title: A theory of madness.
abstract: Is there a difference between a person who is sane and that person when he is, in some way, mad? By extension, do the states of affairs we speak of as psychoses, neuroses, personality disorders, and adjustment reactions display any common features? We need adequate and coherent answers to these foundational questions if the persons about whom these judgments are made are to be properly perceived and if psychiatry as a historically emergent institution is to be rendered moderately intelligible.
authors.affiliation: Program in Medical Humanities, University Hospital, State University of New York, Syracuse 13210.
authors.forename: R W
authors.initials: RW
authors.lastname: Daly
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living / Q000523:psychology; D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D001294:Attitude to Health; D006801:Humans; D007206:Individuality; D001523:Mental Disorders / Q000175:diagnosis* / Q000523:psychology*; D011340:Problem Solving; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales; D012945:Social Values