Education has been regarded as an essential concomitant of all human society. However, the functioning of the educational process itself may become a source of stress and strain and mental disorder for its participants. Mental and behavioural disorders are common, serious and global. Yet, these disorders have largely been absent from the global…

In contrast to Freud's later and revised view of the etiology of hysterical, or dissociative, symptoms, it is now known that real, and not fantasized, sexual experiences in childhood are experienced in disociative symptomatology. It is useful to understand that incest involves both traumatic events, that is, incidents of sexual violation per se,…

Results indicated a lower incidence for homocide-suicides than reported previously and several distinguishing characteristics of murderers who subsequently commit suicide. Presented at the 10th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Suicidology, May 1977, Boston. (Author)

Empirical investigations relevant to Beck's theory have shown that depressives often experience a preponderance of negative cognitive attitudes towards themselves and their own performance. Many studies have brought out the direct relationship that exists between hopelessness and suicide behavior, although few studies from India have examined the…

Globus hystericus is the sensation of a foreign body lodged somewhere in the throat where none is actually found to exist. Although there is some disagreement, medical specialists generally contend that the condition is triggered by a highly emotional experience. Despite the absence of a physical growth to account for the sensation, the condition…

Reviews the 1970s using "Suicide Prevention in the 70s" as a guide. The 21 goals put forward are reviewed in light of subsequent progress in the field. Presented as the presidential address at the 11th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Suicidology, April, 1978, New Orleans. (Author)

Numerous theories of depression have been proposed and tested with several variables being implicated in the etiology of unipolar depression in the last 15 years. The time has come for unification and integration of recent depression research. Four characteristics of the preunified theory of depression include: (1) failure of researchers to relate…

Prevention and intervention studies of children of divorce emphasize the importance of assessing the parenting behavior of the custodial parent and how it relates to the symptomatology of the children. This study was undertaken to assess this parenting behavior and how it relates to the child's symptomatology based on both parent's and child's…

Researchers and theorists have been discussing the relationship between cognition and affect for many years, contemplating whether or not thought is necessary to emotion. A study was undertaken to gain information about the relationship between cognition and affect with reference to psychopathology. To examine the relationship between cognitive…

Suicide rates among older adolescents is a major concern for researchers. A homosexual lifestyle, with its additional stresses, may erode one's adaptive characteristics. This study sought to identify and compare suicidal behavior and adaptive characteristics in homosexual and heterosexual adolescents. Sixty-two individuals were divided into two…

There are no meaningful statistics on the number of people who leave destructive cults and no salient picture emerges regarding the frequency of maladaptive conditions following cult involvement. Nonetheless, of the total number of individuals coming out of cults, a seemingly significant subgroup evidences severely neurotic or psychotic-like…

Modern test construction strategies in the areas of personality and psychopathology differ in the use of disguise within test stimulus material. Previous research on the validity of using disguised test item content has favored the rational strategy of test construction which views disguise as a liability under normal test-taking circumstances.…

This study investigates the relationship between aspects of parent psychopathology and child egocentrism as measured by the Piagetian Three Mountains Task. Two hypotheses were tested: (1) The overall impairment of the previously hospitalized parent will relate to child egocentric errors on a Piagetian Three Mountains Task; (2) Overall impairment…

Reported rates of mental illness and substance abuse in homeless populations vary widely and are usually based on clinical impressions. In this report structured interviews and objective measures of pathology were used to survey demographics, psychopathology, and substance abuse in a homeless population. Subjects (N=107), who were recruited from a…

Results of a longitudinal study conducted over a 21-year period indicated that aggressive behavior remains stable across time, situations, and generations within families. Data were first collected by a survey of all third-grade schoolchildren in a semirural county in New York State. The sample included approximately 870 children (with a modal age…