March 2013

You probably already knew that, but now there’s new confirmation. I’m referring to the Medscape 2013 Ethics Report, Ethics in Medicine – What Makes Psychiatrists Unique? (free site registration required), published March 13, 2013. Of the 24,000 physicians who participated in the survey, 1600 were psychiatrists. The report notes that the psychiatrists’ answers to eight questions ...

Why am I writing about Scott McKenzie’s 1967 popular music hit? I’m not. I’m writing about the APA Annual Meeting, and I’m hoping you’ll be attending so that you can come see us. We are finalizing details at this point, and we’ll be publicizing our activities in San Francisco over the next few weeks. At the moment, the following are definite: ·         We are presenting a ½ day ...

The Wall Street Journal and The New York Times reported on an article in today’s issue of The Lancet entitled “Identification of risk loci with shared effects on five psychiatric disorders: a genome-wide analysis”  (free, but registration required).  The article suggests that there is an apparent genetic relationship involving calcium-channel activity genes among the five major ...