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Dr. Nasrallah responds

I thank my colleagues, whose letters confirm that being called “providers” instead of “physicians” is something that all psychiatrists resent and oppose. I hope each psychiatric physician reader of current psychiatry vocally demands to be called a physician, not a provider. I also hope the APA will fight for this issue at the national level.

Henry A. Nasrallah, MD
Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Neuroscience
Medical Director: Neuropsychiatry
Director, Schizophrenia and Neuropsychiatry Programs
University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
Cincinnati, Ohio
Professor Emeritus, Saint Louis University
St. Louis, Missouri