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The Introduction of Automation and Its Psychiatric Consequences

BERNARD TEITEL, MD; LONG BEACH

Arch Gen Psychiatry. 1967;16(1):56-59.

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WHEN Mr. Williams awoke in the morning it seemed to him that he had been lying in bed only a short while with his eyes closed without knowing who or where he was. His memory had never failed him before. His brain felt like it was a blank sheet of paper waiting to be written on. He weakly attempted to think himself into the present. One by one the blocked connections began to come together. His name was Williams, his first name Floyd. He was 57 years old. He had better get up and get to work. He had been working at the same place for the past 22 years and there were many changes going on at work, so he'd better get there as he had done regularly over the past 22 years. Suddenly the connections again blocked; his memory failed him. He shook his head, but as . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

Author Affiliations
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From Memorial Hospital of Long Beach, Department of Psychiatry, Long Beach, Calif, and the California College of Medicine, Los Angeles.

Footnotes
Submitted for publication June 5, 1966.

Read before the Harbor Area Association of Industrial Nurses of Southern California, Long Beach, Calif, April 1966.

Reprint requests to Memorial Medical Center, 2865 Atlantic Ave, Ste 213, Long Beach, Calif 90806.

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