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Contemporary psychiatric misdirections derived primarily from standard medical errors of oversimplification, misplaced emphasis, and invention are reviewed. These particular errors, however, were in part prompted and sustained by the sociocultural fads and fashions of the day. The results have been disastrous for everyone — patients, families, the public and psychiatry itself.
One of the most contentious issues facing the NIH this year will be deciding what types of human embryo research should receive federal funds. President Bill Clinton has already ruled out one whole area.