The integration of psychiatry into the mainstream of American
society following World War II involved rethinking and revision of
psychiatric theories. While in the past, theories of personality
had been concerned with the single individual, this pioneering
volume argues that such theories are of little use. Instead, the
individual must be seen in the context of social situations in
which rapid advances in communication technology have brought
people closer together, changing their behavior and
self-expression. Ruesch and Bateson show that following World War
II mass communication and culture have become so pervasive that no
individual or group can escape their influences for long.
Therefore, they argue that processes of psychoanalysis must now
consider the individual within the framework of a social situation.
Focusing upon the larger societal systems, of which both
psychiatrist and patient are an integral part, they develop
concepts that encompass large-scale events as well as happenings of
an individual nature. They have outlined this relationship in a
unified theory of communication, which encompasses events linking
individual to individual, individual to the group, and ultimately,
to events of worldwide concern. The term "social matrix," then,
refers to a larger scientific system, of which both the
psychiatrist and the patient are integral parts. "Jurgen Ruesch"
was professor of psychiatry at the University of California School
of Medicine and director of the section of Social Psychiatry at the
Langley Porter Neuropsychatric Institute in San Francisco. "Gregory
Bateson" taught at Columbia University, the New School for Social
Research, Harvard University, Stanford University, and the
University of California, Santa Cruz. Among his books are "Naven,
Steps to an Ecology of Mind, Mind and Nature: A Necessary Unity,
Angels Fear: Towards an Epistemology of the Sacred, and A Sacred
Unity: Further Steps to an Ecology of Mind. Eve C. Pinsker" is
program director, Faculty Development Center, Department of Family
and Community Medicine, Stroger Hospital of Cook County. "Gene
Combs" is associate professor of psychiatry and director of
behavioral science education in the family medicine residency at
Loyola University, Chicago.
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