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From: Sir Arthur on 6 Aug 2008 01:03 MUST READ! VERACARE wrote: > ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION > Promoting Openness, Full Disclosure, and Accountability > http://www.ahrp.org and http://ahrp.blogspot.com > > FYI > > Will the failure of psychopharmacology revitalize psychotherapy? > > Although the failure of psychoactive drugs to provide clinically significant > benefits is documented in controlled trials, psychiatrists cling to these > drugs. > But then, psychiatrists are paid far more for a patient's 15 minute > prescription visit than for spending 45 minutes on psychotherapy. > > That commercial bias toward drugs--no matter how severe the harm caused to > patients--is what "distinguishes" psychiatry from other medical specialties. > > Psychiatry's most prescribed drugs, the second generation antidepressants > (SSRIs), antipsychotics (so-called atypicals), and anti-seizure drugs have > failed to demonstrate a sustained clinical benefit. However, the > debilitating adverse effects of these drugs are amply documented in > controlled clinical trials and patient outcome studies. > > Whatever the failures and abuses documented when psychotherapy was > psychiatry's rage--patients' physical health was not undermined by 100lb > weight gain, by drug-induced diabetes and hyperglycemia, or drug-induced > suicide. Little children were not prescribed drugs that caused lethal drug > toxicity--as four year old, Rebecca Riley was. > > Contact: Vera Hassner Sharav > veracare(a)ahrp.org > 212-595-8974 > > http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5511707 > Move Over, Couch: Psych Pills Take Over > In Era of Pills, Fewer Shrinks Doing Talk Therapy > By CARLA K. JOHNSON > Associated Press Writer > > Aug. 4, 2008- > > CHICAGO (AP) - Cartoons about the psychiatrist's couch were recently the > subject of a museum exhibition. Now, the couch itself may be headed for a > museum. > > A new study finds a significant decline in psychotherapy practiced by U.S. > psychiatrists. > > The expanded use of pills and insurance policies that favor short office > visits are among the reasons, said lead author Dr. Ramin Mojtabai of Johns > Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. > > "The 'couch,' or, more generally, long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy, > was for so long a hallmark of the practice of psychiatry. It no longer is," > Mojtabai said. > > Today's psychiatrists get reimbursed by insurance companies at a lower rate > for a 45-minute psychotherapy visit than for three 15-minute medication > visits, he explained. > > His study found that the percentage of patients' visits to psychiatrists for > psychotherapy, or talk therapy, fell from 44 percent in 1996-97 to 29 > percent in 2004-05. The percentage of psychiatrists using psychotherapy with > all their patients also dropped, from about 19 percent to 11 percent. > > Psychiatrists who provided talk therapy to everyone had more patients who > paid out of pocket compared to those doctors who provided talk therapy less > often. And they prescribed fewer pills. > > As talk therapy declined, TV ads contributed to an "aura of invincibility" > around drugs for depression and anxiety, said Charles Barber, a lecturer in > psychiatry at Yale University and author of "Comfortably Numb: How > Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation." > > "By contrast, there's almost no marketing for psychotherapy, which has > comparable if not better outcomes," said Barber, who was not involved in the > study. > > The findings, published in Monday's Archives of General Psychiatry, are > based on an annual survey of office visits to U.S. doctors. Of more than > 246,000 visits sampled during the 10 years, more than 14,000 were to > psychiatrists. The researchers analyzed those psychiatrist visits. > > The study did not survey visits to psychologists or other mental health > counselors who are not medical doctors, but who also practice talk therapy. > > Psychotherapy uses verbal methods to get patients to explore their emotional > life, thoughts or behavior. The goal is to ease symptoms, sometimes through > getting the patient to change behavior or mental habits. > > Its benefits can be seen in brain imaging studies, said Dr. Eric Plakun, who > leads an American Psychiatric Association committee working to restore > interest in psychotherapy by psychiatrists. > > "The couch is far from dead," Plakun said. "The couch turns out to be an > effective 21st century treatment." > > Talk therapy can be done by psychiatrists less expensively than split > treatment, where a patient sees a doctor for pills and a counselor for talk > therapy, Plakun said, citing two prior studies. > > It also works better than drugs for