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Published Online:https://doi.org/10.1176/ajp.116.6.522

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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