Table of Contents
Part I. Social Evidence
Chapter I. Beginnings
I. The Economic and the More Comprehensive Approach
II. The Approach by Way of Child Study
III. The Medical Approach
I. Social Evidence Differentiated
II. The Wider Use of Social Evidence
Summary
I. Certain Terms Frequently Used
II. Types of Evidence
Summary
Chapter IV. Testimonial Evidence
I. The Competence of the Witness
II. The Bias of the Witness
Summary
I. How Inference Is Made
II. How Inference Is Corroborated
III. The Risks Involved in Thinking
IV. The Risks Arising from the Thinker's State of Mind
Summary
Part II. The Processes Leading to Diagnosis
Chapter VI. The First Interview
I. Modifying Circumstances
II. Scope
III. Method
Summary
Chapter VII. The Family Group
I. The Family as a Whole
II. The Husband and Father
III. The Wife and Mother
IV. The Children
V. Other Members
Summary
Chapter VIII. Outside Sources in General
I. Statistics of Outside Sources
II. Principles Governing the Choice of Sources
III. Method
Summary
Chapter IX. Relatives as Sources
I. The Case against Relatives
II. The Case for Relatives
III. Questions of Support from Relatives
IV. Methods of Approach
Summary
Chapter X. Medical Sources
I. Where Medical Evidence Sometimes Fails
II. Complementary Nature of Medical and of Social Data
III. Social Responsibility for Early Medical Diagnosis
IV. Method
Summary
Chapter XI. Schools as Sources
I. The Social Evidence of Teachers
II. Method
Summary
Chapter XII. Employers and Other Work Sources
I. Uses and Scope of a Work Record
II. Certain Failures of Employer Testimony
III. The Co-operation of Employers
IV. Method
V. Miscellaneous Work Sources
Summary
Chapter XIII. Documentary Sources
I. Present Use of Documents
II. Use of Directories and Newspaper Files
III. Method
Summary
Chapter XIV. Neighborhood Sources
I. Present Neighbors
II. Former Neighbors
III. Landlords
IV. Other Neighborhood Sources
Summary
Chapter XV. Miscellaneous Sources
I. Public Officials
II. Certain Business Sources
III. Fraternal Orders
Summary
Chapter XVI. Social Agencies as Sources
I. Two Distinct Functions of Social Agency Testimony
II. The Confidential Exchange
III. The Use of Exchange Data
IV. Some Further Details of Co-operation
Summary
Chapter XVII. Letters, Telephone Messages, Etc.
I. Blank Forms
II. Letters of Inquiry
III. Letters of Reply to Inquiries
IV. Some Technical Details
V. Communication by Telegraph
VI.
Communication by Telephone
Summary
I. Certain Aspects of Earlier Processes Restated
II. The Comparison of Material
III. The Intrepretation of Material
Summary
Chapter XIX. The Underlying Philosophy
I. Individual Differences
II. The Wider Self
Part III. Variations in the Processes
I. Objects of the Questionnaires
II. What Is True of Everybody?
III. What Is Possibly True of Any Family?
Questionnaire regarding Any Family
Chapter XXI. The Immigrant Family
I. Study of the Group
II. Study of the Individual
Immigrant Family Questionnaire
Deserted Family Questionnaire
Questionnaire regarding a Widow with Children
Questionnaire regarding a Neglected Child
Chapter XXIV. The Unmarried Mother
Questionnaire regarding an Unmarried Mother
Chapter XXV. The Blind
Questionnaire regarding a Blind Person
Homeless Man Questionnaire
II. The Inebriate
Inebriety Questionnaire
Chapter XXVII. The Insane - The Feeble-Minded
Questionnaire regarding a Patient Possibly Insane
Questionnaire regarding a Child Possibly Feeble-minded
Supervision and Review Questionnaire
Appendices
I. First Interviews
II. Statistics of Outside Sources
III. Specimen Variable Spelling
Bibliography
Index