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Attachments and Comprehensive Psychiatry
Comprehensive Psychiatry (Official Journal of the American Psychopathological
Association)
JANUARY/FEBRUARY
VOL. 33, NO. 1
1992
EDITORIAL
Attachments
and Comprehensive
R
EADERS will associate the late British psychoanalyst John Bowlby (1907-1990) with attachment theory.’ For those who enjoy biography with a psychiatric twist, I highly recommend his last book, Charles Darwin: A New Lifk2 For several prolonged periods in his adult life, Darwin experienced symptoms thought to be psychosomatic and depressive. Bowlby related these to the death of Darwin’s mother when he was age eight, theoretically making him vulnerable to depression. The book portrays the social context and leisurely pace of scientific literature during the later half of the nineteenth century. Darwin’s original reports made during the voyage of the Beagle took literally years to arrive in London and were often published before he knew they were accepted. No FAX machines. The data were solid, but his conclusions would not have survived peer review. The process of editing and publishing a journal is much more complex today, and that is for the better, which brings me back to attachment theory. Comprehensive Psychiatry, the authors, editorial board, referees, publisher, readers, and the American Psychopathological Association, in many ways is a family or social group whose healthy development requires attachments. (The glue for the bonds is graciously applied to nervous authors by my editorial assistant, Margot Suesheim.) The numbers interacting in this group over the course of a year are COMPREHENSIVE A. Reese Abright Hagop Akiskal Renato Alarcon George Alexopoulos Murray Alpert Nancy Andreasen Jules Angst Comprehensive
Psychiatry,
interesting: about 500 authors and coauthors, 150 reviewers, and thousands of readers. The latter are impossible to calculate using the subscription base alone due the availability of computer searches and reprints. Over 900 copies of Comprehensive Psychiatry are received by libraries in the United States and abroad. This year, at the request of Norman Sartorius of the World Health Organization (WHO), our publisher W.B. Saunders has agreed to send complimentary subscriptions to 25 WHO collaborating centers in underdeveloped countries. As Editor, I have the privilege of sitting at the central communication node of this social group and probably feel the attachment and bonding more than others. Although the purpose of a journal is communication, in some ways there is a failure of communication with each other. The communication between reviewer and author is anonymous and should be. Papers are read, but authors get minimal feedback. In a previous era, there was a lively interchange of letters in a journal, and I would encourage more letters to the editor and will try to publish as many as possible. Letters can also be considered a form of peer review. I am particularly remiss in my communication with the many reviewers who contribute so much in time and expertise to Comprehensive Psychiatry. Without them there is no peer review. The following is, I hope, a complete list of the referees
PSYCHIATRY
Frank Ayd, Jr. Henry Bachrach Thomas Ban James Barrett Scot Bay Herbert Bengelsdorf Peter Berner Vol. 33, No. 1 (January/February),
Psychiatry
1992: pp 1-2
for the past two years:
REVIEWERS G.E. Berrios Raj Bhatla Stephen Billick Roger Blashfield Daniel Blazer Harvey Bluestone Susan Brenner
RALPH A. O’CONNELL
2
COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRY REVIEWERS (Continued) David Brody Andrew Brotman Edward Brownstein Page Burkholder Remi Cadoret Pamela Call Ann Campbell Magda Campbell Robert Campbell III Eric Carlson Bernard Carroll Kenneth Casimir Giovanni Cassano John Clarkin Paula Clayton Robert Cloninger Stephen Cole Hope Conte David Cordon William Coryell Thomas Craig Jeanette Cueva Mary De Florio Peter DellaBella Michael Devous, Sr. Rhea Dornbush David Dunner Michael Ebert Leon Eisenberg Leon Epstein Melissa Fastov Armando Favazza Max Fink Leslie Flatow Daniel Flavin Allen Frances Ellen Frank Alfred Freedman Hugh Freeman Arnold Friedhoff William Frosch Marc Galanter Leslie Garber Michael Garofalo, Jr.
