PERSONALITY STUDY IN THE PRACTICE OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
Authors: Edward Weiss
Journal: Annals of Internal Medicine (1934)

Article1 December 1934PERSONALITY STUDY IN THE PRACTICE OF INTERNAL MEDICINEEDWARD WEISS, M.D., F.A.C.P.EDWARD WEISS, M.D., F.A.C.P.Search for more papers by this authorAuthor, Article, and Disclosure Informationhttps://doi.org/10.7326/0003-4819-8-6-701 SectionsAboutPDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack CitationsPermissions ShareFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail ExcerptIn the course of a recent study of psychiatric education in 60 medical schools in the United States, Ebaugh1questioned the professors of medicine as to the frequency of psychiatric problems in general medicine and found their answers to strike an average of 35 per cent. Ziegler2questioned 80 physicians in general practice in New York State as to the percentage of patients consulting them who had no very definite bodily disease as a basis for their complaints and found their answers to average about 20 per cent. From these and other sources†there is good evidence...References1. EBAUGH FG: Crisis in psychiatric education, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1932, xcix, 703-707. Importance of introducing psychiatry into general internship, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1934, cii, 982-986. CrossrefGoogle Scholar2. ZIEGLER LH: Mental hygiene and its relationship to medical profession, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1931, xcvii, 1119-1122. CrossrefGoogle Scholar3. MOERSCH FP: Psychiatry in medicine, Am. Jr. Psychiat., 1932, xi, 831-843. CrossrefGoogle Scholar4. STEVENSON GS: Why patients consult the gastro-enterologist; motive and attitude of 150 patients, Jr. Am. Med. Assoc., 1930, xciv, 333-337. CrossrefGoogle Scholar5. REYNOLDS GP: Etiology of psychoneuroses encountered in practice of internal medicine, New England Jr. Med., 1930, cciii, 312-316. CrossrefGoogle Scholar6. FORSYTH D: Place of psychology in medical curriculum, Proc. Royal Soc. Med., 1932, xxv, 1200-1212. CrossrefGoogle Scholar7. ALLBUTT TC: Gulstonian lectures on neuroses of the viscera, Lancet, 1884, i, 459; 507. Google Scholar8. MACYALLEN JWEV: Justification of diagnosis of chronic nervous exhaustion, ANN. INT. MED., 1934, vii, 861-867. Google Scholar This content is PDF only. To continue reading please click on the PDF icon. Author, Article, and Disclosure InformationAffiliations: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania*Read at the Chicago meeting of the American College of Physicians, April 20, 1934.From the Department of Medicine, Temple University School of Medicine, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.†Moersch,3 in an analysis of 500 consecutive patients seen at the Mayo Clinic, reported psychogenic factors of varying degree in 44 per cent; Stevenson,4 in a study of 150 patients presenting themselves to a gastrointestinal clinic, states that there was an important emotional problem in two-thirds of the cases; Reynolds,5 in a study of 935 unselected private patients encountered in the practice of internal medicine, concluded that 21 per cent were psychoneurotics. PreviousarticleNextarticle Advertisement FiguresReferencesRelatedDetails Metrics Cited byPersonality study in cardiospasm: The meaning of the disorder from the standpoint of behavior 1 December 1934Volume 8, Issue 6Page: 701-709KeywordsEmotionsFactor analysisMedical educationPrimary care ePublished: 1 December 2008 Issue Published: 1 December 1934 PDF downloadLoading ...