Abstract

youth of our country that deserves our scrutiny. In describing a group’s naivet#{233},some young people said the following: “Good God, they are easier to fool than psychiatrists.” The young (and many not so young) are frequently voicing this opinion-anybody who can act in the slightest can fool or easily con the average psychiatrist. This growing opinion deserves our attention in an introspective sense, and we should conduct a survey in order to assess its validity. In our field we are called upon to make difficult judgmental conclusions. This is especially true in areas involving the law, the military, and permanent disabilities. Is it here that our image has been placed in jeopardy? I feel that psychiatrists are increasingly deserving of this new reputation. Often our compassion supersedes our common sense and routine role definitions. I hope this letter will stimulate studies, dialogue, and editorial comment.TO THEcorrelation normetanephnineexist between and metanephnineDMPEA urinaryand ex-cretion levels. However, the urinary DMPEA levels were undetectable during the controlled diet period, while substantial levels of normetanephrine and metanephnine were present during that period. The correlation does not appear to negate the hypothesis that the appearance of DMPEA in the urine is related to an