Publisher's Synopsis
CHAPTER I 6 What is Psychology? CHAPTER II 13 Consciousness The Unconscious Consciousness is Complex Consciousness in Sleep Consciousness in Delirium CHAPTER III 24 Organs of Consciousness The Central and Peripheral Nervous Systems in Action The Sympathetic Nervous System CHAPTER IV 28 Relation of Mind and Body The Cerebrum or Forebrain CHAPTER V 33 The Normal Mind CHAPTER VI 43 The Normal Mind (Continued) Instinct Memory The Place of Emotion The Beginning of Reason Development of Reason and Will Judgment Reaction Proportioned to Stimuli Normal Emotional Reactions The Normal Mind CHAPTER VII 59 Psychology and Health Necessity of Adaptability The Power of Suggestion One Thought Can Be Replaced by Another Habit is a Conserver of Effort The Saving Power of Will CHAPTER VIII 71 Variations from Normal Mental Processes Disorders and Perversions CHAPTER IX 77 Variations from Normal Mental Processes (Continued) Factors Causing Variations from Normal Mental Processes Heredity Environment Personal Reactions CHAPTER X 86 Attention the Root of Disease or Health Attitude The Attention of Interest The Attention of Reason and Will CHAPTER XI 95 Getting the Patient's Point of View What Determines the Point of View Getting the Other Man's Point of View The Deluded Patient Nursing the Deluded Patient The Obsessed Patient The Mind a Prey to False Associations CHAPTER XII 107 The Psychology of the Nurse Accuracy of Perception Training Perception Association of Ideas Concentration Self-training in Memory CHAPTER XIII 117 The Psychology of the Nurse (Continued) Emotional Equilibrium Self-correction Training the Will CHAPTER XIV 126 The Nurse of the Future
