Word: psychiatrist
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...psychiatrist hardly expected that his report to the College Senior Tutors would catapult him into a national prominence. But he does consider himself a "late bloomer." While at Harvard, Dr. Blaine majored in English and Latin Literature, belonged to the Fly Club, and played football for Eliot House. "I didn't study that hard," he says, "but I worked hard enough to get into the Columbia College of Physicians and Surgeons, from which I graduated in 1943." After time in the service and three years of general practice in Connecticut, Blaine became interested in psychiatry. He returned to Bellevue Hospital...
...Freudian." This means that he belongs to a group of personality theorists who accept many of Freud's insights, but reject his pan-sexualism, and place emphasis on the conscious mind and cultural determinants. The Neo-Freudians (Fromm, Herney, Erikson, among others) also believe that a psychiatrist should practice "directive therapy"--the therapist should offer concrete advice to his patient, not remain a passive listener. Blaine uses his theory in "short-term psychotherapy," the usual treatment offered by the Health Services. In the program, the student usually comes in once a week for an hour for no longer than...
Though many Neo-Freudians are social revolutionaries, Dr. Blaine thinks that the psychiatrist should accept the moral standards given by his society. "We're here to understand why a patient behaves as he does. But if he has done something wrong, we need a clear referent in society so he'll understand he'll be punished. Objective standards are needed for moral responsibility and successful therapy...
...Tahiti. It only made Hayden more restless. He lived on and off boats, consulted a psychiatrist and watched his career slide. He describes how he was asked to play Tarzan by a zealous producer who had heard he had a flaming desire to save the world: "Maybe you don't realize that Tarzan represents the free man who stands alone against the forces of evil. Perhaps you could strip to the waist . . ." The troubled Hayden returned to the sea-loading his children aboard the schooner Wanderer and, in defiance of a court order, taking off with them for Tahiti...
David Susskind's Open End disucssion of "Sex and Morals on Campus" will be rebroadcast this Sunday starting at 8 p.m., over WGBH (channel 2). Among the five guest panelists are Dr. Graham B. Blaine, Jr. '40, psychiatrist to the University Health Services, and Joseph M. Russin, president of the CRIMSON...