Psychiatrists and Psychologists: Co-operation or Confrontation?

"Enhanced" interrogation of detainees: do psychologists and psychiatrists participate?

After revelations of participation by psychiatrists and psychologists in interrogation of prisoners at Guantánamo Bay and Central Intelligence Agency secret detention centers, the American Psychiatric Association and the American Psychological Association adopted Position Statements absolutely prohibiting their members from participating in torture under any and all circumstances, and, to a lim...

For evolutionary psychiatrists, psychologists and others interested in sociophysiological Integration

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Diagnostic conceptualization of autism among Indian psychiatrists, psychologists, and pediatricians.

Diagnostic criteria for autism and background characteristics used by 937 Indian psychiatrists, psychologists and pediatricians were examined. Participants were asked to rate 18 behaviors as necessary for a diagnosis of autism, helpful but not necessary, or not helpful in a diagnosis of autism, and were asked to provide other information about their experiences with autism. Professionals' exper...

Are psychologists and psychiatrists assessing work capacity part of the problem or solution?

The aim of this case study was to emphasise the importance of coordination between the members of occupational medicine teams who assess work capacity in persons whose jobs may involve responsibility for other people's safety and health. We have picked out four cases - three visiting nurses and one applicant for driving and firearms licence extension - where psychiatrists/psychologists and occu...

Death anxiety: comparison of psychiatrists, psychologists, suicidologists, and funeral directors.