the Nature --
The Urge to Classify
The Evolution of Diagnosis
The Evolution of Treatment
Toward a Theory of Human Believer
Toward a Theory of Human Believer (Continued)
Coping Devices of Everyday Living
The First of Five Orders of Dysfunction
A Second Order of Dyscontrol: the “Neurotic” Syndromes
and Personalities
A Third Order of Dyscontrol: Naked Aggression
Dysfunction of a Fourth and a Fifth Order
Determinants of the Course of Illness
The Role of the Physician in the Illness-Recovery Process
The Role of the Physician (Continued)
The Role of the Physician (Concluded)
Prevention, Endurance, and Transcendence
77005486
Psychiatry.
616.89 / M.K.V.
The vital balance : the life process in mental health and illness / Karl Menninger, with Martin Mayman and Paul Pruyser. - 531 pages ; 20 cm
Reprint of the 1967 ed. published by Viking Press.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The Name and the Nature --
The Urge to Classify
The Evolution of Diagnosis
The Evolution of Treatment
Toward a Theory of Human Believer
Toward a Theory of Human Believer (Continued)
Coping Devices of Everyday Living
The First of Five Orders of Dysfunction
A Second Order of Dyscontrol: the “Neurotic” Syndromes
and Personalities
A Third Order of Dyscontrol: Naked Aggression
Dysfunction of a Fourth and a Fifth Order
Determinants of the Course of Illness
The Role of the Physician in the Illness-Recovery Process
The Role of the Physician (Continued)
The Role of the Physician (Concluded)
Prevention, Endurance, and Transcendence
77005486
Psychiatry.
616.89 / M.K.V.