Thomas Walker Mitchell Explained

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]

Notes and References

1. Wright, Maurice B. (1945). Thomas Walker Mitchell, 1869–1944. British Journal of Medical Psychology 20: 203-206.
2. Mitchell. Thomas Walker. 1906. Amnesia verbalis and other disorders of memory. 1842/25850 . en.
3. Review: Psychology And Psychical Research. Reviewed Work: Medical Psychology And Psychical Research by T. W. Mitchell. The British Medical Journal. Vol. 1, No. 3250 (Apr. 14, 1923), p. 635.
4. 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.
5. Gordon, R. G. (1928). Review of T. W. Mitchell 'Problems in Psychopathology. Journal of Philosophical Studies 3: 122-123.