The Mask of Sanity. Hervey M. Cleckley

      THE MASK OF SANITY

      By HERVEY M. CLECKLEY

      The Mask of Sanity

      By Hervey M. Cleckley

      Print ISBN 13: 978-1-4209-7144-6

      eBook ISBN 13: 978-1-4209-7145-3

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      CONTENTS

       Dedication

       Preface to Third Edition

       Preface to First Edition

       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

       Section 2. The Material

       Part 1. The Disorder in Full Clinical Manifestation

       CHAPTER 5. MAX

       CHAPTER 6. ROBERTA

       CHAPTER 7. ARNOLD

       CHAPTER 8. TOM

       CHAPTER 9. GEORGE

       CHAPTER 10. PIERRE

       CHAPTER 11. FRANK

       CHAPTER 12. ANNA

       CHAPTER 13. JACK

       CHAPTER 14. CHESTER

       CHAPTER 15. WALTER

       CHAPTER 16. JOE

       CHAPTER 17. MILT

       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

       Part 1. Orientation

       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 28. THE PSYCHOTIC

       CHAPTER 29. DEVIATIONS RECOGNIZED AS SIMILAR TO THE PSYCHOSES BUT REGARDED AS INCOMPLETE OR LESS SEVERE REACTIONS

       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

       CHAPTER 36. THE ERRATIC MAN OF GENIUS

       CHAPTER 37. THE INJUDICIOUS