I'm kind of mystified here -- Harvard's website has no record of Armand Nicolai, although other sources say that he taught there for 25 years. He also does not have a wikipedia page. His writing below strikes me as excessive and judgmental -- similar to stern warnings against rock and roll music in the 1950s:

Dr. Armand Nicolai II (?) of Harvard Medical School sees the trend to destroy the family as a devastating trend. He points to married women with children working outside the home, the tendency for families to move frequently, almost constantly, the dominance of television in the home, the lack of controls in society, the chaos of moral confusion, the lack of communication among families and divorce, and all of those things, he says, are threatening the very life which we live. Let me quote from him. He says, "These trends will incapacitate the family, destroy its integrity and cause its members to suffer such crippling emotional conflict that they will become an intolerable burden to society. What about the future? First, the quality of family life will continue to deteriorate producing a society with a higher incidence of mental illness than ever before. Ninety-five percent of our hospital beds may be taken up by mentally ill patients. This illness will be characterized by a lack of self- control. We can expect the assassination of people in authority to be frequent occurrences. Crimes of violence will increase, even those within the family. The suicide rate will rise. As sexuality becomes more and more unlimited and separated from family and emotional commitment, the deadening effect will cause more bizarre experimentation and wide-spread perversion," end quote. A frankly frightening picture and we are watching it being painted right before our very eyes.

Hm.... that view does seem to be quite extreme.