A time of promise, a time of promises: ethical issues in advancing psychopharmacological research

Parent satisfaction in a multi-site acute trial of risperidone in children with autism: a social validity study

“…Most observers conclude that placebo-controlled trials are justified (Vitiello 2003;Derivan et al 2004;Roberts and Krystal 2003). However, some investigators contend that we should move toward comparison of the two active treatments in part because of the concern about parental acceptance of placebo assignment (Gilbert and Buncher 2005).…”

Where Are the Women Editors?

“…One mentor gave me the courage to serve as a guest editor for a special issue of a major journal when I was a first-year psychiatry resident [4]. Editors in chief of many different journals have across time given me the chance to work on special theme issues with them, providing much guidance and wisdom along the way [5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]. Another mentor gave me extraordinary opportunities to learn about editing and stepped in at just the right time with just the right advice ("something worth having is worth fighting for") when I was feeling a bit dispirited by the "hard ball" process associated with the national selection of a journal editor.…”