title: The perception of U.S.-Soviet intentions and other psychological dimensions of the nuclear arms race.
abstract: 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.
mesh_terms: D000223:Adaptation, Psychological; D000293:Adolescent; D002648:Child; D002959:Civil Defense; D004189:Disaster Planning; D005239:Fear; D006801:Humans; D009689:Nuclear Warfare; D010553:Personality Development; D011057:Politics; D012938:Social Perception; D014586:USSR; D014481:United States