May 16, 1997

From the President

On Psychotherapy

Professional News

Report to Congress Confirms Parity Cuts Health Care Costs

Texas Bill Spreads Liability to Insurers, Managed Care

MH Carveouts May Help Ensure Survival but Pit Psychiatrists Against Each Other

Research: Psychiatry's Ticket to Future

APA Launches Search for Editor in Chief of Psychiatric News

Illinois to Combine Managed Care, Fee for Service in Innovative Plan

AMA Challenges Insurers Claiming That ERISA Protects THem From Malpractice Suits

Xerox Violated ERISA Regs by Not Reviewing Patient Cliams Thoroughly Before Care Denial

M.D.'s Focus Should Stay on Patients, Not Populations

Author Saul Bellow on What Has Happened to Caring?

Ethicist Cites `Moral Malaise' in Medicine, Forecasts Deepening Divisions Over Ethics

Public Health Needs Should Help Shape Health Care Decisins, Physician Argues

Medical Ethics Vignettes: What Would You Do?

Questions for APA's Carveout Conference

APA President Joins NAMI in Honoring Six Legislators Behind Passage of Parity Law

APA District Branch Shows Power of Uniting With Others to Educate Children

Residents

Lessons I've Learned as Your Trustee

Viewpoints

Women Leaders Put Mental Health on International Agenda

APA Should Drop Abortion Position

Other Features

John C. Whitehorn: Rise to Leadership

Confusion Over Deadlines, Other Carriers