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...article in Trans-Action, Dr. Thomas S. Szasz, professor of psychiatry at the State University of New York Up-state Medical Center, focuses his attack on the writings of Dr. Dana L. Farnsworth, head of University Health Services...
Quoting frequently from Dr. Farnsworth's books, Dr. Szasz concludes that the relationship between student and school psychiatrist is "a status relationship in which the psychiatrist is the superior and the student the inferior." He accuses Dr. Farnsworth of using "the welfare of others" as an excuse for violating the doctor-patient confidence. He claims that Dr. Farnsworth never defines his term "welfare...
...Farnsworth last night refused to comment specifically on the article. He explained, however, that UHS psychiatrists do not release information to University officials without the consent of the student, except in the following circumstances...
Ingesting marijuana, or even LSD, Dr. Farnsworth said, "does not in itself constitute endangering one's own life, although I have come across cases where a student taking LSD was in danger of killing himself." Pregnancy is never reported to a girl's parents without her permission, the director of UHS added...
...Farnsworth said that psychoses can be induced if the dosage of marijuana is large enough, or if the person is troubled enough when he takes...