Existentialism in American Psychiatry—Ten Years Later
MILTON H. MILLER M.D.1,
CARL A. WHITAKER M.D.2, , and
CARL H. FELLNER M.D.3
1 Professor of psychiatry and department chairman, department of psychiatry, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1300 University Ave., Madison, Wis. 53706
2 Professor of psychiatry, department of psychiatry, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1300 University Ave., Madison, Wis. 53706
3 Associate professor of psychiatry, department of psychiatry, University of Wisconsin Medical School, 1300 University Ave., Madison, Wis. 53706
In the early 1950s it seemed that existentialism was destined to have a major influence upon American psychiatry. The authors assess the important professional changes which have occurred during the last decade and describe existential influences upon these changes. Even though a distinct existential movement has not developed, existential thinkers have contributed substantially to the emerging American psychiatry.
