May 05, 2000
Top Stories
Medical Students' Attraction To Psychiatry Holds Steady Kaiser's Prescribing Policy Leads To Lawsuit, Ethics Concerns Researchers, Department Chairs Advocate for More Federal DollarsFrom the President
Thanks for a Great YearAnnual Meeting
Women Residents Selected for Annual Meeting Leadership ProgramGovernment News
APA Tells Congress of Need For More Privacy Protections Protect Children From Predators On Internet, Parents Tell Congress M.D. Contract-Negotiation Bill Moves Forward in Congress Mirin Calls on Hill Budget Writers To Boost MH Research Funds Maryland Rejects Bill to Allow Nurse Psychotherapists to Prescribe Psychiatrists Want FDA to Expand Drug Labeling for Alzheimer'sEarly Career Issues
Take Advantage of Annual Meetings' Networking, Other ECP Opportunities By Ronald Albucher, M.D.Legal News
Medical Groups Sue Over 'Usual and Customary' Rules Ounce of Prevention Now Will Pay Off Later for Psychiatrists, Their Practices Technology Revolution Brings New Ethical and Legal Risks Patient Participation Made Focus Of Innovative Hospital DesignProfessional News
APA About to Publish Text Revision of DSM-IV Innovative NIDA Program Tests New Treatment Methods NIDA Moves Proactively On Growing 'Club Drug' Menace Stigma Keeps Physicians From Psychiatric TreatmentAssociation News
Sederer to Direct Financing, Quality Improvement Initiatives Public Affairs Offic Gears Up For Big Increase in Media Contacts Set Up Personal Web Site And Rise Above the CrowdResidents' Forum
Technology Is Key to Member Satisfaction by Julie Schulman, M.D.Clinical & Research
Take Gain From Placebo Effect More Seriously, Psychiatrists Urged by Liz Lipton Antipsychotic Wins FDA Approval for Treatment of Acute Mania Families Found to Appreciate Witnessing Resuscitation Efforts Psychiatrists Have New Weapon In Bipolar Treatment Arsenal Lilly Asks FDA to Approve Once-a-Week Prozac Dosing Religion Linked to Longer Survival In People With HIV Infections Learning the Secrets of Genes Could Revolutionize Therapy Private Firm About to Complete Mapping of Human Genome Lesbian Couples Confront Unique Parenting Challenges Gay Psychoanalysts Find More Tolerant Atmosphere Better HIV Treatments Create Unexpected ProblemsViewpoints
The Problems of Being Perfect by Marci Bauman-Bork, M.D.Letters to the Editor
Middle Ground Needed - BY MALCOLM BOWERS JR., M.D. AND ADRIAN PREDA, M.D. Attorney Omitted - BY ABRAHAM L. HALPERN, M.D. Duty to Ask - BY JAMES C. BECK, M.D., PH.D. Psychologists - BY JAN LEARD-HANSSON, M.D. It's Not the Money - BY SCOTT D. HAGAMAN, M.D. Cut Out the Food, Too - BY H. STEVEN MOFFIC, M.D.Classifieds
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