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Psychiatry and politics: A panel

Psychiatry and politics: A panel 294 NORMAN KELMAN Norman Kelman "These are the times that try men's souls." The words of Tom Paine still describe our revolutionary situation. The black psychiatrist, Franz Fanon, knew this from his position as a black, as an outsider, and as a psychiatrist. Earlier, Wilhelm Reich knew this as a psychiatrist, as an outsider, and as a man of great imagination - insanity, some have said. We, his colleagues, were not very charitable to this man, and the government was actively destructive of him. We are given, by virtue of our being doctors, an immense respect and power. We have not yet lost it, although our behavior in recent years has threatened the position we have held in the pantheon of the peoples' trust. We are also experiencing some of the challenge that has been directed to all authority. Thus, we are obliged to maintain not only a close touch with the ethics of our profession and our Hippocratic oath, but we are especially bound to be consequent in our adherence to what we know, to the conclusions or the bearing witness that comes from the particular nature of our work. Psychoanalysis is concerned with pathology, and hence we http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png The American Journal of Psychoanalysis Springer Journals

Psychiatry and politics: A panel

Kelman, Norman
The American Journal of Psychoanalysis , Volume 34 (4): 7 – Dec 1, 1974
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Springer Journals
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1974 APS Publications, Inc.
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0002-9548
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1573-6741
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10.1007/BF01254123
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294 NORMAN KELMAN Norman Kelman "These are the times that try men's souls." The words of Tom Paine still describe our revolutionary situation. The black psychiatrist, Franz Fanon, knew this from his position as a black, as an outsider, and as a psychiatrist. Earlier, Wilhelm Reich knew this as a psychiatrist, as an outsider, and as a man of great imagination - insanity, some have said. We, his colleagues, were not very charitable to this man, and the government was actively destructive of him. We are given, by virtue of our being doctors, an immense respect and power. We have not yet lost it, although our behavior in recent years has threatened the position we have held in the pantheon of the peoples' trust. We are also experiencing some of the challenge that has been directed to all authority. Thus, we are obliged to maintain not only a close touch with the ethics of our profession and our Hippocratic oath, but we are especially bound to be consequent in our adherence to what we know, to the conclusions or the bearing witness that comes from the particular nature of our work. Psychoanalysis is concerned with pathology, and hence we

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Published: Dec 1, 1974

Keywords: Clinical Psychology; Psychotherapy; Psychoanalysis

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