TY  - JOUR
T1  - THe assessment of social disability
AU  - Ruesch J
Y1  - 1969/12/01
N1  - 10.1001/archpsyc.1969.01740240015003
JO  - Archives of General Psychiatry
SP  - 655
EP  - 664
VL  - 21
IS  - 6
N2  - TWO developments have significantly altered the assessment of deviant behavior: the introduction of computers and the emphasis on social rather than psychological functioning. The computer has become indispensable for the modern scientist. He relies on it for medical literature analysis and retrieval,1 for the establishment of electronic data banks for use in clinical medicine, for computer-based recordings of physician's findings and comments,2 and for self-administered screening systems for newly admitted patients.3,4 In the narrower field of psychiatry, there exist computer-based methods for the initial psychiatric interview,5 recording systems for all psychiatric data,6 and programs for arriving at differential diagnosis.7,8 An attempt to simulate the verbal behavior of physician and patient led to the substitution of computers for living persons.9 Man-machine interaction thus can be expected in the future to play a greater role in the
SN  - 0003-990X
M3  - doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1969.01740240015003
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1969.01740240015003
ER  -