Behavioural Rubrics - A Classification
NATIONAL JOURNAL OF HOMOEOPATHY 1998 Jan / Feb VOL VII NO 1.
Dr Sumit Chatterjee
In any repertory, the rubrics in the MIND section can be grouped under various heads like:
1] Emotional/Temperamental
2] Intellectual
3] Behavioural
4] Desires/Aversions
5] Ailments from
6] Modalities etc.
Each head can then be further sub-divided into groups of similar rubrics.
All the rubrics listed here for behavioural disorders are from the Kent's Repertory - Mind section and have been categorized under sub groups. Numbers in brackets represent page numbers.
1] Violent - Absurd [1] Barking [9], Biting [9] Break things, desire to [10], Cruelty [17], destructiveness [36], Impulsive [54] Impetuous [54] Kicks [60] Spits, [82], Striking [84] Tears [87] Throws [88] Violent, Vehement [91], Wildness [95].
2] Immoral - Abusive [1], Cursing [17], Deceitful [17], Inciting others [54], Lasciviousness [61] Lewdness [62], Lie [62] Nymphomania [68], Roving [75], Shameless [79], Untruthful [91].
3] Emotional - Begging [9], Dancing [17], Embraces [39] Frown [50], Jesting [60], Kisses [61] Kneeling and praying [61], Mischievous [66], Playful [69], Praying [69], Singing [80], Smiling [81], Talks, [87], Verses, makes [91], Whistling [95].
4] Absurd - Antics, Plays [4], Attitudes, Assumes strange [9], Blindness, pretended [10], Chases [10], Childish behaviour [11], Clinging [12], Contrary [16], Counting continually [17], Crawling on floor [17], Croaking [17], Deafness, pretended [17], Disobedience [37], Eccentricity [39], Fanaticism [41], Feigning [48], Foolish behaviour [48], Frivolous [50], Fur, wraps up in [50], Gestures, makes [50], Grimaces [51], Growling [51], Grunting [51], Hides things [51], Hysteria [52], Jumping [60], Muttering [68], Pull [70], Questions, speaks continually in [70], Rest, cannot.... [72], Rolling on the floor [75], Runs about, Scratches [78], Searching [78], Somnambulism [81], Suicidal disposition [85], Touch things, impelled to [89] Washing, always, her hands [92].
5] Indifferent - Disconcerted [36], Estranged [39], Forsakes [49], Indifference [54], Sits.... [81], Torpor [89].
Reference: Case taking and Management - Dr Kasim Chimthanawala
