Social Re-Education and Nervous Disorders: II. A Medical Confessional

This is the second of three articles investigating the sociological factors involved in "nervousness." In the present paper certain phases of a technique for the social re-educational treatment of all cases of character disorganization or incipient disorganization, "normal" as we...

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Main Author: Harper, Ernest B. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: University of Chicago Press 1923
In: The journal of religion
Year: 1923, Volume: 3, Issue: 3, Pages: 290-307
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Summary:This is the second of three articles investigating the sociological factors involved in "nervousness." In the present paper certain phases of a technique for the social re-educational treatment of all cases of character disorganization or incipient disorganization, "normal" as well as "nervous," are suggested. 1. Analysis of the clientèle of a modern medical specialist reveals the fact that such a physician has to a great extent assumed the functions of the traditional minister or priest. Many of his cases are characteristically moral and mental in nature. 2. Six case-studies herein included, in whole or in part as made by the writer when associated with a specialist in gastro-intestinal diseases, are offered as illustratory data. These also indicate the development of a sociological technique of analysis and re-education for such cases. 3. The fundamental cause of the conflict underlying "nervousness" is analyzed and suggested as a basis for the classification of cases of actual and incipient personal disorganization with a view toward the development of a systematic technique for the treatment of all such typical cases.
ISSN:1549-6538
Contains:Enthalten in: The journal of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1086/480357