Acknowledgments

It is difficult to give credit to all persons who have provided help and support in this undertaking. I am especially indebted to Tom Detre for having enabled me, early in my career, to appreciate through his clinical brilliance the beauty and scientific integrity of academic psychiatry. He also provided me with support, continued intellectual interest, and goodwill during my academic work at the University of Pittsburgh. Since my medical school days, Howard P. Rome was a source of inspiration, encouragement, and renewal, and I am very pleased to acknowledge this here. Gene Brody is another person whose positive influence has been constant and sustained over the years and whose implicit encouragement I have valued greatly. In his unique "Latin" way Juan Mezzich has always been encouraging of my work, and this has been very sustaining. George C. Williams reviewed one of the chapters, and I found his remarks encouraging and illuminating. Tom Fararo and John Marx have read portions of certain chapters, and their warm endorsement of my thinking was instrumental in furthering my resolve in this project. Steve Gaulin's help in guiding me to relevant literature, his interest in my ideas, and his mental toughness in response to my queries have proven very helpful. My dealings with the Press were very positive: I am grateful to Stanley Holwitz for his continued encouragement and to Michelle Nordon for her patience and goodwill in shepherding the manuscript. Finally, I wish to acknowledge the patience, acceptance, and sheer hard work of my wife, Joan Rome Sporkin, whose dedication to shared pursuits of family goals provided me with the time and reclusion for my writing.