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VOLUME 3, ISSUE 1 PSYCHNEWS INTERNATIONAL March 1997
-- AN ONLINE PUBLICATION --
ISSN 1366-9869
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SECTION A: INDEX AND PSYCHNEWS INFORMATION
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section A: INDEX AND PSYCHNEWS INFORMATION
Section B: GUEST EDITORIAL
"Balancing the Risks and Benefits of Clinical
Consultations on the Internet"
by Steven L. Dubovsky
Section C: NEWS SECTION
"What's New on News"
by Donald P. Corriveau
"The Birth of a New Society"
by John M. Grohol
Section D: FEATURE ARTICLE
"Computing Applications in Mental Health"
by Martin Briscoe
Section E: THE FIFTH COLUMN
"The Drug _Policy_ Problem"
by Jeffrey A. Schaler
Section F: RESOURCE UPDATE
by Sunkyo Kwon
Section G: ANNOUNCEMENTS
Section H: EVENTS
by Myron Pulier
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PSYCHNEWS INTERNATIONAL
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Editor-in-Chief: Sunkyo Kwon
Managing Editors: Don Corriveau, Joe Plaud
Assistant Editor: Fran Rosen
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Resource Update: N.N.
News: Don Corriveau
Announcements
and Events: Myron Pulier
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Associate Editor: John Grohol
Editorial Consultants: Leon Pereira, Ian Pitchford
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