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Using a Socratic Dialogue to Tackle Thorny Issues of Psychiatry
Academic Medicine, 10/30/09

Schlozman SC – In this article, the author strives to emphasize that this kind of epistemological challenge is ancient and esteemed, represented to some extent in the writings of Plato and Aristotle. Using humor, an imagined conversation among these ancient philosophers and a modern psychiatrist–medical educator might help to dispel some of the discomfort that psychiatry education sometimes engenders among future physicians. The author presents an example of such a conversation. After a brief discussion of the epistemological differences characteristic of Platonic and Aristotelian views, students could be shown a script similar to the example script and then asked to discuss and debate the arguments elucidated. Perhaps even better, students could be asked to write their own debates based on how Plato or Aristotle would be expected to behave.

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Psychiatry of intellectual and developmental disability in the US: time for a new beginning
Psychiatry, 11/09/09 Relevance Score: 94%

European psychiatry: needs, challenges and structures
European Archives of Psychiatry and Clinical Neuroscience, 11/06/09 Relevance Score: 91%

Introducing Evidence-Based Practice to an Inpatient Child and Adolescent Psychiatry Unit
Academic Psychiatry, 10/20/09 Relevance Score: 91%

Psychiatry Morbidity and Mortality Rounds: Implementation and Impact
Academic Psychiatry, 10/16/09 Relevance Score: 91%

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Current Opinion in Psychiatry, 10/13/09 Relevance Score: 91%