THE MASK OF SANITY
By HERVEY M. CLECKLEY
The Mask of Sanity
By Hervey M. Cleckley
Print ISBN 13: 978-1-4209-7144-6
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CONTENTS
Section 1. An Outline of the Problem
CHAPTER 1. SANITY: A PROTEAN CONCEPT
CHAPTER 2. TRADITIONS THAT OBSCURE OUR SUBJECT
CHAPTER 3. NOT AS SINGLE SPIES BUT IN BATTALIONS
CHAPTER 4. METHOD OF PRESENTATION
Part 1. The Disorder in Full Clinical Manifestation
Part 2. Incomplete Manifestations or Suggestions of the Disorder
CHAPTER 18. DEGREES OF DISGUISE IN ESSENTIAL PATHOLOGY
CHAPTER 19. THE PSYCHOPATH AS BUSINESS MAN
CHAPTER 20. THE PSYCHOPATH AS MAN OF THE WORLD
CHAPTER 21. THE PSYCHOPATH AS GENTLEMAN
CHAPTER 22. THE PSYCHOPATH AS SCIENTIST
CHAPTER 23. THE PSYCHOPATH AS PHYSICIAN
CHAPTER 24. THE PSYCHOPATH AS PSYCHIATRIST
Section 3. Cataloging the Material
CHAPTER 25. CONCEPTUAL CONFUSIONS WHICH CLOUD THE SUBJECT
CHAPTER 26. CLARIFYING THE APPROACH
Part 2. A Comparison With Other Disorders
CHAPTER 27. PURPOSE OF THIS STEP
CHAPTER 30. THE PSYCHONEUROTIC
CHAPTER 31. THE MENTAL DEFECTIVE
CHAPTER 32. THE ORDINARY CRIMINAL
CHAPTER 33. OTHER CHARACTER AND BEHAVIOR DISORDERS, INCLUDING DELINQUENCY, ETC.
CHAPTER 34. A CASE SHOWING CIRCUMSCRIBED BEHAVIOR DISORDER
CHAPTER 35. SPECIFIC HOMOSEXUALITY AND OTHER CONSISTENT SEXUAL DEVIATIONS