PubMed · 10205498
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B Ootim. 1999. Creating new nurses.. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/10205498/
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OBJECTIVE: Exploration of academic and creative potentials of first-degree relatives of hospital-treated psychotic patients in Iceland. METHOD: Relatives identified in a previously published family study of psychosis are evaluated, using records available at the National Archives and National Library in Reykjavik. Performance of groups of relatives is compared to that of the general population. RESULTS: Healthy relatives of patients are found to excel over others in authorship of books of fiction or poetry, in general school performance at age 20 years and in mathematics. These findings apply to both schizophrenia and affective illness. CONCLUSION: Relatives of psychotic patients often exhibit good mental abilities.
Sigmund Koch, best known for his critical analyses of psychological theory and practice, drew his pivotal insight and abiding concern from his conviction that the failure to sustain and advance human-centered inquiry and understanding (as opposed to rule-governed methodology and conclusions) is the root pathology of modern life. Inspired by the work of selected colleagues, creative artists, and disciplined connoisseurs of language (and, hence, of human sensibility), Koch held out hope for a return to human agency, both inside and outside the domains of psychological study and application.