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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 116, No. 6

Article | December 01, 1959

RESEARCH IN HUMAN SUBJECTS AND THE ARTIFICIAL TRAUMATIC NEUROSIS: WHERE DOES OUR RESPONSIBILITY LIE?

BERNARD BRESSLER; ALBERT J. SILVERMAN; SANFORD I. COHEN; BARRY SHMAVONIAN

Am J Psychiatry 1959;116:522-526.

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Psychophysiology Laboratory, Department of Psychiatry, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, N. C.

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In conclusion it seems that if we are to continue doing research in clinical psychiatry on human subjects, we do have a responsibility to the subjects, to somehow protect them against the possible traumatic effects of an experiment. How this might best be done should not long remain an unanswered question.

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