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A Hypothesis of the Mechanism of the Functional Psychoses

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 February 2018

L. C. F. Chevens
L. C. F. Chevens*
Affiliation:
Manchester University; Second Senior A.M.O., Cheshire County Mental Hospital, Parkside, Macclesfield
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In the organic and toxic psychoses in which a symptom syndrome is known to be associated with gross brain changes or a definite toxin, it is hard enough to correlate the physical and mental. As McCurdy writes (i): “To find what cell change corresponds to the delusion of having a ship full of rubies is much more of a task than that of looking for a needle in a haystack.” In the case of the so-called functional psychoses—schizophrenia, the manic-depressive psychosis and paranoia—this difficulty is enhanced. It is only possible to treat the matter in the broadest manner, by considering the reaction between the organism and the environment.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 73 , Issue 302 , July 1927 , pp. 402 - 413
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1927 

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