THE MASK OF SANITY
CONTENTS SECTION ONE --- AN OUTLINE OF THE PROBLEM 1 SANITY-A PROTEAN CONCEPT, 2 TRADITIONS THAT OBSCURE OUR SUBJECT, 3 NOT AS SINGLE SPIES BUT IN BATTALIONS, 4 METHOD OF PRESENTATION, SECTION TWO --- THE MATERIAL PART I -- THE DISORDER IN FULL CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS 5 MAX 6 ROBERTA, 7 ARNOLD, 8 TOM, 9 GEORGE, 10 PIERRE, 11 FRANK, 12 ANNA, 13 JACK, 14 CHESTER, 15 WALTER, 16 JOE, 17 MILT, 18 GREGORY, 19 STANLEY, PART II -- INCOMPLETE MANIFESTATIONS OR SUGGESTIONS OF THE DISORDER 20 DEGREES OF DISGUISE IN ESSENTIAL PATHOLOGY, 21 THE PSYCHOPATH AS BUSINESSMAN, 22 THE PSYCHOPATH AS MAN OF THE WORLD, 23 THE PSYCHOPATH AS GENTLEMAN, 24 THE PSYCHOPATH AS SCIENTIST, 25 THE PSYCHOPATH AS PHYSICIAN, 26 THE PSYCHOPATH AS PSYCHIATRIST, SECTION THREE --- CATALOGING THE MATERIAL PART I -- ORIENTATION 27 CONCEPTUAL CONFUSIONS WHICH CLOUD THE SUBJECT, 28 CLARIFYING THE APPROACH, PART II -- A COMPARISON WITH OTHER DISORDERS 29 PURPOSE OF THIS STEP, 30 THE PSYCHOTIC, 31 DEVIATIONS RECOGNIZED AS SIMILAR TO THE PSYCHOSES BUT REGARDED AS INCOMPLETE OR LESS SEVERE REACTIONS, 32 THE PSYCHONEUROTIC, 33 THE MENTAL DEFECTIVE, 34 THE ORDINARY CRIMINAL, 35 OTHER CHARACTER AND BEHAVIOR DISORDERS, INCLUDING DELINQUENCY, 36 A CASE SHOWING CIRCUMSCRIBED BEHAVIOR DISORDER, 37 SPECIFIC HOMOSEXUALITY AND OTHER CONSISTENT SEXUAL DEVIATIONS, 38 THE ERRATIC MAN OF GENIUS, 39 THE INJUDICIOUS HEDONIST AND SOME OTHER DRINKERS, 40 THE CLINICAL ALCOHOLIC, 41 THE MALINGERER, 42 FICTIONAL CHARACTERS OF PSYCHIATRIC INTEREST, 43 THE PSYCHOPATH IN HISTORY, PART III -- A CLINICAL PROFILE 44 SYNOPSIS AND ORIENTATION, 45 SUPERFICIAL CHARM AND GOOD "INTELLIGENCE," 46 ABSENCE OF DELUSIONS AND OTHER SIGNS OF IRRATIONAL THINKING, 47 ABSENCE OF "NERVOUSNESS" OR PSYCHONEUROTIC MANIFESTATIONS, 48 UNRELIABILITY, 49 UNTRUTHFULNESS AND INSINCERITY, 50 LACK OF REMORSE OR SHAME, 51 INADEQUATELY MOTIVATED ANTISOCIAL BEHAVIOR, 52 POOR JUDGMENT AND FAILURE TO LEARN BY EXPERIENCE, 53 PATHOLOGIC EGOCENTRICITY AND INCAPACITY FOR LOVE, 54 GENERAL POVERTY IN MAJOR AFFECTIVE REACTIONS, 55 SPECIFIC LOSS OF INSIGHT, 56 UNRESPONSIVENESS IN GENERAL INTERPERSONAL RELATIONS, 57 FANTASTIC AND UNINVITING BEHAVIOR WITH DRINK AND SOMETIMES WITHOUT, 58 SUICIDE RARELY CARRIED OUT, 59 SEX LIFE IMPERSONAL, TRIVIAL, AND POORLY INTEGRATED, 60 FAILURE TO FOLLOW ANY LIFE PLAN, SECTION FOUR --- SOME QUESTIONS STILL WITHOUT ADEQUATE ANSWERS PART I -- WHAT IS WRONG WITH THESE PATIENTS? 61 A BASIC HYPOTHESIS, 62 THE CONCEPT OF MASKED PERSONALITY DISORDER OR DEFECT, 63 FURTHER CONSIDERATION OF THE HYPOTHESIS, 64 ASPECTS OF REGRESSION, 65 SURMISE AND EVIDENCE, PART II -- WHAT CAN BE DONE? 66 ILLNESS AND MISCONDUCT, 67 LEGAL COMPETENCY AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY, 68 TREATMENT OR CONTROL, SECTION ONE ~ ~ AN OUTLINE OF THE PROBLEM 1 SANITY-A PROTEAN CONCEPT,