Psychiatry’s out of Touch by Jeremy D. Safran

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Note: This article is in press on the “Deliberately Considered”blog.

“PSYCHIATRY’S GUIDE IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH SCIENCE, EXPERTS SAY” : SO WHAT’S NEXT?

By Jeremy D. Safran, Ph.D.

Tuesday’s (May 7, 2013) New York Times published an article with the headline:
“PSYCHIATRY’S GUIDE IS OUT OF TOUCH WITH SCIENCE, EXPERTS SAY.”
Written by science reporters, Pam Belluck and Benedict Carey, the story
describes an important new initiative by the National Institute of
Mental Health (NIMH), the largest source of federal funding for
mental health research. Continue reading Psychiatry’s out of Touch by Jeremy D. Safran