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The curability of insanity: A series of studies.

DOI: 10.1037/10779-000

Publisher: J B Lippincott Company - American Psychological Association

Jul 11, 2005

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Study First (written in 1876).

Earle, Pliny

Pages: 7 –63

This First Study contains an exposition of the means by which, prior to 1876, it had become a commonly received opinion, among non-professional persons interested in the subject, in this country, that insanity is an eminently curable disease. It is there shown that, by mistaking cases for...
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Study Second (written in 1877).

Earle, Pliny

Pages: 64 –82

In this chapter, the author examines the hospital reporting of recovery from insanity, which often does not reveal the whole truth about recoveries. The author describes truth in reporting at the State Asylum in New Hampshire and the consideration of delirium tremens as insanity in some...
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Study Third (written in 1878).

Earle, Pliny

Pages: 83 –102

In this chapter, the author turns from the subject of discriminating between recovery from insanity and re-recovery to a consideration of the following question: Are recoveries from insanity in a direct ratio to the cost of treatment? The author provides abundant evidence that a large proportion...
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Study Fourth (written in 1879).

Earle, Pliny

Pages: 103 –139

In this chapter, the author notices recovery from insanity in specific cases. First, the author conducts a followup of 25 persons who recovered after short treatment in a psychiatric hospital. The author found that of the 25 persons pronounced recovered, only 7 did not have a second attack and 18...
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Study Fifth (written in 1880).

Earle, Pliny

Pages: 140 –158

Near the end of the First Study (see record 2005-06600-001) are seven conclusions, which it is believed are legitimate deductions from the preceding argument. It is now proposed to show, as nearly as possibly can be shown, by direct evidence, that each of those conclusions can be proved to be...
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Study Sixth (written in 1881).

Earle, Pliny

Pages: 159 –175

The arguments already advanced in proof of the allegation that mental disorders are far less susceptible of cure than has generally heretofore been believed, ought to be, as to a great extent they have been, sufficient for their purpose. The author examines the use of statistical tables at a...
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Study Seventh (written in 1882).

Earle, Pliny

Pages: 176 –195

One of the consequences of the publication of the articles on the Curability of Insanity, in the annual reports of the Northampton Lunatic Hospital, for the years 1876, 1877, and 1878, was the conviction, in the minds of the members of the State Board of Health, Lunacy, and Charity, of...
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Study Eighth (written in 1885).

Earle, Pliny

Pages: 196 –227

It is proposed, in this paper, to show, by the collocation of statistics, the actual results of treatment at a large number of institutions, both foreign and domestic, bringing our knowledge of such general results to a later date than that contained in any former statistical essay. The author...

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