From Placebo to Panacea: Putting Psychiatric Drugs to the Test

SEYMOUR FISHER, PhD, was, until his death in 1996, Professor in theDepartment of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the StateUniversity of New York Health Science Center in Syracuse. Dr.Fisher received his doctorate in clinical psychology from theUniversity of Chicago. His previous books include Development andStructure of the Body Image, Sexual Images of the Self, ThePsychology of Adaptation to Absurdity, and (with Roger P.Greenberg) Freud Scientifically Reappraised (Wiley).

ROGER P. GREENBERG, PhD, is Professor and Head of the Division ofClinical Psychology in the Department of Psychiatry and BehavioralSciences at the State University of New York Health Science Center,Syracuse. He also has an active private practice in clinicalpsychology. He is the author of more than 125 published articlesand books, including The Scientific Credibility of Freud's Theoriesand Therapy (with Seymour Fisher), which, upon its publication, wasselected by both the National Library Association and PsychologyToday as one of the best books in the behavioral sciences.