A BARRISTER'S SUICIDE.
THEORIES AS TO CAUSE. CORONER'S REMARKS RESENTED. LONDON. Doc. 29. Psycho-analista resent tho remarks of the London coroner who said that Ra\mund Armitage, a young barrister, had committed suicide when in a morbid condition induced by psycho-analysis. One says: "The patient was suffering from sleepy sickness, which introduces almost incredible mental changes in the brain. It even causes definite structural changes in tho brain, and also has revolutionary effects on tho mentality and temperament, bringing sometimes extreme ! sensitiveness, violence and morbid dis- ; honesty. Armitage would probably have developed insanity even if he had not consulted a mental specialist.." Another expert points out that it is well known that some subjects are unsuitable for treatment liy psycho-analysis.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LXIII, Issue 19218, 6 January 1926, Page 9
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