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VOLUME 2 ISSUE 3 PSYCHNEWS INTERNATIONAL May-June 1997
AN ONLINE PUBLICATION
ISSN 1366-9869
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1: INDEX AND PSYCHNEWS INFORMATION
Section 2: EDITORIAL
Leon Pereira, Ph.D.
Section 3: FEATURE ARTICLE:
Bait and Switch in Project MATCH:
What NIAAA Research Actually Shows
About Alcohol Treatment
Stanton Peele, Ph.D.
Section 4: FIFTH COLUMN:
To Speak Against
Jeffrey A. Schaler, Ph.D.
Section 5: COMMENTS:
Reflections on "To Speak Against"
Identifying Doublespeak
Donald P. Corriveau, Ph.D.
Section 6: RESOURCE UPDATE
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Executive Editor,
Acting Editor-in-Chief: Leon Pereira
Editor-in-Chief (on leave): Sunkyo Kwon
Managing Editors: Joe Plaud
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Resource Update: Leon Pereira
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Assistant Editors: Don Corriveau, Will Reus
Associate Editor: John Grohol
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