The principal presentations were by Ronald Pies, MD, for the affirmative, and Robert Daly, MD, for the negative. Also participating were Jeremy Shefner, MD, PhD (chairman, department of neurology) for the affirmative, and Mantosh Dewan, MD (chair, department of psychiatry) for the negative. We believe that the issues being debated here have important long-term implications for psychiatry, and w...