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NIMH Might Be (Partly) Right
Tom Insel has a point. As director of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH), he is charged with developing effective treatments for severe mental illnesses like schizophrenia and major depression. Insel knows that basic
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Behavioral Research at NIMH
Several issues were raised in the Observer article (“Hitting the Bricks,” February 2005) about NIMH funding for basic behavioral science that can benefit from clarification. First let me state that behavioral science is crucial to
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What Wouldn’t Have Been
The following comments were made to the advisory council of the National Institute of Mental Health during the council’s deliberations on the future of basic behavioral science at the Institute. In 2004, three psychologists were
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Hitting the Bricks
Once housed primarily at the National Institute of Mental Health, some areas of basic behavioral science are being shown the door. Where will they end up? Psychologists who conduct basic behavioral research are reeling from
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Basic Research Funding: An Exercise in NIH-ilism
“You don’t need a Roadmap to know which way the wind blows.” – With apologies to B. Dylan This month’s cover story examines funding for basic behavioral research from the perspectives of National Institute of
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Patients and Impatience (Part II)
In last month’s column, I wrote about the National Institute of Mental Health’s, or NIMH’s, recent proposal to redirect a portion of its extramural research investment away from basic behavioral and social science research into
