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Minneapolis, Minn., Oct. 5-Dr. Dana Farnsworth, director of the University Health Services, today criticized college admissions committees that ask applicants whether they have ever had psychiatric treatment...
...address to the Association of College Admission Counselors, Farnsworth said that "the mere presence on an application form of the question 'Have you ever consulted a psychiatrist?' suggests a prejudice against any applicant who has done...
...applicant's having had psychiatric treatment is no guide to predicting his success or failure in college, Farnsworth continued...
...Szasz writes that "Farnsworth is plainly aware that the college administration, which pays the psychiatrist, would not tolerate being left in the dark about students." He quotes Dr. Farnsworth as saying, "If he (the dean) calls the psychiatrist, asks about the student, and is told that the confidential patient-physician relationship prevents any comment, he is not going to be very happy about the situation...
...said he has never met either Dr. Farnsworth or Dr. Blaine, and "did not intend to specifically criticize Harvard's health services. I simply used what these men, the Freuds of college psychiatry, have written," he said...