The Development of DSM-IV
Abstract In May, 1988, the Board of Trustees of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), Washington, DC, appointed a task force to begin work on the fourth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), scheduled to be published in 1993. In a recent article that appeared in the NEWS AND VIEWS section of the ARCHIVES, […]
Cajolery or Command: Are Educational Campaigns and Adequate Substitute for Regulation
View Full Journal Article Abstract Between the mid-sixties and the mid-seventies, the so-called “consumer decade,”‘ Congress enacted a large number of consumer protection laws, many in the area of health and safety.’ In recent years, some of these laws and the regulations promulgated under them have inspired harsh criticism. Some critics, including many Reagan Administration […]
