PART I. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS.

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I. THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC IMPORTANCE OF MENTAL DISEASES 15

II. THE EVOLUTION OF THE MODERN HOSPITAL 34

III. LEGISLATION AND METHODS OF ADMINISTRATION 50

IV. THE STATE HOSPITALS—THEIR ORGANIZATION AND FUNCTIONS 68

V. THE HOSPITAL TREATMENT OF MENTAL DISEASES 84

VI. THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE PSYCHOPATHIC HOSPITAL 104

VII. THE MENTAL HYGIENE MOVEMENT 121

VIII. THE ETIOLOGY OF MENTAL DISEASES 138

IX. IMMIGRATION AND MENTAL DISEASES 155

X. MENTAL DISEASES AND CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY 169

XI. THE PSYCHIATRY OF THE WAR 185

XII. ENDOCRINOLOGY AND PSYCHIATRY 202

XIII. THE MODERN PROGRESS OF PSYCHIATRY 217

XIV. THE CLASSIFICATION OF MENTAL DISEASES 234