some patients, such as those with > chronic major depression and a history of childhood trauma, he said. > > Accreditation requirements for psychiatric residency programs are putting > more emphasis on talk therapy, Plakun said. That may slow the decline of the > couch. > > The new study doesn't answer an important question: whether other > professionals are picking up the slack, said psychologist David Mohr of > Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Psychologists and > social workers provide counseling but most cannot prescribe drugs, so it's > possible that for patients who require both talk and pills, some > coordination in care may be lost, Mohr said. > > --- > > On the Net: Archives of General Psychiatry: http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/ > American Psychiatric Association: http://www.psych.org/ > > (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) > > Copyright C 2008 ABC News Internet Ventures > > FAIR USE NOTICE: This may contain copyrighted (C ) material the use of which > has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such > material is made available for educational purposes, to advance > understanding of human rights, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and > social justice issues, etc. It is believed that this constitutes a 'fair > use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. > section 107 of the US Copyright Law. This material is distributed without > profit. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Infomail1 mailing list > to unsubscribe send a message to Infomail1-leave(a)ahrp.org
From: Raving on 6 Aug 2008 02:22 On Aug 6, 1:03 am, Sir Arthur <scie...(a)zzz.com> wrote: > MUST READ! > > VERACARE wrote: > > ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION > > Promoting Openness, Full Disclosure, and Accountability > >http://www.ahrp.organdhttp://ahrp.blogspot.com > > > FYI > > > Will the failure of psychopharmacology revitalize psychotherapy? No. Most people will end up getting their prescriptions filled at Wal Mart using outsourced 'sublicensed' pharmaceutical products of Chinese origin. Insurers will get double whacked for the cost of ... ...prescribing visit + medicine which is prescribed. Perversely, the cause of the problem is over regulation. The American penchant for free enterprise and self determination produces excessive manipulation with over regulation at multiple way points. The U.S. private health care system strangles itself to death by way of too many arbiters at too many levels, all of which are vigorously asserting and exercising their 'constitutional' (?) right to self determination and self interest. Hey, that would explain the pork barreling phenomenon. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Pork_barrel_politics > > > Although the failure of psychoactive drugs to provide clinically significant > > benefits is documented in controlled trials, psychiatrists cling to these > > drugs. > > But then, psychiatrists are paid far more for a patient's 15 minute > > prescription visit than for spending 45 minutes on psychotherapy. > > > That commercial bias toward drugs--no matter how severe the harm caused to > > patients--is what "distinguishes" psychiatry from other medical specialties. > > > Psychiatry's most prescribed drugs, the second generation antidepressants > > (SSRIs), antipsychotics (so-called atypicals), and anti-seizure drugs have > > failed to demonstrate a sustained clinical benefit. However, the > > debilitating adverse effects of these drugs are amply documented in > > controlled clinical trials and patient outcome studies. > > > Whatever the failures and abuses documented when psychotherapy was > > psychiatry's rage--patients' physical health was not undermined by 100lb > > weight gain, by drug-induced diabetes and hyperglycemia, or drug-induced > > suicide. Little children were not prescribed drugs that caused lethal drug > > toxicity--as four year old, Rebecca Riley was. > > > Contact: Vera Hassner Sharav > > verac...(a)ahrp.org > > 212-595-8974 > > >http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5511707 > > Move Over, Couch: Psych Pills Take Over > > In Era of Pills, Fewer Shrinks Doing Talk Therapy > > By CARLA K. JOHNSON > > Associated Press Writer > > > Aug. 4, 2008- > > > CHICAGO (AP) - Cartoons about the psychiatrist's couch were recently the > > subject of a museum exhibition. Now, the couch itself may be headed for a > > museum. > > > A new study finds a significant decline in psychotherapy practiced by U.S. > > psychiatrists. > > > The expanded use of pills and insurance policies that favor short office > > visits are among the reasons, said lead author Dr. Ramin Mojtabai of Johns > > Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. > > > "The 'couch,' or, more