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and staff; and 6) studying the uses and abuses of small group dynamics
in family therapy.^12
Finally, the Section of the Chief and the laboratory as a whole were
headed by David Shakow. He had been recruited by Cohen from the
Illinois Neuropsychiatric Institute and College of Medicine-University
of Illinois. He had previously had a 20-year long career in schizophrenia
research at Worcester State Hospital in Massachusetts. This section’s
research centered mostly on Shakow’s interests and focused on three
areas: 1) the nature and etiology of schizophrenia, specifically the psycho
logical deficits, the psychophysiological characteristics, and genetic factors
contributing to the disorder; 2) the psychotherapeutic process for which
Shakow created a psychotherapy sound-movie program, also known as
Shakow’s Folly, in which a course of psychoanalysis was recorded on film
as a resource for individuals interested in research on the therapeutic
process; and 3) the psychological aspects of illness, in which self-concept
and body image were studied as related to disease susceptibility and
resistance and organ choices.^13
In addition to the Section on Aging’s work resulting in the book Human
Aging, another significant example of the scientist-initiated collaborations
at the time was a study among the Laboratory of Psychology’s Section of
the Chief and four other NIMH laboratories and branches. This study in
vestigated the genetic factors involved in monozygotic quadruplets with
schizophrenia, resulting, among many other publications, in the important
edited volume, The Genain Quadruplets.Theodore P. Zahn, Ph.D.
Donated to the Office of NIH History
by Dr. Theodore Zahn