The paranoiac, like most psychotics, is infested with demon circuits[1. Definition: demon circuit]. He is under a heavy battery of controls. Large sections of his analyzer are sawed off by circuitry. Occasionally you are made to feel that you are talking to a person who is very convincing and who has a great deal to offer, but you sometimes feel there is something wrong. You don’t quite know what it is. He may not be a psychotic paranoiac, but he probably has psychotic tendencies. He causes a … [Read more...] about Lecture: Spectrum From Psychosis To Clear (1950)
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Lecture: Standard Procedure and Accessibility (1950)
Don’t try to force a patient into therapy. In the first place, the patient may be very resistant toward the idea that he isn’t all right. You will discover that you have an ally, for instance, in the police. Let’s say we are picking up somebody from the city jail and we are going to check him over. You will also find relatives occasionally will bring somebody around. Maybe they know the judge and if they can prove the patient is not quite sane but can be repaired, perhaps he will be let off. The … [Read more...] about Lecture: Standard Procedure and Accessibility (1950)