Word: marmor
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Giving LSD to someone without his informed consent opens the door to the "ruthless modification of people's minds," declared Dr. Judd Marmor, president of the American Psychiatric Association, after he heard the circumstances of the suicide of Biochemist Frank Olson (TIME, July 21). Even if done for security reasons, added Marmor, such experiments as those conducted by the CIA are unethical...
...justifications for the denial of civil rights to individuals whose only crime is that their sexual orientation is to members of the same sex." Many of Spitzer's colleagues concur. "It is unfair to label homosexuality in and of itself a mental illness," says Dr. Judd Marmor, a Los Angeles psychoanalyst and candidate for the American Psychiatric Association presidency. "That is a moral judgment...
...Spitzer, Marmor and others have urged the A.P.A. membership to uphold the board's ruling. Though they seem likely to prevail when the votes are counted next month, they are unwilling to predict certain success. "Psychiatrists," warns Marmor, "are not immune to the prejudices of their culture...
...Research. Is the opposite also true? Some psychiatrists speculate that the new sexual freedom enjoyed by teen-agers may lead to a decrease in homosexuality. "Because there are fewer sexual taboos in our society today, the adolescent is more likely to find a heterosexual pathway," says Dr. Judd Marmor of Los Angeles. Yet only a small number of adolescents are likely to be affected, Marmor contends, since generally "the origins of homosexuality derive from certain specific conditions in the home, and these conditions still exist." There are no recent statistical studies that show changes in the incidence of homosexuality among...
Cancer Society officials, who hope to obtain organizational recognition and funding for Harris' program, agree with University of Southern California Psychiatrist Judd Marmor that the project "can also be therapeutic for the person who is doing the helping. It gives him a purpose in life at a point where the curtain seems to be drawing down...