One INTRODUCTION -- 1 The Kxtent of tlit* Problem 2 The Mental Hygiene Point ot View 11

Two MAINSPRINGS OF HUMAN BEHAVIOR -- 16 Theories ol Mothation 18 Four Needs 31 Summary 35

Three: NEED FOR PHYSICAL SECURITY -- 36 Food Hunger 38 Sex Hunger 42 Summary 54

Four: THE NEED FOR EMOTIONAL SECURITY -- 56 The Family 57 Marriage 72 Old Age 79 Summary 80

Five: THE NEED FOR ACHIEVEMENT -- 82 Individual Differences 83 Success Strivings 103 Summary 110

Six; THE NEED FOR STATUS -- 112 Conformity to Culture Patterns 113 Hole-Taking 117 Material from Case Studies 127

Seven: LEARNING AND ANXIETY -- 134 How low Learning Takes Place 135 Anxiety 146 Summary 158

Eight: The Self: What It Is AND Where It Comes From -- 159 Four Modern Theories 162 Factors in Significant Changes in Perceptions of Self 174 Distortion and Fulfillment 184 Summary 190

Nine: ADJUSTING TO FRUSTRATION -- 192 Frustration-Aggrcssion 194 Adjustment Mechanisms 197 Summary 212

Ten: NEUROTIC ADJUSTMENTS -- 213 Classifications 216 Anxiety Reaction 218 Dissociative Reaction 219 Conversion Reaction (Hysteria) and Psycho- physiologic Disorders 220 Phobic Re action 229 Obsessive Compulsive Reaction 231 Depressive Reaction 234 Summary 235

Eleven: PSYCHOTIC ADJUSTMENTS -- 237 Classification 237 Schizophrenic Reactions 239 Affective Reactions 256 Paranoid Reactions 262 Involutional Psychotic Reactions 263 Summary 264

Twelve: THE COMMUNITY -- 266 Changing Attitudes Toward Mentally Disturbed Persons 267 Contributions to Better Mental Health 279 Juvenile Delinquency 285 Summary 289

Thirteen: THE SCHOOL -- 291 Scholastic Achievement 293 Discipline 297 The Teacher 304 Summary 313

Fourteen: EXCEPTIONAL CHILDREN -- 314
Intellectually Gifted Children 315 Intellectually Retarded Children 326 Physically Handicapped Children 336 Summary 344

Fifteen: REGAINING MENTAL HEALTH -- 345
Who Are Qualified Therapists? 346 Methods of Treatment 353 Testing in Counseling and Psychotherapy 371 Summary 379