Reply to Schmitz and Herman-Giddens

Justifying the diagnostic status of social phobia: a reply to Wakefield, Horwitz, and Schmitz.

We believe that the harmful dysfunction model is important to consider when defining disorders. However, we question whether, when used in isolation, it provides an adequate basis for discriminating disorders from normal variations of temperament. We believe that it is important to consider the interaction between the individual's temperament and the demands of present-day society. We also asse...

Herman Neuckermans

Herman Beerman.

4 Herman

Introduction In one important respect confronting the experts on a subject like terrorism is more difficult than on issues like fluoridation or nuclear power. On the latter topics, the public’s health and safety are clearly and directly at stake, its interest in rational inquiry is evident, and antior non-establishment experts or spokespersons, while at a serious disadvantage in reaching the pu...

Herman N. Eisen: Mentor to many.

Herman Eisen passed away on November 2, 2014, at the age of 96. During his long and distinguished career, Herman was a mentor to those who trained in his laboratory (ourselves included), to those who collaborated with him over the years, and to many faculty and colleagues at Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) and elsewhere. He will be missed by all. Herman’s long-standing and classic w...