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The Significance of Psychiatric Symptomatology for Social Adaptation

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

H. J. Walton ,
R. Bennett  and
L. Nahemow
H. J. Walton
Affiliation:
Department of Psychological Medicine, University of Edinburgh, Department of Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York
R. Bennett
Affiliation:
Biometrics Department, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York
L. Nahemow
Affiliation:
Biometrics Department, New York State Psychiatric Institute and Columbia University, New York
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The social adjustment of individuals is studied from different viewpoints by psychiatrists and sociologists. The psychiatrist is concerned with the malfunctioning personality (and with normal function toward which patients must be assisted); the sociologist is concerned with the functioning social system. The basic reference of both disciplines is to the individual and the individual's adaptation in his social group.

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Research Article
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The British Journal of Psychiatry , Volume 110 , Issue 467 , July 1964 , pp. 544 - 548
Copyright
Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1964 

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