Talk:Helen Flanders Dunbar

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I am making edits to this Wikipedia page in order to give a more complete story on Helen Flanders Dunbar's life, both personally and professionally. I would appreciate any suggestions on me edits in order to make the page the best that it can possibly be. To the introduction section, I am planning on adding the following sentences: She viewed the patient as a combination of the psych and some, body and soul. Both needed to be treated in order to treat a patient efficiently. Dunbar received degrees in mathematics, psychology, theology, philosophy, and medicine. Dunbar founded the American Psychosomatic Society in 1942 and was the first editor of its journal. In addition to running several other committees committed to treating the whole patient, Dunbar wrote and distributed information for public health, involving child development and advocating for mental health care after World War II. I will add the following to the life section, Her family was a part of the Episcopalian clergy and this strong religious affiliation affected Dunbar’s later studies. In addition, Dunbar had very strong female role models in her mother, aunt and grandmother that caused her to be a very independent young women. Her illness, paired with business setbacks for her father, caused the family to move around before settling in New York. Dunbar’s isolated childhood and high intelligence caused her to develop an abrasive and confrontational nature. To the education section, I included more information about those who influenced and collaborated with Dunbar. She also trained with Anton Boisen (1876-1965), a co-founder of the Clinical Pastoral Education Movement, at the Worcester State Hospital in the summer of 1925. Dunbar and Boisen remained close. Dunbar supported him during his second psychiatric admittance and aided him in his own research. Boisen aided her with her first doctoral thesis, which was the largest influence on the rest of her research career. I have decided to add a section labeled research that details several of the case studies that Dunbar aided in. Dunbar’s main goal was to prove causation between the clergy aiding in the treatment of a patient and the aid of a physician. However, her results were more correlational than causational. She held to the belief that a patient was body and soul and both needed to be treated in order to treat the patient efficiently. She also attempted to tie psychoanalysis and the somatic realm. Dunbar’s many degrees allowed her to analyze research from a different point of view from most psychologists. Dunbar preformed many case studies to support her theses. On study looked at the effects of emotional strain during a pregnancy. Dunbar studied two pregnant women, one who previously had a miscarriage and two stillbirths and another who had a stillbirth before a healthy baby girl. Dunbar used Freudian analysis to look at the pregnant patient’s dreams to prevent miscarriage and stillbirths. Dunbar concluded that severe emotional stain can affect the unborn child. Dunbar also did a case study on a patient James Roe, who had an impression of God that contributed to an emotional breakdown. This gave Dunbar an opportunity to analyze dynamic symbolism and it’s medical versus spiritual nature. Dunbar concluded that a specific viewpoint of God can impact people’s actions. To the career and scholarship section, I will add the following: Dunbar changed her name on published papers from Helen Dunbar to Helen Flanders Dunbar and finally to simply Flanders Dunbar. Finally, I added more detail to Dunbar's late life and Death section. Towards the end of her life, Dunbar suffered from a self-destructive nature and alcoholism. These attitudes caused her to be removed from her position on the American Psychosomatic Society. On August 21, 1959, Dunbar was found floating face down in her swimming pool. Initial speculations mentioned suicide. However, the coroner recorded a death by drowning. The drowning was most likely caused by a heart attack. I used the following sources, which I will add to intext citation as I come to edit the page more completely. 1. Div, M. Hart, Curtis. “Present at the Creation: The Clinical Pastoral Movement and the Origins of the Dialogue Between Religion and Psychiatry”. Journal of Religion and Health. 49.4 (2010) 536-546. Online. 2. Eisenber, Ziv “Clear and Pregnant Danger: The Making of Prenatal Psychology in Mid-Twentieth-Century America" Journal of Women’s History. 22.3 (2010) 112-135. Article. 3. Hart, Curtis. “Biography as an Art Form: The Story of Helen Flanders Dunbar, M.D., Ph.D., B.D., and Med. Sci. D.”. Journal of Religion and Health. 53.3 (2014): 778-788. Print. 4. Mizrachi, Nissim. “From Causation to Correlation: The Story of Psychosomatic Medicine 1939-1979”. Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry. 25.3 (2001). 317-343. Online. 5. Powell, Robert Charles. “Emotionally, Soulfully, Spiritually ‘Free to Think and Act’: The Helen Flanders Dunbar (1902-59) Memorial Lecture on Psychosomatic Medicine and Pastoral Care”. Columbian Presbyterian Center. New York-Presbyterian Hospital. 2 November 1999. Conference Presentation. 6. Stevenson-Moessner, Jeanne. “Organicity and Pastoral Care: Theological Interrelationships”. Journal of Pastoral Care. 60.5 (2010/2011). 365-369. Online. Nora.ross366 (talk) 03:36, 1 April 2016 (UTC)

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Quackery
Dunbar was a leading quack of her time. In her published works she and her collaborating colleagues found everything form ulcerative colitis to dental caries to have have a psychogenic basis. As it stands, the article reveals nothing about the pseudoscientific nature of her beliefs and works. Nicmart (talk) 15:14, 18 September 2023 (UTC)