At an inquest this week on a young barrister who
. committed suicide it was stated that he had consulted psycho-analyst and had afterwards expressed the sense • of degradation which resulted. It may be that this young man would have killed himself in any case, but there can be no doubt that attempts. to ascertain the complexes of the subconscious mind often produce a state of intense morbidity enough to throw a sensitive brain quite off its balance. The . theories of Freud and Jung about the influence on thought and action of that anarchist, the subconscious mind, are not yet more than credible assump- tions. Psychological experiment is necessary and important, but it is a grave danger in the hands of irresponsible persons. The medical profession has been regrettably backward in psychological study and it is time that it saved the situation.
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