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VOLUME 2, ISSUE 1   THE INTERPSYCH NEWSLETTER     AUG-OCT, 1994
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                             TABLE OF CONTENTS

     Section 0:     INDEX

     Section A:     EDITORIAL
                    The sky is falling or the ground is rising:
                    Perspectives on changes in the Internet
                    Sean P. Sullivan, Editor-in-Chief

     Section B:     INTRODUCTION
                    1.   Introduction to IPN
                    2.   IPN Charter

     Section C:     INTERPSYCH AND SIG UPDATE
                    1.   InterPsych Update
                    2.   SIG Update:
                         Clinical-psychology
                         Depression
                         Helplessness
                         Psychopharmacology
                         Psychiatry
                         Traumatic Stress
                    3.   SIG list

     Section D:     ARTICLE
                    U.S. Health Care Reform and the Therapeutic
                    State,            Jeffrey A. Schaler, Ph.D.

     Section E:     RESOURCE UPDATE
                    1.   Scientific articles on ALTERED STATES
                         OF CONSCIOUSNESS - PARAPSYCHOLOGY -
                         HYPNOSIS - TRANSPERSONAL PSYCHOLOGY -
                         HUMAN POTENTIAL - MEDITATION
                    2.   HEALTH INFOCOM NEWSLETTER

     Section F:     CALENDAR

     Section G:     ANNOUNCEMENTS

     Section H:     EMPLOYMENT

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                  INTERPSYCH NEWSLETTER STAFF
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Editor-in-Chief:    Sean P. Sullivan
Managing Editors:   Sunkyo Kwon       Joseph Plaud
Assistant Editors:  Lori Beth Bisbey  Stephanie A. Dobler
                    Fred Cutter       John M. Grohol
                    Gina Jozaitis     Burt Knight
                    Jeffry Luria      Nancy Tice

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