Communication: The Social Matrix of PsychiatryThe integration of psychiatry into the mainstream of American society following World War II involved rethinking and revision of psychiatric theories. While in the past, theories of personality had been concerned with the single individual, this pioneering volume argues that such theories are of little use. Instead, the individual must be seen in the context of social situations in which rapid advances in communication technology have brought people closer together, changing their behavior and self-expression. |
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... experiences people's views of themselves and of each other may be confirmed , altered , or radically modified . The sum total of such traces , accumulated through the years by thousands of experiences , forms a person's character and ...
... experiences with his mother , then with members of his family , and later with contemporaries at school and on the playground . The youngster learns from adults and from his age mates VALUES , COMMUNICATION , AND CULTURE 7.
... distortions mentioned above . The facts , combinations , and concepts presented in this volume are based upon the following experiences of the authors : 1 ( a ) We have studied psychiatrists 1 in VALUES , COMMUNICATION , AND CULTURE 11.
... experienced the psychiatrist in his function as therapist . ( e ) We have examined the literature of American psychiatry and the assumptions contained therein . The printed sources which we studied were confined to the contemporary ...
... experience of the phenomena which he is describing . At the end of such a presentation , it may be clear that certain new facts have been added to knowledge , but it is usually very unclear what con- tribution has been made at a more ...