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Sullivan's Concept of Scientific Method as Applied to Psychiatry

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 March 2022

Catherine Harris
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H. S. Sullivan's approach to the study of psychiatry reflects the fact that his conception of scientific method was derived from work in physics rather than in the biological sciences. His definition of psychiatry as the study of “interpersonal process” appears to have been influenced partly by his previous training in physics, and also by his conclusion that the most significant aspects of personality could be revealed only through an understanding of the person's actual behavior in relation to others.

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Research Article
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Philosophy of Science , Volume 21 , Issue 1 , January 1954 , pp. 33 - 43
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Copyright © Philosophy of Science Association 1954

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A. B. Barnard College, 1932; graduate, N. Y. School of Social Work, 1936; caseworker in public and private family agencies; economic analyst for Federal Security Agency. Present occupations: housewife and writer.

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