Abstract
In this paper certain demographic and diagnostic findings of a group of 140 Protestant ministers who came for evaluation at The Menninger Foundation are presented. Some of the implications of these data are discussed and case examples are given. A general thesis that the ministers of this population entered the ministry partly for defensive and sublimatory purposes is discussed. The features of a minister's role and environment that support the minister despite psychological handicaps are discussed. Also noted are the role stresses present in contemporary ministry that in this group eventuated in psychological breakdown.
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