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Ariel - Volume 2 Number 3, Delvyn C. Case, Jr., Eugenia Miller, Jack Guralnik, Steve P. Flynn, Rod Dorand, Michael J. Blecker, Deborah Fernhoff, Donald Bergman, Steve Ager, Lin Set Edwards, Phil Graitzer, Tom Williams, Robin Edwards, Harry A. Doyle, William Claflin, Jolian Forsyte, Harvey Zeligman

Ariel

Editors

Delvyn C. Case, Jr.

Paul M. Fernhoff

News Editors

Richard Bonanno

Daniel B. Gould

Robin A. Edwards

Lay-Out Editor

Carol Dolinskas

Sports Editor

James J. Nocon

Contributing Editors

Michael J. Blecker

Lin Sey Edwards

Jack Guralnik

W. Cherry Light

Features Editor

Steven A. Ager

Donald A. Bergman

Stephen P. Flynn

Business Manager

Nick Grego

Ariel - Volume 2 Number 2, Elaine Smith, Mike Starrels, Paul M. Fernhoff, Stephen P. Flynn, James J. Nocon, Michael Blecker, Steven Allen Ager, Norine Bonanno

Ariel

Editors

Delvyn C. Case, Jr.

Paul M. Fernhoff

News Editors

Richard Bonanno

Daniel B. Gould

Ronald A. Hoffman

Lay-Out Editor

Carol Dolinskas

Sports Editor

James J. Nocon

Contributing Editors

MichaeI J. Blecker

Lin Sey Edwards

Jack Guralnik

W. Cherry Light

Features Editor

Donald A. Bergman

Stephen P. Flynn

Business Manager

Nick Grego

Public Relations

Robin A. Edwards

Changing Concepts Of Deviance, Douglas D. Bond

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

As I look at the list of distinguished Stoneburner Lecturers, I see I am honored by being the first psychiatrist. This is a tribute to the Department of Psychiatry. In thinking about this paper, I at first considered giving a kind of history of psychiatry. What seemed to me more interesting, however, was an examination of our whole perspective on deviance, in general, and what we call “illness”—an example of a certain kind of deviance, or, perhaps more accurately, a certain way of looking at deviance.

Recognition And Management Of Psychiatric Emergencies, John A. Ewing

MCV/Q, Medical College of Virginia Quarterly

Emergencies are simply unforeseen occurrences which present themselves to physicians in a variety of ways. Indeed, a physician is not the first person on hand for most emergencies but may merely be called upon for appropriate intervention. Any of us can be presented with an emergency, psychiatric or otherwise, at any moment. However, each of us has his own particular probability of sampling psychiatric emergencies, depending upon who he is and what he does. In actual fact, psychiatric emergencies more often confront people other than psychiatrists, for example, the policeman, the social worker, and the general practitioner (Ewing, 1965). As …