TY - JOUR T1 - THe assessment of social disability AU - Ruesch J Y1 - 1969/12/01 N1 - 10.1001/archpsyc.1969.01740240015003 JO - Archives of General Psychiatry SP - 655 EP - 664 VL - 21 IS - 6 N2 - TWO developments have significantly altered the assessment of deviant behavior: the introduction of computers and the emphasis on social rather than psychological functioning. The computer has become indispensable for the modern scientist. He relies on it for medical literature analysis and retrieval,1 for the establishment of electronic data banks for use in clinical medicine, for computer-based recordings of physician's findings and comments,2 and for self-administered screening systems for newly admitted patients.3,4 In the narrower field of psychiatry, there exist computer-based methods for the initial psychiatric interview,5 recording systems for all psychiatric data,6 and programs for arriving at differential diagnosis.7,8 An attempt to simulate the verbal behavior of physician and patient led to the substitution of computers for living persons.9 Man-machine interaction thus can be expected in the future to play a greater role in the SN - 0003-990X M3 - doi: 10.1001/archpsyc.1969.01740240015003 UR - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/archpsyc.1969.01740240015003 ER -