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The Trouble with Psychiatric Research

1957; American Medical Association; Volume: 77; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês

10.1001/archneurpsyc.1957.02330310103017

2330-9628

Jürgen Ruesch,

Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications

To free the 728,000 patients in mental hospitals and to help the estimated 10,000,000 people in the United States who suffer from some kind of mental illness is one of the goals of psychiatric research.39But the road ahead seems long and the end nowhere in sight. The apparent absence of spectacular advances in the field of psychiatry has been variously blamed on lack of funds or on poorly trained or underpaid personnel. But there also exist other factors—more intangible and perhaps equally crucial—which can be traced to social structure, cultural values, and ways of living. Since these features have in common that they cannot be corrected by administrative and organizational means alone, a change in attitude of researchers, sponsors, officials, and the public at large is necessary before an atmosphere can emerge which will favor creative contributions. A brief review of the factors which interfere with psychiatric research