ABSTRACT
The possible links between personality psychology and psychopathology are examined with the goal of understanding the constraints that set boundaries to the possible contributions of one to the other. The reciprocal nature of these contributions is described. The historical survey looks at the early concepts of the humors and temperament, at the concept of a general vulnerability to psychosis and deviance--represented by the 19th-century concept of degeneracy--and at later typologies arising from the work of Eysenck, Freud, Kretschmer, Pavlov, and Sheldon. The impact of current developments in neuropsychology and in cognitive psychology is discussed.
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Mental Disorders/history , Personality , Austria , History, 19th Century , History, 20th Century , History, Ancient , Humans , Male , Mental Disorders/etiology , Mental Disorders/psychology , Psychoanalysis/history , Psychology/history , SomatotypesSubject(s)
Health Policy , Public Opinion , Attitude to Health , Health Care Rationing , United StatesABSTRACT
In early November at the annual Board of Directors meeting of the Federation of American Health Systems, Chrysler Corporation's Walter B. Maher spoke for health care reform, stressing a need for a strong government solution. Humana Inc.'s George Atkins rose to the defense of the health care industry and countered Maher's ideas with his case for expansion of existing government programs coupled with a larger share of cost responsibility falling to employees.