Headaches—Psychogenic or Organic?

Abstract

A major proportion—by some estimates at least half—of the problems clinicians encounter daily are essentially psychiatric. It is also recognized that physicians have limited time to read. To reconcile these conflicting situations—the need to know more about practical psychiatry and little time in which to learn it—POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE is initiating a series of seminal dialogues on practical psychiatric problems. Physicians will ask the questions, and Dr. Daniel Cappon, the Journal's editorial consultant in psychiatry, aided by a panel of colleagues, will attempt to answer them. Questions from readers are welcome and should be addressed to the Editorial Department, POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE, 4015 West 65th Street, Minneapolis, Minnesota 55435. The first of these questions follows.

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Daniel Cappon

Dr. Daniel Cappon, who joined POSTGRADUATE MEDICINE in 1968 as consultant in psychiatry, is professor of environmental studies at York University, Toronto, Ontario. Dr. Cappon attended St. Mary's Hospital Medical School, London, and graduated from the University of London. During World War II he served as medical specialist and psychiatrist with the Royal Army Medical Corps in England and the Far East, after which he took postgraduate training at the Institute of Psychiatry, Maudsley Hospital, and Guy's Hospital Medical School, London.

Dr. Cappon is a member of the Canadian Psychiatric Association and a fellow of the American Psychiatric Association and presently serves on the APA Committee for Preventive Psychiatry. He is consultant for the inner-city community mental health program of the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Baltimore. In private practice he specializes in analytic psychotherapy.

Dr. Cappon has been a frequent contributor to medical journals, as well as to general newspapers and magazines, and is the author of “Toward an Understanding of Homosexuality,” published in 1965 by Prentice-Hall, Inc.