Joan wrote: "And Tim, I realize you were doing your best to be diplomatic, but their is a vast difference in the quality of research conducted by the psychiatric community compared to the non-clinical psychological community."
Joan- Thanks for assuming I was being diplomatic! Well, I did mean to be but was also a little sloppy (I'd just completed a 2-hour bicycle ride- just an excuse though). :) I meant to say "clinical psychological research" when I wrote it. Surely I could be diplomatic and say that *all* psychological research should be better. But I would agree with your assessment that the majority of research in the experimental areas is much stronger!! Of course, one should note that some of the same distinctions could be drawn within areas of psychiatry and medicine also but the quality lines fall quite differently across the two spectra - I also suspect we've only seen the tip of the ice-berg when it comes to conflicts of interest within psychiatric research as is pointed out by yours and Chris' emails. (Chris- thanks for bringing that information to our attention. It will be a very useful point when teaching Intro to psychopharmacology!) Tim _______________________________ Timothy O. Shearon, PhD Professor and Chair Department of Psychology The College of Idaho Caldwell, ID 83605 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] teaching: intro to neuropsychology; psychopharmacology; general; history and systems "You can't teach an old dogma new tricks." Dorothy Parker --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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