generally, long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy, > > was for so long a hallmark of the practice of psychiatry. It no longer is," > > Mojtabai said. > > > Today's psychiatrists get reimbursed by insurance companies at a lower rate > > for a 45-minute psychotherapy visit than for three 15-minute medication > > visits, he explained. > > > His study found that the percentage of patients' visits to psychiatrists for > > psychotherapy, or talk therapy, fell from 44 percent in 1996-97 to 29 > > percent in 2004-05. The percentage of psychiatrists using psychotherapy with > > all their patients also dropped, from about 19 percent to 11 percent. > > > Psychiatrists who provided talk therapy to everyone had more patients who > > paid out of pocket compared to those doctors who provided talk therapy less > > often. And they prescribed fewer pills. > > > As talk therapy declined, TV ads contributed to an "aura of invincibility" > > around drugs for depression and anxiety, said Charles Barber, a lecturer in > > psychiatry at Yale University and author of "Comfortably Numb: How > > Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation." > > > "By contrast, there's almost no marketing for psychotherapy, which has > > comparable if not better outcomes," said Barber, who was not involved in the > > study. > > > The findings, published in Monday's Archives of General Psychiatry, are > > based on an annual survey of office visits to U.S. doctors. Of more than > > 246,000 visits sampled during the 10 years, more than 14,000 were to > > psychiatrists. The researchers analyzed those psychiatrist visits. > > > The study did not survey visits to psychologists or other mental health > > counselors who are not medical doctors, but who also practice talk therapy. > > > Psychotherapy uses verbal methods to get patients to explore their emotional > > life, thoughts or behavior. The goal is to ease symptoms, sometimes through > > getting the patient to change behavior or mental habits. > > > Its benefits can be seen in brain imaging studies, said Dr. Eric Plakun, who > > leads an American Psychiatric Association committee working to restore > > interest in psychotherapy by psychiatrists. > > > "The couch is far from dead," Plakun said. "The couch turns out to be an > > effective 21st century treatment." > > > Talk therapy can be done by psychiatrists less expensively than split > > treatment, where a patient sees a doctor for pills and a counselor for talk > > therapy, Plakun said, citing two prior studies. > > > It also works better than drugs for some patients, such as those with > > chronic major depression and a history of childhood trauma, he said. > > > Accreditation requirements for psychiatric residency programs are putting > > more emphasis on talk therapy, Plakun said. That may slow the decline of the > > couch. > > > The new study doesn't answer an important question: whether other > > professionals are picking up the slack, said psychologist David Mohr of > > Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Psychologists and > > social workers provide counseling but most cannot prescribe drugs, so it's > > possible that for patients who require both talk and pills, some > > coordination in care may be lost, Mohr said. > > > --- > > > On the Net: Archives of General Psychiatry:http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/ > > American Psychiatric Association:http://www.psych.org/ > > > (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) > > > Copyright C 2008 ABC News Internet Ventures > > > FAIR USE NOTICE: This may contain copyrighted (C ) material the use of which > > has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such > > material is made available for educational purposes, to advance > > understanding of human rights, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and > > social justice issues, etc. It is believed that this constitutes a 'fair > > use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. > > section 107 of the US Copyright Law. This material is distributed without > > profit. > > > _______________________________________________ > > Infomail1 mailing list > > to unsubscribe send a message to Infomail1-le...(a)ahrp.org
