THE OBSESSIONAL PERSONALITY AND OBSESSIONAL ILLNESS

I. M. INGRAMAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 117, Number 11

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.117.11.1016

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An examination of premorbid personality in 77 inpatients with severe obsessional states shows that obsessional personality and illness are intimately connected and that the conventional obsessional traits, present in 84% of the group, justify their general acceptance when re-examined in their original setting. The description by Lewis of "obstinate, morose, irritable" and "submissive, vacillating, uncertain" types was applicable in only 39%, but the results suggest that certain obsessional traits may predispose to obsessional illness more than others.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 117 • Number 11 • May 1961

Pages: 1016 - 1019

PubMed: 13717719

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Published in print: May 1961

Published online: 1 April 2006

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I. M. INGRAM

Lecturer in Psychological Medicine, University of Glasgow; Southern General Hospital, Glasgow, S.W.1.

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