Psychological factors in the care of patients with multiple sclerosis: For use of physicians.

Harrower, Molly; Herrmann, Rosalind

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“…Joining the opposition to the bill was Harrower, then the president of the New York Society for Clinical Psychologists. She warned Milmoe that his bill threatened to deprive “properly trained psychologists” of their livelihoods, and livelihood” (Harrower, 1953). Although Harrower had spent years trying to allay psychologists’ concerns over restrictive legislation from organized medicine, she did become a valuable asset to the Joint Council’s defense after her tenure as chair ended and interprofessional tensions erupted.…”

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When Rollo May’s “little band” of New York psychologists fought back against organized medicine’s attempts to control psychotherapy.

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2022

History of Psychology

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At a time when New York was best positioned to influence the development of the profession of psychology in the mid-twentieth century, efforts to pass licensing or certification in Albany floundered for more than 15 years due to opposition from physicians and psychiatrists. That changed when Rollo May emerged as the leader of New York psychologists' lobbying effort in 1952, and he turned their losing and defensive campaign against organized medicine into a winning and offensive one. He inspired his fellow pioneering psychologists to withstand the "overwhelming power" of organized medicine and see their profession through its "frontier struggles," which culminated in the Empire State's psychologist regulation law in 1956.

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When Rollo May’s “little band” of New York psychologists fought back against organized medicine’s attempts to control psychotherapy.

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History of Psychology

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“…It is the opinion of the authors that personality types associated with specific disabilities do not exist. Harrower and Herrmann (5), reviewing studies of multiple sclerotic patients concluded that there is no evidence of a multiple sclerosis personality. There have been no adequate objective studies of those with cerebral palsy.…”

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