From: Raving on 6 Aug 2008 02:30 On Aug 6, 1:03 am, Sir Arthur <scie...(a)zzz.com> wrote: > MUST READ! > > VERACARE wrote: > > ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION > > Promoting Openness, Full Disclosure, and Accountability > >http://www.ahrp.organdhttp://ahrp.blogspot.com > > > FYI > > > Will the failure of psychopharmacology revitalize psychotherapy? No. Most people will end up getting their prescriptions filled at Wal Mart using outsourced 'sublicensed' pharmaceutical products of Chinese origin. Insurers will get double whacked for the cost of ... ...prescribing visit + medicine which is prescribed. Perversely, the cause of the problem is over regulation. The American penchant for free enterprise and self determination produces excessive manipulation with over regulation at multiple way points. The U.S. private health care system strangles itself to death by way of too many arbiters at too many levels, all of which are vigorously asserting and exercising their 'constitutional' (?) right to self determination and self interest. Hey, that would explain the pork barreling phenomenon too. https://secure.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/wiki/Pork_barrel_politics > > > Although the failure of psychoactive drugs to provide clinically significant > > benefits is documented in controlled trials, psychiatrists cling to these > > drugs. > > But then, psychiatrists are paid far more for a patient's 15 minute > > prescription visit than for spending 45 minutes on psychotherapy. > > > That commercial bias toward drugs--no matter how severe the harm caused to > > patients--is what "distinguishes" psychiatry from other medical specialties. > > > Psychiatry's most prescribed drugs, the second generation antidepressants > > (SSRIs), antipsychotics (so-called atypicals), and anti-seizure drugs have > > failed to demonstrate a sustained clinical benefit. However, the > > debilitating adverse effects of these drugs are amply documented in > > controlled clinical trials and patient outcome studies. > > > Whatever the failures and abuses documented when psychotherapy was > > psychiatry's rage--patients' physical health was not undermined by 100lb > > weight gain, by drug-induced diabetes and hyperglycemia, or drug-induced > > suicide. Little children were not prescribed drugs that caused lethal drug > > toxicity--as four year old, Rebecca Riley was. > > > Contact: Vera Hassner Sharav > > verac...(a)ahrp.org > > 212-595-8974 > > >http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5511707 > > Move Over, Couch: Psych Pills Take Over > > In Era of Pills, Fewer Shrinks Doing Talk Therapy > > By CARLA K. JOHNSON > > Associated Press Writer > > > Aug. 4, 2008- > > > CHICAGO (AP) - Cartoons about the psychiatrist's couch were recently the > > subject of a museum exhibition. Now, the couch itself may be headed for a > > museum. > > > A new study finds a significant decline in psychotherapy practiced by U.S. > > psychiatrists. > > > The expanded use of pills and insurance policies that favor short office > > visits are among the reasons, said lead author Dr. Ramin Mojtabai of Johns > > Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. > > > "The 'couch,' or, more generally, long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy, > > was for so long a hallmark of the practice of psychiatry. It no longer is," > > Mojtabai said. > > > Today's psychiatrists get reimbursed by insurance companies at a lower rate > > for a 45-minute psychotherapy visit than for three 15-minute medication > > visits, he explained. > > > His study found that the percentage of patients' visits to psychiatrists for > > psychotherapy, or talk therapy, fell from 44 percent in 1996-97 to 29 > > percent in 2004-05. The percentage of psychiatrists using psychotherapy with > > all their patients also dropped, from about 19 percent to 11 percent. > > > Psychiatrists who provided talk therapy to everyone had more patients who > > paid out of pocket compared to those doctors who provided talk therapy less > > often. And they prescribed fewer pills. > > > As talk therapy declined, TV ads contributed to an "aura of invincibility" > > around drugs for depression and anxiety, said Charles Barber, a lecturer in > > psychiatry at Yale University and author of "Comfortably Numb: How > > Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation." > > > "By contrast, there's almost no marketing for psychotherapy, which has > > comparable if not better outcomes," said Barber, who was not involved in the > > study. > > > The findings, published in Monday's Archives of General Psychiatry, are > > based on an annual survey of office visits to U.S. doctors. Of more than > > 246,000 visits sampled during the 10 years, more than 14,000 were to > > psychiatrists. The researchers analyzed those psychiatrist visits. > > > The study did not survey visits to psychologists or other mental health > > counselors who are not medical doctors, but who also practice talk therapy. > > > Psychotherapy uses verbal methods to get patients to explore their emotional > > life, thoughts or behavior. The goal is to ease symptoms, sometimes through > > getting the patient to change behavior or mental habits. > > > Its benefits can be seen in brain imaging studies, said Dr. Eric Plakun, who > > leads an American Psychiatric Association committee working