Some Psychiatric and Social Aspects of the Defense-Shelter Program

DURING the past year a great deal of attention has been given to problems concerning the design, construction and utilization of shelters for protection against radioactive fallout. Although many opinions have been volunteered by both Government officials and laymen the overall effect has been to raise many new questions rather than to provide definitive answers for existing ones.In this paper we shall attempt to bring our clinical and research experience to bear on some of the psychologic and social aspects of the current defense-shelter program to help our colleagues to advise their patients and plan for their own and . . .