THE CASE OF SYLVIA FRUMKIN: MISDIAGNOSIS OR MISFORTUNE?
Abstract
A dramatic psychiatric case history appeared in the New Yorker in a series of articles entitled "The Patient" by journalist Susan Sheehan (1-4). Sylvia Frumkin, as the patient was called, is this month's DSM-III case study. Our guest expert is Andrew E. Skodol, M.D., assistant professor of clinical psychiatry at Columbia University and a member of the biometric research department of the New York State Psychiatric Institute. Dr. Skodol was consultant on DSM-III.
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