to restore > > interest in psychotherapy by psychiatrists. > > > "The couch is far from dead," Plakun said. "The couch turns out to be an > > effective 21st century treatment." > > > Talk therapy can be done by psychiatrists less expensively than split > > treatment, where a patient sees a doctor for pills and a counselor for talk > > therapy, Plakun said, citing two prior studies. > > > It also works better than drugs for some patients, such as those with > > chronic major depression and a history of childhood trauma, he said. > > > Accreditation requirements for psychiatric residency programs are putting > > more emphasis on talk therapy, Plakun said. That may slow the decline of the > > couch. > > > The new study doesn't answer an important question: whether other > > professionals are picking up the slack, said psychologist David Mohr of > > Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Psychologists and > > social workers provide counseling but most cannot prescribe drugs, so it's > > possible that for patients who require both talk and pills, some > > coordination in care may be lost, Mohr said. > > > --- > > > On the Net: Archives of General Psychiatry:http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/ > > American Psychiatric Association:http://www.psych.org/ > > > (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) > > > Copyright C 2008 ABC News Internet Ventures > > > FAIR USE NOTICE: This may contain copyrighted (C ) material the use of which > > has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such > > material is made available for educational purposes, to advance > > understanding of human rights, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and > > social justice issues, etc. It is believed that this constitutes a 'fair > > use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. > > section 107 of the US Copyright Law. This material is distributed without > > profit. > > > _______________________________________________ > > Infomail1 mailing list > > to unsubscribe send a message to Infomail1-le...(a)ahrp.org
From: Jeff on 6 Aug 2008 11:03 On Aug 6, 2:30 am, Raving <raving.loo...(a)gmail.com> wrote: > On Aug 6, 1:03 am, Sir Arthur <scie...(a)zzz.com> wrote: > > > MUST READ! > > > VERACARE wrote: > > > ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION > > > Promoting Openness, Full Disclosure, and Accountability > > >http://www.ahrp.organdhttp://ahrp.blogspot.com > > > > FYI > > > > Will the failure of psychopharmacology revitalize psychotherapy? > > No. Most people will end up getting their prescriptions filled at Wal > Mart using outsourced 'sublicensed' pharmaceutical products of Chinese > origin. Really? Your evidence please. What is "sublicensed?" What pharmaceutical products are presently imported from China? > Insurers will get double whacked for the cost of ... > > ...prescribing visit + medicine which is prescribed. Gee, isn't that the way it usually goes? But, insurance companies don't usually pay full cost - there are usually pretty hefty deductibles for this sort of thing. <rest of garbage deleted>
From: Jan Drew on 6 Aug 2008 17:45
"Sir Arthur" <science(a)zzz.com> wrote in message news:c0d7c151-9e5a-4e22-889f-e3ada7690140(a)r15g2000prh.googlegroups.com... > MUST READ! > > VERACARE wrote: >> ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION >> Promoting Openness, Full Disclosure, and Accountability >> http://www.ahrp.org and http://ahrp.blogspot.com >> >> FYI >> >> Will the failure of psychopharmacology revitalize psychotherapy? >> >> Although the failure of psychoactive drugs to provide clinically >> significant >> benefits is documented in controlled trials, psychiatrists cling to these >> drugs. >> But then, psychiatrists are paid far more for a patient's 15 minute >> prescription visit than for spending 45 minutes on psychotherapy. >> >> That commercial bias toward drugs--no matter how severe the harm caused >> to >> patients--is what "distinguishes" psychiatry from other medical >> specialties. >> >> Psychiatry's most prescribed drugs, the second generation antidepressants >> (SSRIs), antipsychotics (so-called atypicals), and anti-seizure drugs >> have >> failed to demonstrate a sustained clinical benefit. However, the >> debilitating adverse effects of these drugs are amply documented in >> controlled clinical trials and patient outcome studies. >> >> Whatever the failures and abuses documented when psychotherapy was >> psychiatry's rage--patients' physical health was not undermined by 100lb >> weight gain, by drug-induced diabetes and hyperglycemia, or drug-induced >> suicide. Little children were not prescribed drugs that caused lethal >> drug >> toxicity--as four year old, Rebecca Riley was. >> >> Contact: Vera Hassner Sharav >> veracare(a)ahrp.org >> 