PATTERNS OF SOCIAL INTERACTION IN BRAIN DISEASE

EDWIN A. WEINSTEIN and ROBERT L. KAHNAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 113, Number 2

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.113.2.138

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The phenomena of loss of insight, dulling of consciousness, and loss of inhibition occuring in patients with brain disease are described. These are not explicable solely in terms of a lesion in a particular portion of the brain or as the result of the disruption of a specific neurophysiological mechanism.

These modes of behavior can be more fruitfully considered in terms of altered patterns of social interaction or language, appearing as modes of adaptation to the stress of illness and incapacity. The relationship of brain dysfunction to the premorbid personality and the cultural milieu is discussed.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 113 • Number 2 • August 1956

Pages: 138 - 142

PubMed: 13340014

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Published in print: August 1956

Published online: 1 April 2006

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EDWIN A. WEINSTEIN

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ROBERT L. KAHN

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Neuropsychiatry division, Walter Reed Army Institute of Research, Washington, D. C.

Department of neurology, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York City.

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PATTERNS OF SOCIAL INTERACTION IN BRAIN DISEASE

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