A Rebel Psychiatrist Calls Out to His Profession

“Dr. J. Allan Hobson, a psychiatrist for more than 40 years, is upset with his profession, saying it has lost its way. In a series of books, he has been trying to shake it up …”

Q. How would you reorganize medical training so that you’d attract better and more students to your speciality?

A. I’d tell them that they have a chance to work on one of the last great medical frontiers, which psychiatry could be. This is a field where they’ll have license to talk about psychology and physiology and philosophy, all together. Where else can you do that? NY Times