212-595-8974 >> >> http://abcnews.go.com/print?id=5511707 >> Move Over, Couch: Psych Pills Take Over >> In Era of Pills, Fewer Shrinks Doing Talk Therapy >> By CARLA K. JOHNSON >> Associated Press Writer >> >> Aug. 4, 2008- >> >> CHICAGO (AP) - Cartoons about the psychiatrist's couch were recently the >> subject of a museum exhibition. Now, the couch itself may be headed for a >> museum. >> >> A new study finds a significant decline in psychotherapy practiced by >> U.S. >> psychiatrists. >> >> The expanded use of pills and insurance policies that favor short office >> visits are among the reasons, said lead author Dr. Ramin Mojtabai of >> Johns >> Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health in Baltimore. >> >> "The 'couch,' or, more generally, long-term psychoanalytic psychotherapy, >> was for so long a hallmark of the practice of psychiatry. It no longer >> is," >> Mojtabai said. >> >> Today's psychiatrists get reimbursed by insurance companies at a lower >> rate >> for a 45-minute psychotherapy visit than for three 15-minute medication >> visits, he explained. >> >> His study found that the percentage of patients' visits to psychiatrists >> for >> psychotherapy, or talk therapy, fell from 44 percent in 1996-97 to 29 >> percent in 2004-05. The percentage of psychiatrists using psychotherapy >> with >> all their patients also dropped, from about 19 percent to 11 percent. >> >> Psychiatrists who provided talk therapy to everyone had more patients who >> paid out of pocket compared to those doctors who provided talk therapy >> less >> often. And they prescribed fewer pills. >> >> As talk therapy declined, TV ads contributed to an "aura of >> invincibility" >> around drugs for depression and anxiety, said Charles Barber, a lecturer >> in >> psychiatry at Yale University and author of "Comfortably Numb: How >> Psychiatry is Medicating a Nation." >> >> "By contrast, there's almost no marketing for psychotherapy, which has >> comparable if not better outcomes," said Barber, who was not involved in >> the >> study. >> >> The findings, published in Monday's Archives of General Psychiatry, are >> based on an annual survey of office visits to U.S. doctors. Of more than >> 246,000 visits sampled during the 10 years, more than 14,000 were to >> psychiatrists. The researchers analyzed those psychiatrist visits. >> >> The study did not survey visits to psychologists or other mental health >> counselors who are not medical doctors, but who also practice talk >> therapy. >> >> Psychotherapy uses verbal methods to get patients to explore their >> emotional >> life, thoughts or behavior. The goal is to ease symptoms, sometimes >> through >> getting the patient to change behavior or mental habits. >> >> Its benefits can be seen in brain imaging studies, said Dr. Eric Plakun, >> who >> leads an American Psychiatric Association committee working to restore >> interest in psychotherapy by psychiatrists. >> >> "The couch is far from dead," Plakun said. "The couch turns out to be an >> effective 21st century treatment." >> >> Talk therapy can be done by psychiatrists less expensively than split >> treatment, where a patient sees a doctor for pills and a counselor for >> talk >> therapy, Plakun said, citing two prior studies. >> >> It also works better than drugs for some patients, such as those with >> chronic major depression and a history of childhood trauma, he said. >> >> Accreditation requirements for psychiatric residency programs are putting >> more emphasis on talk therapy, Plakun said. That may slow the decline of >> the >> couch. >> >> The new study doesn't answer an important question: whether other >> professionals are picking up the slack, said psychologist David Mohr of >> Northwestern University's Feinberg School of Medicine. Psychologists and >> social workers provide counseling but most cannot prescribe drugs, so >> it's >> possible that for patients who require both talk and pills, some >> coordination in care may be lost, Mohr said. >> >> --- >> >> On the Net: Archives of General Psychiatry: http://archpsyc.ama-assn.org/ >> American Psychiatric Association: http://www.psych.org/ >> >> (Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.) >> >> Copyright C 2008 ABC News Internet Ventures >> >> FAIR USE NOTICE: This may contain copyrighted (C ) material the use of >> which >> has not always been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. Such >> material is made available for educational purposes, to advance >> understanding of human rights, democracy, scientific, moral, ethical, and >> social justice issues, etc. It is believed that this constitutes a 'fair >> use' of any such copyrighted material as provided for in Title 17 U.S.C. >> section 107 of the US Copyright Law. This material is distributed without >> profit. >> |