WHAT IS AHEAD IN ORTHOPSYCHIATRY? ROUND TABLE, 1946

• Published in: American journal of orthopsychiatry 1947-01, Vol.17 (1), p.1-39
• Main Authors: Woodward, Luther E, Challman, Alan, Frank, Lawrence K, Cunningham, James M, Clark, Dean A, Gaudet, Frederick J, Hiltner, Seward, Reynolds, Bertha C, Rennie, Thomas A. C, Rivlin, Harry N
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Subjects: Human; Life Experiences; Medical Personnel; Mental Disorders; Military Personnel; Neurosis; Orthopsychiatry; Psychiatrists; Theories
• ISSN: 0002-9432; 1939-0025
• DOI: 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1947.tb04974.x

The aim of this article is to, add up the recent experience of several professional groups, note the civilian implications from military orthopsychiatry, take a look at the needs and trends in the postwar world and consider what education, planning, and reorganization are indicated in the light of current needs and trends. This widely publicized information regarding incidence and frequency of personal experience with mental disease has noticeably affected the layman's acceptance of psychiatry as a medical specialty which may have something to offer him personally. The impact of the war upon psychiatry has influenced psychotherapy as well as diagnosis and the recognition accorded the specialty. The tremendous task confronting each military psychiatrist required him to exert considerable ingenuity in handling the day’s work. The war has familiarized the general population with psychiatric disorders, won for psychiatry a heightened prestige among lay and medical groups alike, and drawn many young doctors to seek further specialized training in the work. This presents a challenge of the greatest importance to the field of psychiatric education. Another change which will have its effect on psychiatric theory and practice in years to come as a result of the war experience is the wider recognition of the importance of current reality in producing both psychotic and neurotic illnesses. (PsycINFO Database Record (c) 2019 APA, all rights reserved)