A study of the personality in persons developing catatonic dementia praecox

Summary

• 1. Seclusiveness and seclusiveness with other traits considering seclusiveness the predominating characteristic, forms the bulk of cases numbering 86, or 55.9 per cent of the total.

• 2. Irritability considered alone appears in 12, or 7.8 per cent of the cases, and if the cases showing irritability as both primary and secondary characteristics are combined they number 21, and constitute the third largest group in the series. This irritability is most commonly described as fits of violent temper.

• 3. Cases with behavior approaching normal comprise 29, or 18.8 per cent of the total. Such behavior was shallow and did not conform truly to normal types.