Frank J D
Am J Psychiatry. 1977 Dec;134(12):1349-55. doi: 10.1176/ajp.134.12.1349.
The author examines the reasons that have been offered in support of a pressimistic appraisal of psychiatry's future. The consequences for psychiatry of increasingly detailed knowledge of the interaction of psychological and physiological processes are emphasized, and the author concludes that psychiatry will continue to play a dominant role in the study and treatment of medical and surgical illness. Thus, although the field is in a transition period, it is certainly not moribund.
作者审视了那些被提出用以支持对精神病学未来悲观评估的理由。文中强调了心理与生理过程相互作用的知识日益详尽对精神病学的影响，作者得出结论，精神病学将继续在医学和外科疾病的研究与治疗中发挥主导作用。因此，尽管该领域正处于转型期，但绝非垂死。
