The Riddle of Suggestion
N. WILLIAM WINKELMAN JR. M.D.1, and
STEVEN D. SAUL 2
1 Head, Department of Psychiatry, Sidney Hillman Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
2 Research Assistant. Department of Psychiatry, Sidney Hillman Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pa.
Suggestion has played a crucial role in psychiatric healing for thousands of years. The nature of suggestion as a psychological phenomenon is not understood. Unless the riddle is solved, a synthesis between the various schools of psychology is unlikely. The crucial variables must be related in a manner that is meaningful to both psychoanalysts and social-oriented investigators.
