In recent years, the threats to the integrity of science posed by the dishonesty of a small
minority of scientists, 1 and the biases held by most scientists, 2, 3 have become a topic of …

Controversy has erupted within the scientific community over reports that the next edition of
the American Psychiatric Association's diagnostic bible will include a disorder covering …

One of the aims of basic neuroscience research is ultimately the development of
therapeutics to cure diseases. Funders granting money to research institutions increasingly …

Editor's Note: We expect scientists to follow a code of honor and conduct and to report their
research honestly and accurately, but so-called scientific misconduct, which includes …

Most experts in the field of psychiatry recognize that neuroscience advances have yet to be
translated into clinical practice. The main message delivered to laypeople, however, is that …

In 1978, the National Commission for the Protection of Human Subjects of Biomedical and
Behavioral Research issued an important report that addressed the difficult ethical issues …

We truly live in the golden age of neuroscience. Advances in technology over the past 20
years have given modern neuro-researchers tools of unprecedented power to probe the …

IN ITS RECENTLY issued re-port and recommenda-tions, the National Bioethics Advisory
Commission (NBAC) has endeavored to promote enhanced federal regulatory safeguards …

The publication of David Rosenhan's 'On being sane in insane places' in Science in 1973
played a crucial role in persuading the American Psychiatric Association to revise its …

Biological psychiatry is dedicated to improving the diagnosis and treatment of psychiatric
disorders by means of expanding scientific understanding of their underlying …