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Slack has tested the computer psychiatrist on a group of 32 subjects. He said that most of the patients had little difficulty in adjusting to talking to a computer rather than a human...
...Warner V. Slack, assistant professor of Medicine, has developed a computer which may be able to replace a psychiatrist during the initial stages of analysis...
...patient responds to yes-or-no questions by pressing one of fourbuttons, which read "yes," "no," "don't understand," or "skip it." Longer answers are read into the computer's tape recorder for later examination by the psychiatrist...
Although the cost of the entire computer-console unit--upwards of $25,000--is likely to be prohibitive for private psychiatrist, large clinics and community health centers could use the machine at a lower cost per person than if they used human analysts...
...Many psychiatrists have come to agree that the new openness has much to recommend it. One of these is Graham Blaine, until recently chief psychiatrist of the Harvard health services. In 1963, Blaine wrote that "college administrations should stand by the old morality" and decried relaxed dormitory rules that allowed girls to visit boys' rooms till 7 p.m. In 1971 he switched sides. "I have been convinced by the young that the new relationships are a noble experiment that should be allowed to run its course...