To what extent should family be involved?

Reimbursement? Diagnostic debates? Insurance? Privacy? Ethics? What do you say?

Take the poll on individuals with comorbid obesity and bipolar disorder.

Some say that study subjects who are not severely depressed may respond better to placebo than subjects who are severely depressed. Is the data thus unreliable?

Take the poll and comment on on the race to patent bio-tests for schizophrenia and depression.

The American Medical Association: Some say it's obsolete. What's your opinion?

In a JAMA commentary on life-threatening childhood obesity, the authors suggest "involvement of state protective services . . . including placement into foster care in carefully selected situations" as an alternative to treatment at newly established pediatric surgical weight loss programs. Do you agree?

Time for dinner. This poll is inspired by a recent post in Diagnostic Imaging and the Great American Physician survey by our sister publication, Physicians Practice.

What is your experience with patients who may decide to quit multiple substances simultaneously? Is it overambitious?

What part do mental health professionals play in the life of veterans?