Man Against Himself

MAN AGINST HIMSELF
Karl Menninger
Preface vi
PART I : DESTRUCTION
1 . Eros and Thanatos 3
PART II : SUICIDE
1 . The Taboo 13
2 . The Motives 16
3 . Recapitulation 71
PART III : CHRONIC SUICIDE
1 . Asceticism and Martyrdom 77
2 . Neurotic Invalidism 126
3 . Alcohol Addiction 140
4 . Anti-Social Behavior 162
5 . Psychosis 185
PART IV : FOCAL SUICIDE
1 . Definitions 201
2 . Self-Mutilations 203
3 . Malingering 250
4 . Polysurgery 259
5 . Purposive Accidents 278
6 . Impotence and Frigidity 294
PART V : ORGANIC SUICIDE
1 . The Totality Concept in Medicine 309
2 . The Psychological Factor in Organic Disease 317
3 . The Choice of the Lesser Evil 356