A Case Study of the Fathers of Seven Male Schizophrenic Children
Abstract
Background of the Study. Schizophrenia in childhood has presented to the researcher many baffling problems in such diversified areas as etiology, diagnosis, and therapeutic procedure. Although the unknowns in this area are manifold, the writer of this study, a student at the Fordham University School of Social Service, was particularly impressed with the paucity of material dealing with the fathers of these disturbed children, and any influence they might have had on the onset and course of this disturbance.Case workers have been aware of the fact that the father, an integral member of the total family structure, has too long been neglected. Recent articles, and books have tried to rectify this wrong. Today's father has been, at best, the victim of neglect and very often in minimizing his role he is depicted as the inept, well-meaning, blundering male the capable female must manage. Such characterizations as presented in newspaper comic strips or radio are common in Fibber McGee and Mollie, Dagwood and Blondie and others. This unsalutary neglect, and minimizing of his role, leads some writers to believe masculine ascendancy is a thing of the past.
Subject Area
Multicultural Education|Developmental psychology
Recommended Citation
Blumenfeld, Harry, "A Case Study of the Fathers of Seven Male Schizophrenic Children" (1956). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI31050479.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI31050479
