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Immediate cause of the ruckus was a strident protest by a staff psychiatrist, Dr. Jordan Scher, against the institute's decision to drop (as of July 1) his project for a forceful, unorthodox treatment of schizophrenic patients. He is getting results, claims Psychiatrist Scher, by being stern with schizophrenics, making them work, and forcing them into social situations (usually with the aid of relatives). It was too soon to judge whether Scher's method had any value (similar techniques have previously been tried and found wanting). In any case, he violated all the rules of the psychiatric club...
Stiff Questions. One diagnosis of NIMH's current troubles is that Clinical Director Cohen is highly permissive for a father-figure and tries to give subordinates a free hand in working with patients. But even this permissiveness ran out when Psychiatrist Scher made ambitious demands for guarantees of space, facilities and money to continue his experiment in treating schizophrenics "tough." Cohen ordered the six patients in Scher's special project transferred to a state hospital, provoking angry protest from their families. Last week a congressional subcommittee" on appropriations handed Director Felix a set of stiff questions...
...event, the term should not be allowed to conclude as it did last year with the treasurer not allocating funds to the Scholarship Office as the Council had determined. Paul L. Scher...
...Paul L. Scher: Dunster; Class Rep. to Stud. Council, and Sec.; Wireless Club; HYDC; Dir., German Exchange Student Program...
Other officers picked in yesterday's elections include Robert C. Johnston '59, Pegasus; Peter O. Sellar '58, treasurer; and Charles D. Atkinson III '58, business manager. Eric Martin '58 was chosen as art editor, Daniel M. Collier '59 is the new circulation manager, while Peter Scher '58 will fill the office of Bacchus...