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Published Online: January 1974

Through the Viewing Tube: Videocassette Psychiatry

DAVID V. FORREST, JAMES H. RYAN, RICHARD GLAVIN, and H. HOUSTON MERRITTAuthors Info & Affiliations

Publication: American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 131, Number 1

https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.131.1.90

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The authors, who have been exploring the potential of videotape presentations for psychiatric education, discuss the issues that have arisen since they began developing their "Electronic Textbook of Psychiatry." They consider such questions as the adequacy of the television image in capturing emotion and transmitting information, the ideal length of the taped segment, and the flexibility and limits of the medium. They conclude that videotape presentation may (as have dream interpretation. psychometrics, linguistics, and other useful approaches to behavior) contribute to our conception of mental disorders.

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American Journal of Psychiatry

Volume 131 • Number 1 • January 1974

Pages: 90 - 94

PubMed: 4855543

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Published in print: January 1974

Published online: 1 April 2006

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DAVID V. FORREST

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JAMES H. RYAN

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RICHARD GLAVIN

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H. HOUSTON MERRITT

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Director of Education, Department of Educational Research, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 722 West 168th St., New York, N. Y. 10032

Director, Department of Educational Research, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 722 West 168th St., New York, N. Y. 10032

Director of Training Media, Department of Educational Research, New York State Psychiatric Institute, 722 West 168th St., New York, N. Y. 10032

Consultant in Neurology, Neurological Institute of New York, and Professor Emeritus of Neurology, Dean Emeritus, and Vice-President Emeritus, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, N.Y.

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Through the Viewing Tube: Videocassette Psychiatry

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