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has a membership of approxi mately 3 00 psychiatrists , most of whom are organized in the form of a numbe r of worki n g committees. These com m ittees direct their efforts toward the study of various aspects of psychiatry and the application of this knowledge to the fields of mental health and h uman relations. Collaboration with specialists in other disciplines has been and is one of GA P's working pri nci ples . Since the formation of GAP in 1 946 its members have worked closel y with such other s pecialists as anthropologists, biologists, economists , statisti cians, educators , lawyers, nurses, psychologists, sociologist s , s o cial w o rk e r s , a n d e x p e rts i n m ass c o m m u nicati o n , philosophy, and semant ics . GA P e nvisages a contin uing pro gram of work accord i n g to the following aims: THE GROUP FO R T H E A D V A N C E M ENT OF P SYC H I ATRY
1 . To collect and appraise signifi cant data i n the fi elds of psychiatry, mental health,· and h uman relations 2. To reevaluate old concepts and t o develop and test new ones 3 . To apply the knowledge thus obtai ned fo r the promo tion of mental health and good human relations GAP is an independent group, and irs reports re present rhe composite fi ndings and opi n i o n s of its members only, gu ided by its many consultants. PHA RMACOTHERAPY AN D PSYCllOTHERAPY: PA RA D OXF.S , P ROB
wasformulated by the Cornmittee on Researr:h, which acknmuledges on pa.ge 269 the participation rj others in thr. preparation of this report. The mem,bers of this committee, as well as other committees and the o,[ficers of the GAP, are listed below. LE MS AND PRO GRES S
C.OMMlTTEE ON RESEARCH Morris A. Lipton, Chapel Hill, Chr. Stanley H. Eldred, Belmont, Mass. Louis A. Gottschalk, Irvi ne, CaliL
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Donald F. Klein, Glen Oak s . N.Y. Gerald L. Klerman, Boston Ralph R. Notrnan , Jhookline, Mass. Eberhard H. Uhlenhuth, Chicago
COMM ITTEE o:,..• ADOLESCENCE.
Joseph D . Noshpitz, Washington, Chr. Maurice R. Friend, New York Warren J. Gad pail le, Englewood, Colo. Charles A. Malone, Philadelphia Silvio J. Onesti, Jr., Belmont, Mass. Jeanne Spurlock, Silver Spring, Md. Sidney- L. Werkman, Denvr.r COMMITTH ON AGING Prescott W. Thompson . San Jose, Chr. Roben N . Butler; Washington, D.C. Charles M. Gaitz, Houston I .awrcnce F. Grecnleigh, Los Angeles Maurice E. Linden. Philadelphia Robert D. Patterson, Lexington, Mass. f. Conyers · rhompson, Jr., Atlanta Jack Weinberg, Chicag o Co:-.-tM ITTE£' ON C 1 1 1 1 .o PSYCHIATRY Joseph M. Green, Tucson, Ariz., Chr. Pa ul L. Adams, Miami E. James Anthony, St. Louis James M. Bell, Canaan. N .Y. Harlow Donald Dunton, :-.Jew York Joseph Fischoff, Detroit John F. Kenward, Chicago Ake Mattsson, Charlottesville John F. McDermott, J r., Honolulu Theodore Shapiro, New York Exie E. Welsch, New York Virginia N. Wilking, N ew York CuMMITTE.E O;"I:· T I IE COLLEGE- STUOF.:-.IT
Rohen L. Arnstein, Hamden, Conn., Chr Harrison P. Eddy, New York Malkah Tolpin Notman, Brookline, Mass. Gloria C. Onque, Pittsburgh Kent E. Robinson, Towson, Md. Earle Silber , Chevy Chase, Md. Tom G. Stauffer, White Plains, N . Y . COMM ITTEE O N T H E FAMILY
. Joseph Satten , San Frnncisco, Chr. C. Christian Bccls, Bronx, N.Y. Ivan Boszormenyi-Nagy, Wyncote, Pa. Murray Bowen, Chevy Chase Henry U. Grunebaum, Boston \!argaret M. Lawrence, Pomona, N .Y. David Mendell, Houston Carol Nadelson, Boston
Norman L. Paul, Carnbridg,e Israel Z:werling , Phila<l clphia CoM\f IT'TEE O N GovER"'"MENTAL AcEJ\'CIES Sidney S. Goldcnsohn, Jamaica, N.Y. Chr. William S. Allerron, Richmond Albert M. Biele, Philadelphia Paul Chodoff, Washington, D.C. John E. Nardini, Washington , D.C. Donald B . Peterson, Fulton , Mo. Harvey I.. P. Resnik, . Chevy Chase, Md. Harold Rosen , Baltimore Harvey Lee Ruben, New Haven COMMITT£E ON INTERN ATIONAL RELATIONS Bryant M. Wedge, Washington, D.C. , Chr. Francis F. Barnes, Chevy Chase Eric A. Baum, Cambridge Alexander Gralnick . Port Chester, N.Y. Rita R. Rogers, Torrance, Calif. Be rt.ram H. Schaffner, New York i\1ottram P. Torre , Nev..' Oriea ns Roy M. Whitman, Cincinnati Ronald M. Wintrob, Hartford CoMMI1TEE ON MEDl(,AL EnucATION Saul I. Harrison, Ann Arbor, Chr. Raymond Feldman, Boulder, Colo. David R Hawkins, Charlottesville Harold I. Lief, Philadelphia John E. Mack, Chestnut Hill, Mass. Herbert Pardes, Brooklyn, N . Y. Robert Alan Senescu, New York Bryce Templeton, Philadelphia Paul Tyler Wilson, Bethesda, Md. CoMM rrTr.E ON MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES W. Walter Menninger, Topeka, Chr. Allan Beigcl, Tucso n. Ariz. Eugene M. Caffey, Jr. , Washington, D.C. Merrill T. Eaton, Omaha James 13. Funkhouser, Richmond. Va. Robert S. Garber, Belle Mead, N j. Stanley Hammons, Frankfon, Ky. Donald Scherl, Boston Herzl R. Spiro. Princeton, N.J . Jack A. Wolford, Pittsburgh COMMITTEE ON MENTAL RETARD ATION Henry H. Work, Washington, D.C., Chr. Howard V. Bair, Parsons, K:ms. Norman R, Bernstein, Boston
