Thomas Walker Mitchell (1869–1944) most commonly referred to as T. W. Mitchell was a British physician and psychical researcher. [1] He studied at the University of Edinburgh, where he gained an M.D. in 1906. [2]
Mitchell wrote on medical psychology and psychopathology. He was a member of the British Psychoanalytical Society and the Psycho-Medical Society. He was also member of the Society for Psychical Research and was elected as President for the year 1922. [1] He edited the British Journal of Medical Psychology.
He studied cases of hypnosis and somnambulism. [3] [4]
Publications
- The Psychology of Medicine (1921)
- Medical Psychology and Psychical Research (1922)
- Problems in Psychopathology (1927) [5]
References
- ^ a b Wright, Maurice B. (1945). Thomas Walker Mitchell, 1869–1944. British Journal of Medical Psychology 20: 203-206.
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^ Mitchell, Thomas Walker (1906).
"Amnesia verbalis and other disorders of memory".
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- ^ Hall, G. Stanley. (1923). Reviewed Work: The Psychology of Medicine by T. W. Mitchell. The American Journal of Psychology. Vol. 34, No. 2. p. 298.
- ^ Gordon, R. G. (1928). Review of T. W. Mitchell 'Problems in Psychopathology. Journal of Philosophical Studies 3: 122-123.