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VOLUME 3, ISSUE 2 PSYCHNEWS INTERNATIONAL July 1998
-- AN ONLINE PUBLICATION --
ISSN 1366-9869
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Section 1: INDEX AND PSYCHNEWS INFORMATION
Section 2: GUEST EDITORIAL
"The American Psychological Association
and Ethnic Minority Issues: A Call for
International Involvement"
by Richard M. Suinn
Section 3: NEWS SECTION
"Moral Responsibility:
The On-line Trial of the Century"
by Donald P. Corriveau
"Secrets Confessed: The Larry Froistad Case"
by John M. Grohol
"Moderation Management _Uber Alles_"
By Jeffrey A. Schaler
Section 4: ARTICLE
"A Better Disposition:
Notes on Decriminalizing Police Contacts
with the Mentally Ill"
by Frank Mullnix & Clint Grimes
Section 5: THE FIFTH COLUMN
"The Tyranny of Experts"
by Morris E. Chafetz
Section 6: PEOPLE ON THE NET
"Happy Trails . . . until we meet again!"
by Marlene Maheu
"Dr. Z's Technology for All Seasons"
by Steve Dubovsky
"Preface to the Memoirs I will never write"
By Robert Zenhausern
Section 7: RESOURCE UPDATE
by Sunkyo Kwon
Section 8: ANNOUNCEMENTS
Section 9: EVENTS SECTION
by Myron Pulier
Section 10: LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
"Response to 'The Drug _Policy_ Problem'"
Blaettler on Schaler
Reply by Schaler
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PSYCHNEWS INTERNATIONAL
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Editor-in-Chief: Sunkyo Kwon
Managing Editors: Don Corriveau, Joe Plaud
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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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