Michael Garvey Elliot Gershon J. Christian Gillin Arnaldo Gonzalez Jack Gorman Milton Greenblatt Ruben Gur Katherine Halmi Hanfried Helmchen John Helzer Herbert Hendin Philip Holzman James Hudson Steven Hyler Paul Hymowitz Joanne Intrator Michael Jenike Nancy Joachim Lothar Kalinowsky Paul Keck, Jr. Robert Kellner Desmond Kelly Donald Klein Richard Kluft James Kocsis David Kupfer Zigmond Lebensohn Michael Lemp Jeffrey Lieberman Michael Liebowitz Jean-Pierre Lindenmayer Andrew Levin Camille Logue J.J. Lopez-Ibor Alino Dana Luck Sydney Malitz Joseph Masdeu Matig Mavissakalian Julia Mayo Paul McHugh James Mitchell John Money Louis Opler James Peloquen
Pierre Pichot Roger Pitman Harrison Pope, Jr. Judith Rabkin Judith Rapoport James Reich Richard Restak Norman Rosenthal Randall Ross Sir Martin Roth Bruce Rounsaville Nancy Rubenstein Norman Sartorius Michael Schwartz Mary Sciutto Theodore Shapiro Arthur Shapiro Larry Siever Phillip Slavney Paul Soloff Albert Speranza Manfred Spitzer Sandra Squires Dori Steinberg Marvin Stern Naemi Stilman Richard Starch Erik Stromgren Yasuhiko Taketomo John Talbott Jonathan Thomas Ronald Tikofsky Mark Tobak Madhukar Trivedi Ronald Van Heertum Theodore Van Putten Edgar Velazquez Milton Viederman Nora Volkow Thomas Widiger Geroge Winokur Thomas Wise Mary Zanarini
Many thanks and a Happy New Year! Ralph A. O’Connell, M.D. REFERENCES 1. Bowlby J. Attachment and Loss. vols 1,2,3. NY: Basic Books, 1969, 1973,198O.
New York,
2. Bowlby J. Charles NY: Norton, 1991.
Darwin:
A New Life. New York,
Association)
JANUARY/FEBRUARY
VOL. 33, NO. 1
1992
EDITORIAL
Attachments
and Comprehensive
R
EADERS will associate the late British psychoanalyst John Bowlby (1907-1990) with attachment theory.’ For those who enjoy biography with a psychiatric twist, I highly recommend his last book, Charles Darwin: A New Lifk2 For several prolonged periods in his adult life, Darwin experienced symptoms thought to be psychosomatic and depressive. Bowlby related these to the death of Darwin’s mother when he was age eight, theoretically making him vulnerable to depression. The book portrays the social context and leisurely pace of scientific literature during the later half of the nineteenth century. Darwin’s original reports made during the voyage of the Beagle took literally years to arrive in London and were often published before he knew they were accepted. No FAX machines. The data were solid, but his conclusions would not have survived peer review. The process of editing and publishing a journal is much more complex today, and that is for the better, which brings me back to attachment theory. Comprehensive Psychiatry, the authors, editorial board, referees, publisher, readers, and the American Psychopathological Association, in many ways is a family or social group whose healthy development requires attachments. (The glue for the bonds is graciously applied to nervous authors by my editorial assistant, Margot Suesheim.) The numbers interacting in this group over the course of a year are COMPREHENSIVE A. Reese Abright Hagop Akiskal Renato Alarcon George Alexopoulos Murray Alpert Nancy Andreasen Jules Angst Comprehensive
Psychiatry,
