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On the Concept of “Psychopathy” and the Treatment of So-Called “Psychopaths.”

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 February 2018

Olof Kinberg
Olof Kinberg*
Affiliation:
Medical Faculty of Stockholm
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The characteristic trait of the doctor's medical activity, compared with the quack's, is that the doctor is guided by two theoretical and practical postulates. The first one is diagnostic, and implies that the doctor must try to state the nature of the disease. If this is not possible, he must at least make an analysis of the symptoms in order to establish their patho-physiological connection, so that he knows which are the most important and most susceptible to treatment.

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Part I.—Original Articles
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Journal of Mental Science , Volume 93 , Issue 390 , January 1947 , pp. 93 - 100
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1947 

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References

∗ Psychopathic personality, in “Recent Progress in Psychiatry,” Journal of Mental Science, January, 1944. Google Scholar

∗ W. Grey Walter, “Electroencephalography” in “Recent Progress in Psychiatry,” Journal of Mental Science, January, 1944. Google Scholar

∗ Cfr. O. Kinberg, “Särskilt yttrande til K. Socialstyrelsens utlåtande över förslag till lag om samhällets barnavård, Soc. meddel., 1934. O. Kinberg, “Om kriminalpolitikens centrala organisation,” Sv. juristtidn., 1937. Google Scholar

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