THE SPECIAL SECTION ON THE CONTRIBUTION OF PSYCHOTHERAPY AND PHARMACOTHERAPY RESEARCH TO NATIONAL MENTAL-HEALTH-CARE

This special section represents a coordinated publication of the Journ al of Consulting and Clinical Psychology and the Archives of General P sychiatry. These 2 journals have typically focused on somewhat differe nt areas of research and have been read by different audiences. In an effort to achieve cross-fertilization of the disciplines of psychiatry and clinical psychology, this coordinated publication provides a curr ent view of research both in psychopharmacology and psychotherapy as a pplied to major depression, anxiety disorders, alcohol abuse, and drug abuse. To further the aims of informing the diverse readership in are as to which they are often not exposed in the separate journals, the J ournal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology is publishing, in this se ction, articles that address biomedical and psychopharmacological rese arch, and the Archives of General Psychiatry is publishing a coordinat ed set of articles on psychotherapy and behavior therapy. Collectively , the series contained in these 2 journals is designed both to foster knowledge and to enhance communication among psychiatrists and psychol ogists.