The current investigation evaluated the psychological profiles of applicants to seminary who were identified as being either homosexual or heterosexual in orientation. The MMPI-2 from 63 seminary applicants conducted between 1990 and 2004 was reviewed. Results indicate that 49 applicants (78%) identified themselves as being heterosexual while 14 applicants (22%) identified themselves as being h...

ELECTION to this lectureship has brought me an honour which I rank highly, in that I am aware of the acknowledged distinction of my predecessors and which laid claim to their appointment to this office. The invitation has also placed upon my shoulders a heavy responsibility, namely to discharge my duty as creditably as they did, and has planted in me a fear lest I fail to do so. I mean, however...

FORTY YEARS AGO, this month, I started in practice, I confess without the benefit of vocational training; that came two months later when my chief had his first coronary. I was extremely fortunate in becoming assistant, and later partner, to John Taggart of the Antrim Road, one of the most distinguished practitioners of his day. Taggart was a County Antrim man, with all the bluntness and sagaci...

In the view of a clinician who has been providing methadone therapy since its inception 40 years ago, the status of the treatment today reflects the culmination of two trends: an increase in understanding, skills, and standards on the one hand, and a deterioration of patients' health on the other. A retreat of stigma, greater physician interest, and the evolution of standards are beginning to m...