Dear Dara, Thank you for your intelligent reply. I find it very heartening to hear such a response from a practicing physician. The fact that you are a GP/Family Physician is not surprising. Because clinical psychologists spend a lot of time around (and often times debating :)) psychiatric physicians, I am afraid that we tend to erroneously believe that their opinions and philosophical predilections reflect those of medicine as a whole. I do not mean to categorize all psychiatrists as being remiss in recognizing the importance of psychological and behavioral factors--there are many who do not, and for them I have nothing but the most profound respect. I think that the interface between primary care medicine and clinical psychology has a promising future. It seems to me that the skills/expertise of the primary care physican and psychologist complement one another nicely while, unfortunately, cooperation between practicing psychiatrists and psychologists is often hampered by overlap of expertise. Anyway, thanks for your reply. I am interested to hear what other people say on the issue. As far as the "chicken or egg" problem goes, hehe, don't get me started :). I taught three undergrad courses last semester (Abnormal Psych., History of Psychology, and Personality Theory) in which that issue reared its ugly head again and again. I wish that I could wise-crack that "I'm still working on it," but even that would be to assuming since I never began :). Anyways, Thanks, Troy
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