The Human Mind

by Karl A. Menninger

1930. A leader in the treatment and prevention of mental illness, Karl Augustus Menninger, along with his family founded one of the world's most renowned psychiatric clinics in his hometown of Topeka, Kansas. The distinguished Menninger, often called the dean of American psychiatry was also a best-selling author whose landmark books, The Human Mind and Man Against Himself, celebrated the need for individuals to have self-respect and self-understanding and introduced psychiatry to a vast audience.

Contents: Principles: Introductory Section, Dealing with Modern Conceptions of Mind and Health: Personalities: Synthetic Section, Dealing with the External Appearances of the Assembled Machine in Action and Particularly in Disaster; Symptoms: Analytic Section, Dealing with the Parts of the Machine, Dismantled; Motives: Dynamic Section, Dealing with the Sources and Distribution of the Power that Drives the Machine; Treatments: Pragmatic Section, Dealing with the Technique of Repairs; and Applications: Philosophic Section, Dealing with Extensions of Psychiatric Theory.

Genres: Psychology, Nonfiction, Health, Science

Hardcover

First published June 1, 1945

About the author

Karl Augustus Menninger (July 22, 1893 – July 18, 1990) was an American psychiatrist and a member of the Menninger family of psychiatrists who founded the Menninger Foundation and the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas.

Reviews

[Mundy Reimer · Rating 2 out of 5]

*Following my trend as of late to briefly capture the essence of charmingly old or neglected books as part of my duties as a digital archivist + librarian*

As you can see, we've come a long way since then…hopefully?

[Sheik · Rating 5 out of 5]

Brilliant insight, just the title caught my attention.