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Gutes Ex. - Kompletter Jahrgang 1967. - Englisch. - INHALT : Crosscultural Inquiry into the Symptomatology of Depression: A Preliminary Report. H.B.M. Murphy, E.D. Wittkower and N.A. Chance ---- The replies to a questionnaire indicate that there is a basic depressive disorder that exhibits the same few primary symptoms in all cultures. Other symptoms, such as thought retardation and self-depreciation, appear to be culturally determined. Since symptoms change with cul-ture, therapy appropriate in one setting may not be appropriate in another. ---- Critical Evaluations: ---- G.M. Carstairs (Scotland) THE LIMITATIONS OF "INSTANT ---- RESEARCH" ---- A painful truth must be faced: "Instant Research" in this and in any other field can only give rise to speculative hypotheses and ephemeral conclusions. In crosscultural research especially, there is no shortcut that will obviate the need for scrupulous attention to the reliability of the primary observations. ---- Henri Collomb (Senegal) METHODOLOGICAL PROBLEMS IN ---- CROSSCULTURAL RESEARCH ---- Methodological difficulties in this kind of inquiry can be greatly reduced under two conditions: if the inquiries pertain to individuals belonging to similar cultures; or, if psycho-sociologists and ethnologists join the psychiatric staff when inquiries are made in very different cultures by one and the same team. If methodological problems can be eliminated, researches of this nature could resolve several vital questions. ---- Ari Kiev (U.S.) OPENING UP COMMUNICATION CHANNELS ---- The McGill Unit has established a wide network of correspondents, which has already added immeasurably to com-munication in international psychiatry. Further experience with such surveys as this will result, it is hoped, in more detailed information on the kinds of questions that can be usefully investigated in this way. Historical Perspectives in the Development of Child Psychiatry ---- Sheldon T. Selesnick ---- The author pinpoints the significant contributions of pioneer psychiatrists and other major thinkers whose work went into conceptualizing and treating the child as an individual, the problem child, the intrapsychic problems of the child, and, most recently, the child's response to epigenetic influences. Future progress in child psychiatry, Selesnick concludes, will continue the trend to integrate various allied fields of investigation-from psychiatrist and social scientist to educator and religious teacher. ---- Critical Evaluations: ---- Saul L. Brown (U.S.) WHERE THE ACTION IS! ---- The ways in which a society greets or resists change determine the potential for pathology (societal or individual). That work in child psychiatry which has actively attended to change and to the dynamics of transition has remained most vital. Family interviewing and therapy is the newest and most productive current in child psychiatry, both for research and for clinical practice. ---- S. A. Szurek (U.S.) THE PSYCHOSES OF VERY EARLY LIFE ---- The writings of Harry Stack Sullivan have led to the possibility of regarding the conflictful attitudes of parents as major etiological factors in the genesis of a child's conflict from his earliest maturational phase. Experiential or psychogenic factors in childhood psychoses are being intensively considered and studied today, while increasing attention is also being given to normative studies of maturational and developmental processes of the child. ---- The Psychogenesis of Schizophrenia: A Review of the Literature ---- Hans Kind ---- The author offers a brief historical sketch of etiological concepts in the study of schizophrenia and then examines available data on the psychotherapy of schizophrenic patients, interpersonal relationships in their early family lives, the frequency of particular traumatic situations, the personalities of parents, and other environmental factors, especially soda] and cultural circumstances. ---- The Citizen and the World-Wide Fight Against Mental Illness ---- Mike Gorman ---- The American's traditional involvement in public issues has often led to direct confrontation of governmental cautiousness and complacency. In the fight against mental illness, such citizen action has produced some notable successes in recent years. Also in the American tradition is an urge to export operable notions. The experience of the National Committee Against Mental Illness in helping to advance tested new approaches to helping the mentally ill and in working out techniques for achieving their acceptance can be applied with equal success to other nations, as the work of the International Committee Against Mental Illness has helped to demonstrate. ---- Critical Evaluations: ---- Lister Hill (U.S.) THE ROLE OF THE CONGRESS ---- Progress against mental illness in the United States has achieved its greatest impetus from the cooperation between the Congress and influential citizens in the mental health movement. At least three "landmarks" of decisive historical importance in the mental health movement were directly founded on the response of the Congress to citizen testimony. ---- Kielholz and Battegay (Switzerland) SWITZERLAND'S FIGHT ---- AGAINST MENTAL ILLNESS ? (u.v.a.m.)