"APA is the way that psychiatrists can...talk about the tremendous and exciting advances in psychiatric knowledge that are coming down the pipe."
1. That is correct: associations enable peers to discuss such matters among themselves, other parties may also
bring observations and questions to the group and these advances can be considered among a broader group. The
alternative would be individually to approach psychiatrists, which is far less effective.
2. The APA should have put my communications to its members and discussed them with me: that is an important
reason for the founding such associations. It is curious it did not do so.
3. The APA effectively concealed from its members precisely the sort of issues it was formed to put before
them. Members pay fees in order to have such matters put before them. Not to do so is questionable and may, in fact,
amount to legally actionable negligence, should there be no good reason for such failure.