CONTENTS OF VOLUME II PART I. OCTOBER 1921 The Influence of the Endocrines in the Psychoneuroses. By W. The Question of the Therapeutic Value of "Abreaction." By Reviews Notes on Recent Periodicals Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, Medical Section PART 2. JANUARY 1922 Methods of Dream-Analysis. By W. H. R. RIVERS Some Aspects of the War Neurosis. By GERALD H. FITZGERALD Reviews. Abstracts Notes on Recent Periodicals 121 131 151 159 PART 3. APRIL 1922 An Experimental Study of the Mechanism of Hallucinations. By 165 The Spiritual Significance of Psychoanalysis. By BEATRICE M. HINKLE 209 Two Cases of War Neurosis. By JAMES YOUNG 230 Note on the Mental After-effects of Sleeping Sickness in School LIST OF AUTHORS PAGE Abstracts 151 BROWN, W. LANGDON. The Influence of the Endocrines in the Psychoneuroses 1 BURT, CYRIL. Note on the Mental After-effects of Sleeping Sickness in School Children . 237 CARVER, ALFRED. The Search for a Kingdom 273 Correspondence CORRIE, JOAN. A Personal Experience of the Night Journey under 251 the Sea 303 Critical Notice 313 FITZGERALD, GERALD H. Some Aspects of the War Neurosis 109 292 HINKLE, BEATRICE M. The Spiritual Significance of Psychoanalysis 209 47 13 68 JUNG, C. G. The Question of the Therapeutic Value of "Abreaction" .91, 159, 247, 348 PRIDEAUX, E. Expression of Emotion in Cases of Mental Disorder as shown by the Psycho-galvanic Reflex PRINCE, MORTON. An Experimental Study of the Mechanism of Proceedings of the British Psychological Society, Medical Section. RIVERS, W. H. R. Methods of Dream-Analysis SMITH, W. WHATELY. Experiments on the Association Test as a Criterion of Individuality WILLIAMS, LEONARD. The Constituents of the Unconscious THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOLOGY THE INFLUENCE OF THE ENDOCRINES IN THE PSYCHONEUROSES1. BY W. LANGDON BROWN. SYNOPSIS. The hormone theory at one time tended to an undue depreciation of the importance of the nervous control of the body. The primitive nervous system was evolved for defensive purposes, and the sympathetic nervous system retains primitive features both structurally and functionally. There is a close association between the sympathetic nervous system and the endocrine glands as defensive mechanisms, and their action is reciprocal. The endocrines, gonads and sympathetic nervous system form a basic tripod entrusted with the defence of the individual and the continuity of the species. Endocrine glands may be influenced by toxic, nutritional and psychic factors, so that they may, alike, cause or be affected by a psychoneurosis. The endocrine-sympathetic system is merely the lowest level of the whole nervous system, and is inextricably entangled with the other levels. Hence the important influence of the endocrine system on psychical life. THE theory of internal secretion has always been in advance of the facts. The very name was introduced by Claud Bernard when the only known example was the glycogenic function of the liver. Brown-Sequard's interesting hypotheses rested on but a small substratum of fact. Yet subsequent observations have confirmed many of their generalisations. This may happen with the uncontrolled speculations on endocrinology 1 Read before the Medical Section of the British Psychological Society, June 22nd, J. of Psych. (Med. Sect.) I 1 |