interesting: about 500 authors and coauthors, 150 reviewers, and thousands of readers. The latter are impossible to calculate using the subscription base alone due the availability of computer searches and reprints. Over 900 copies of Comprehensive Psychiatry are received by libraries in the United States and abroad. This year, at the request of Norman Sartorius of the World Health Organization (WHO), our publisher W.B. Saunders has agreed to send complimentary subscriptions to 25 WHO collaborating centers in underdeveloped countries. As Editor, I have the privilege of sitting at the central communication node of this social group and probably feel the attachment and bonding more than others. Although the purpose of a journal is communication, in some ways there is a failure of communication with each other. The communication between reviewer and author is anonymous and should be. Papers are read, but authors get minimal feedback. In a previous era, there was a lively interchange of letters in a journal, and I would encourage more letters to the editor and will try to publish as many as possible. Letters can also be considered a form of peer review. I am particularly remiss in my communication with the many reviewers who contribute so much in time and expertise to Comprehensive Psychiatry. Without them there is no peer review. The following is, I hope, a complete list of the referees
PSYCHIATRY
Frank Ayd, Jr. Henry Bachrach Thomas Ban James Barrett Scot Bay Herbert Bengelsdorf Peter Berner Vol. 33, No. 1 (January/February),
Psychiatry
1992: pp 1-2
for the past two years:
REVIEWERS G.E. Berrios Raj Bhatla Stephen Billick Roger Blashfield Daniel Blazer Harvey Bluestone Susan Brenner
RALPH A. O’CONNELL
2
COMPREHENSIVE PSYCHIATRY REVIEWERS (Continued) David Brody Andrew Brotman Edward Brownstein Page Burkholder Remi Cadoret Pamela Call Ann Campbell Magda Campbell Robert Campbell III Eric Carlson Bernard Carroll Kenneth Casimir Giovanni Cassano John Clarkin Paula Clayton Robert Cloninger Stephen Cole Hope Conte David Cordon William Coryell Thomas Craig Jeanette Cueva Mary De Florio Peter DellaBella Michael Devous, Sr. Rhea Dornbush David Dunner Michael Ebert Leon Eisenberg Leon Epstein Melissa Fastov Armando Favazza Max Fink Leslie Flatow Daniel Flavin Allen Frances Ellen Frank Alfred Freedman Hugh Freeman Arnold Friedhoff William Frosch Marc Galanter Leslie Garber Michael Garofalo, Jr.
Michael Garvey Elliot Gershon J. Christian Gillin Arnaldo Gonzalez Jack Gorman Milton Greenblatt Ruben Gur Katherine Halmi Hanfried Helmchen John Helzer Herbert Hendin Philip Holzman James Hudson Steven Hyler Paul Hymowitz Joanne Intrator Michael Jenike Nancy Joachim Lothar Kalinowsky Paul Keck, Jr. Robert Kellner Desmond Kelly Donald Klein Richard Kluft James Kocsis David Kupfer Zigmond Lebensohn Michael Lemp Jeffrey Lieberman Michael Liebowitz Jean-Pierre Lindenmayer Andrew Levin Camille Logue J.J. Lopez-Ibor Alino Dana Luck Sydney Malitz Joseph Masdeu Matig Mavissakalian Julia Mayo Paul McHugh James Mitchell John Money Louis Opler James Peloquen
Pierre Pichot Roger Pitman Harrison Pope, Jr. Judith Rabkin Judith Rapoport James Reich Richard Restak Norman Rosenthal Randall Ross Sir Martin Roth Bruce Rounsaville Nancy Rubenstein Norman Sartorius Michael Schwartz Mary Sciutto Theodore Shapiro Arthur Shapiro Larry Siever Phillip Slavney Paul Soloff Albert Speranza Manfred Spitzer Sandra Squires Dori Steinberg Marvin Stern Naemi Stilman Richard Starch Erik Stromgren Yasuhiko Taketomo John Talbott Jonathan Thomas Ronald Tikofsky Mark Tobak Madhukar Trivedi Ronald Van Heertum Theodore Van Putten Edgar Velazquez Milton Viederman Nora Volkow Thomas Widiger Geroge Winokur Thomas Wise Mary Zanarini
Many thanks and a Happy New Year! Ralph A. O’Connell, M.D. REFERENCES 1. Bowlby J. Attachment and Loss. vols 1,2,3. NY: Basic Books, 1969, 1973,198O.
New York,
2. Bowlby J. Charles NY: Norton, 1991.
Darwin:
A New Life. New York,