Accident proneness and how to prevent it.

Accidents are unplanned, unexpected events usually producing injury or property damage. They occur when there is a disequilibrium between environmental hazards, exposure to hazards, and vulnerability to hazards. Vulnerability involves the condition of both physical and psychologic faculties.

Joan of Arc and DSM III.

As an exercise in the use of the current diagnostic manual of psychiatric disorders, the life story of Joan of Arc is summarized from birth until her execution at age 19. Then various psychiatric diagnoses are considered in the light of published criteria, including types of psychoses, psychosexual disorders, and personality disorders.