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By contrast the psychology of insanity is still mysterious the phenomena discussed by bernard hart remain poorly understood today and research on the topic has been at a stand still after the preliminary breakthroughs after the brain monoamines were discovered in the 1960s the translation of the neuroscience research into clinical practice . The psychology of insanity book read 3 reviews from the worlds largest community for readers this book is widely known for its lucid account of the mo. This book is widely known for its lucid account of the modern theory that sanity and insanity are not to be divided in a clear cut way but rather shade gradually into one another since this book deals mainly with the fundamental general principles of abnormal psychology and these were already clearly formulated at the time it was first . The psychology of insanity insanity is greatly on the increase in the most highly civilized western countries it affects all classes but is more highly prevalent among the educated and refined the leisurely and the well to do than among the lowly many of the most brilliant minds have become . An attempt is made to distinguish between physiologic and psychologic concepts of insanity the phenomena of mental disorders are next described including mental deficiency dementia excitement depression apathy hallucinations delusions obsessions and dissociation this leads the author into a description