Debate over the existence of mental illness may be abandoned if its two components (first, the conceptual status of psychological variables determining deviance and second, society's response to individuals exhibiting certain behaviors) are disentangled. Disagreement actually centers around professional prerogatives and the legal/ethical status of…

This four-part bibliography includes: references to histories and to histographical, philosophical, and humanistic aspects of science; general books and articles relating to specific sciences (philosophy, mathematics, physical sciences, earth sciences, biological sciences, sciences of man, technology, medicine, pseudo-sciences); and citations…

Recent changes in the conceptualization of informed consent in medical encounters are reviewed to help provide a better understanding of the concept itself and of some difficulties in philosophical justifications for the requirement of informed consent. (Author/MLW)

This four-part bibliography includes: references to histories of sciences and to histographical, philosophical, sociological, and humanistic aspects of science; general books and articles relating to specific sciences (philosophy, mathematics, physical sciences, earth sciences, biological sciences, sciences of man, technology, medicine,…

Proteins isolated from the brain and used as drugs can improve and apparently even transfer mental states and behavior. Much of the pioneering work and recent research with humans and animals is reviewed and crucial questions that are being posed about the psychologically active peptides are related. (BT)

This paper explores the strengths and weaknesses of the medical model in an effort to promote a counseling perspective that embraces some of the medical models strengths. Through inclusion, rather than exclusion, it is believed that the counseling model will eventually infiltrate the medical model by way of its own documentation system. With its…

Intended for parents, the article describes the pediatrician's role in the longterm care of the child, offers guidelines for the relationship between parents and doctors, and recommends a regular health supervision program. (DB)

This computer program is designed to minimize labor on the part of the instructor, both in preparation and in correction of examinations, and at the same time to permit constructing examinations so that breaches of security are rendered difficult. (Author)

Discusses the nature of the immune response and traces many of the discoveries that have led to the present state of knowledge in immunology. The new cellular immunology is directing its efforts toward improving health by proper manipulation of the immune mechanisms of the body. (JR)

Lithium carbonate is used in treatment of mental patients with manic-depressive disorders. (Author/DF)

Describes the need for reason, analysis, and experimentation in the provision of health services, and proposes that the institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences establish a center for policy studies to complement and interact with government policy formulation. (AL)