Additive Disorders of Mental Functions
Historical document, translated for reference. It reflects medical knowledge of the 1920s–30s and is not medical advice.
Summary
Additive disorders of mental functions, in Wernicke's terminology, are psychopathological symptoms that enrich the psyche with additional content compared to the norm, in contrast to subtractive disorders or deficit symptoms. Examples include hallucinations for perception, confabulations for memory, and certain forms of delusions for personality.
Encyclopedia entry (1928–1936)
ADDITIVE DISORDERS OF MENTAL FUNCTIONS (from Latin additio - addition), according to Wernicke's terminology, are psychopathological symptoms that enrich the psyche with additional content compared to the norm (in contrast to subtractive disorders, or deficit symptoms). Examples of additive disorders of perception are hallucinations, additive disorders of memory are confabulations (see), additive disorders of personality are certain forms of delusions, and so on.
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“Additive Disorders of Mental Functions.” Soviet Medical Encyclopedia. English translation of Bolshaya Meditsinskaya Entsiklopediya, 1st ed. (Moscow, 1928–1936), ed. N. A. Semashko. https://sovietmedicalencyclopedia.pages.dev/article/additive-disorders-of-mental-functions/