THE CONQUEST OF FATIGUE AND FEAR

by ‧ RELEASE DATE: Feb. 16, 1954

The author of Don't Be Afraid and practitioner of forty years standing speaks to his readers of cases, causes and cures based on his own method of treating psychosomatic disorders. Countering Freud, he claims a depletion of energy in the nervous a stem accounts for neurasthenia and further, more intense disorders. His conquest of fatigue and fear involves both physical and mental buildup in the patient so that he can ""go against his feeling"". He slams psychoanalysis as encouraging perversions, as based on the idea of ""all-dominance of sex"", as producing more of the fatigue that evokes fear. He discusses shyness, jealousy, alcoholics, the psychopathic personality, helping children on the road to health -- all in terms of his energy quotient theory and his experiences in helping patients. An interesting side-shoot of psychiatry which is overbalanced for this reader by the author's overbearing attitude toward and exclusion of other techniques and theories, but which has a ""how-to"" appeal.

Pub Date: Feb. 16, 1954

ISBN: N/A

Page Count: -

Publisher: Henry Holt

Review Posted Online: N/A

Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1954

Categories: NONFICTION