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...Herbert Hendin Psychiatrist, Columbia University...
Braden's view of the California court manners of recently unleashed female players competing against their own sex is borne out by experiences elsewhere in the country. Says a Georgia psychiatrist: "They look at the ball and think of it as the washing-machine repairman, and flail away." The Atlanta Lawn Tennis Association, which began in 1950 with just 35 members, now has 10,000, among them 4,500 women who compete every week on 400 organized teams. This year the competition on and off the court, and the consequent bickering, grew so hot and ludicrous that many veteran players...
According to Boston Psychiatrist Chester Pearlman, evidence from both Europe and America is making 1976 "The Year of REM Sleep." Scientists have long known that REM (for the rapid eye movement during periods of dream sleep, which occur three to five times a night in 20-min. segments) serves crucial needs. One of those needs, Pearlman told the Paris conference, has now been clearly identified: REM dreaming is essential to consolidate memories -no dreaming, no long-term memory...
Despite the large number of problem children, there are no psychologists on the school's staff, because Hyde teachers prefer to "use our gut feelings." When that approach fails, Gauld has referred students to Richard Evans, a psychiatrist in Brunswick, Me. Like many parents of Hyde students, Evans is willing to give the school the benefit of the doubt. Says he: "Frankly, I'm puzzled. But ordinary methods don't work with the kinds of kids going to Hyde. The school does make a real effort to reach these children. It is doing something no one else...
Pretty well lost at sea, according to the analysis of New York Psychiatrist Leslie Farber. In this collection of essays, Farber dubs our times the age of the disordered will and he proceeds to draw a wickedly accurate and amusing portrait of contemporary Everyman, caught between his twin illusions of total potency and abject impotence...