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...really raised the quality of the neuroscience research supported by NIMH,” says Alan Leshner, who was acting director of NIMH in the early 90s and director of the National Institute for Drug Abuse, also within NIH, when Hyman was at NIMH. “But he also imposed a much higher standard on the clinical research. He wanted people to develop treatments for mental disorders that were evaluatable rather than believable...
...Holding hands and singing kumbaya doesn’t make science-based treatment,” Leshner said. “The truth is, coercion works...
...Leshner bombarded audience members with data on drug treatment in a 12-minute slide show in which he illustrated that addicts benefited from therapy whether or not they consented...
...Alan I. Leshner, the chief executive officer of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, which publishes the prestigious journal Science, said that prisoners should receive mandatory, science-based drug treatment...
Lorraine D. Siggins, the chief psychiatrist at Yale University Health Services, joined Tree and Leshner on the panel and spoke about the remarkable recent increase in mental health cases at universities...