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Encouraging Potential Development in Man

David Shakow, PhD

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1972;27(1):15-25.

Abstract
The importance of emphasizing research, and the problems of research training, its goals, the groups involved, the content and implementation of a training program, and its appropriate settings are dealt with in this paper. The goals are considered within the context of the Jamesian theme—how to obtain a greater use of the potentialities of men.

Discussed are the four major problems in the field of mental health: (1) provision of the proper theoretical model, (2) reduction in status differentiations among the groups involved, (3) optimal training for all personnel in any way to be associated with research, and (4) the possible reorganization of the professions. A general program for research training, in terms of both substance and methodology, is proposed, with the assumption that each discipline or group would provide the specific program best designed for its own needs.

Author Affiliations
Bethesda, Md

From the National Institute of Mental Health, Bethesda, Md.

Footnotes
Accepted for publication April 6, 1972.

This is a slightly condensed version of the Third Annual Seymour D. Vestermark Lecture given Oct 6, 1971, at the National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.

Reprint requests to National Institute of Mental Health, Clinical Center, Room 4N228, Bethesda, Md 20014 (Dr. Shakow).

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