Who was Morton Prince?

J Abnorm Psychol. 1992 Nov;101(4):604-6. doi: 10.1037//0021-843x.101.4.604.

Abstract

Morton Prince, a Boston neurologist, founded the Journal of Abnormal Psychology in 1906 as an outlet especially for those who took a psychogenic view of neurotic disorders. Through experiments with hypnotism, he added appreciably to knowledge of subconscious and coconscious mental processes; The Dissociation of a Personality (Prince, 1905) still ranks as a classic. He early saw that studying normal people in the depth and detail with which one studied patients could make significant contributions to our whole understanding of human nature. Before his death he established and briefly directed the Harvard Psychological Clinic, devising the research environment out of which presently sprang major contributions to the study of personality.

Publication types

  • Biography
  • Historical Article

MeSH terms

  • History, 19th Century
  • History, 20th Century
  • Humans
  • Neurology / history
  • Periodicals as Topic / history*
  • Psychosomatic Medicine / history
  • United States

Personal name as subject

  • M Prince