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		<title>Perils in obtaining a Ph.D.</title>
		<link>http://psychinaction.wordpress.com/2009/10/28/perils-in-obtaining-a-ph-d/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Oct 2009 03:57:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>khumphreys</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was struck by the recent article by Louis Menand in this issue&#8217;s Harvard Magazine. Essentially, for many academic fields the length of time to obtain a Ph.D. and the potential prospects for finding a tenure-track academic job is enough to make one who desires further academic inquiry to question whether the Ph.D. is the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psychinaction.wordpress.com&blog=3492978&post=140&subd=psychinaction&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Healthcare savings and alcohol and drug abuse treatment: Saving lives and money</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 01 Aug 2009 04:41:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adi Jaffe</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://psychinaction.wordpress.com/?p=134</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[From allaboutaddiction:
A recent paper put out by an initiative called Closing the Addiction Treatment Gap (CATG) talks about some of the cost savings benefits that go along with alcohol and drug abuse treatment. The numbers refer to current treatment methods, success rates, etc., so the savings should only go up as we become more successful [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psychinaction.wordpress.com&blog=3492978&post=134&subd=psychinaction&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Correlation, causation, or association &#8211; What does it all mean???</title>
		<link>http://psychinaction.wordpress.com/2008/10/07/correlation-causation-or-association-what-does-it-all-mean/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Oct 2008 04:51:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adi Jaffe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From all-about-addiction.com:
A comment posted by a reader on a recent post reprimanded me for suggesting that marijuana caused relationships to go bad.  While in that instance the reader was mistaken, as I had specifically used the word associated, the comment made me think that maybe I should explain the differences here. I&#8217;m a scientist [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psychinaction.wordpress.com&blog=3492978&post=51&subd=psychinaction&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Prostate Cancer Screening for Men</title>
		<link>http://psychinaction.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/prostate-cancer-screening-for-men/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:49:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Science Sounds:
The US Preventative Services Task Force concluded last week that men over 75 years old should no longer be screened for prostate cancer. Furthermore, they conclude that &#8220;the current evidence is insufficient to assess the balance of benefits and harms of prostate cancer screening in men younger than age 75 years.&#8221;
As I have [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psychinaction.wordpress.com&blog=3492978&post=45&subd=psychinaction&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Abortion does not cause mental illness</title>
		<link>http://psychinaction.wordpress.com/2008/08/13/abortion-does-not-cause-mental-illness/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 21:26:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Emily</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Science Sounds:
A recent article in the New York Times reported results from an APA study that concluded that abortion does not cause mental illness.  The full title of the article is &#8220;Abortion Does Not Cause Mental Illness, Panel Says.&#8221;   Maybe I am being paranoid, but somehow that title calls the results [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psychinaction.wordpress.com&blog=3492978&post=41&subd=psychinaction&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Politics and Proof &#8211; The misuse of science</title>
		<link>http://psychinaction.wordpress.com/2008/07/08/politics-and-proof-the-misuse-of-science/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:52:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adi Jaffe</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s no secret that politicians can twist words to make anything sound as if it supports their agenda. There&#8217;s even a name for those who are good at this (and a 90s band with the same name) &#8211; Spin Doctors.
However, when scientific findings are misrepresented to support policies, what we get is ideological propoganda. It&#8217;s [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=psychinaction.wordpress.com&blog=3492978&post=27&subd=psychinaction&ref=&feed=1" />]]></description>
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