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The Great Debate

Resolved: Psychosocial interventions can improve clinical outcomes in organic disease

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The Great Debate took place March 9, 2001 in Monterey, California at the APS Annual Meeting

The case for the resolution was advanced by two of the leading researchers in biobehavioral medicine: Redford B. Williams, MD, from the Department of Psychiatry at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, NC, and Neil Schneiderman, PhD, from the Behavioral Medicine Research Center at the University of Miami in Coral Gables, FL.

The case against the resolution was presented by two former Editors-in-Chief of New England Journal of Medicine: Arnold Relman, MD, was a Professor Emeritus of Medicine and Social Medicine at Harvard University Medical School, and Marcia Angell, MD, was a Senior Lecturer in Social Medicine at Harvard University Medical School.

Speakers Question and Answer Session

Audience Question and Answer Session

Final Arguments, Pro: Dr. Redford Williams

Final Arguments, Pro: Dr. Neil Schneiderman

Final Arguments, Con: Dr. Arnold Relman

Final Arguments, Con: Dr. Marcia Angell

Closing: Dr. George Lundberg

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