The perception of U.S.-Soviet intentions and other psychological dimensions of the nuclear arms race
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 9051232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | John E Mack (Harvard University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1982 |
| Volume | 52 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 590-599 |
| Publication date | 1982-10-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Orthopsychiatry (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9432 • E-ISSN: 1939-0025 |
| Publisher | American Psychological Association (APA) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1939-0025.1982.tb01448.x |
| PMID | 7148980 |
| OpenAlex | W1994424145 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 15 |
| References cited | 4 |
The build-up of our nuclear arsenal has created a new set of issues of particular concern to mental health professionals. These include: an understanding of the overwhelming scale of the medical emergency threatened by nuclear war or accident; the impact of the arms race on children and adolescents; the need to deal with various forms of fantasy and make-believe on the part of adults, in particular the effect of the nuclear responsibility on those in authority; and the need to find new ways of understanding and defining security in conflicted relationships
Accident (philosophy) · Arms race · Cartography · Epistemology · Fantasy · Geography · Nuclear weapon · Perception · Political economy · Political science · Race (biology) · Scale (ratio) · Set (abstract data type) · Sociology · Computer Science · Gender Studies · Health and Conflict Studies · Law · Nuclear Issues and Defense · Psychology · Social Psychology
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| Unique citing works | 15 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,35 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2025 (43) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 12 |