Wikipedia's first sentence called it “american psychiatrist”. Today it says “american psychiatrist and a leading expert on legal and ethical issues in medicine and psychiatry”.
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The opening as it read in 2015
Paul Stuart Appelbaum (born 1951) is an American psychiatrist , and a leading expert on legal and ethical issues in medicine and psychiatry. Appelbaum was President of the American Psychiatric Association (2002-2003) and President of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (1995-1996). Appelbaum is a member of the Standing Committee on Ethics of the World Psychiatric Association , and Chair of the APA 's DSM Steering Committee. He was the Fritz Redlich Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences ; he was given the Isaac Ray Award of the American Psychiatric Association for "outstanding contributions to forensic psychiatry and the psychiatric aspects of jurisprudence." Appelbaum has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences . Appelbaum is credited with conceptualizing the idea of the therapeutic misconception in which subjects in medical research studies misunderstand the primary purpose of their contact with the research team as treatment. S. | last2 = Lidz | first2 = C. W. | title = Twenty-five years of therapeutic misconception | journal = The Hastings Center report | volume = 38 | issue = 2 | pages = 5–6; author reply 6–7 | year = 2008 | pmid = 18457217 | jstor = 251653021
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The opening as it stood in 2010
Paul Stuart Appelbaum (born 1951) is an American psychiatrist , and an expert on legal and ethical issues in medicine and psychiatry.
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Paul Stuart Appelbaum (born 1951) is an American psychiatrist , and a leading expert on legal and ethical issues in medicine and psychiatry. Appelbaum was President of the American Psychiatric Association (2002-2003) and President of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (1995-1996). Appelbaum is a member of the Standing Committee on Ethics of the World Psychiatric Association , and Chair of the APA 's DSM Steering Committee. He was the Fritz Redlich Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences ; he was given the Isaac Ray Award of the American Psychiatric Association for "outstanding contributions to forensic psychiatry and the psychiatric aspects of jurisprudence." Appelbaum has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences , and is a Hastings Center Fellow. Appelbaum is credited with conceptualizing the idea of the therapeutic misconception in which subjects in medical research studies misunderstand the primary purpose of their contact with the research team as treatment.
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The opening as it stood on October 6, 2023
American psychiatrist Paul Stuart Appelbaum (born 1951) is an American psychiatrist and a leading expert on legal and ethical issues in medicine and psychiatry. Dollard Professor of Psychiatry, Medicine, and Law, and Director, Division of Law, Ethics, and Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons since 2006. \Appelbaum was President of the American Psychiatric Association (2002-2003) and President of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (1995-1996). Appelbaum is a member of the Standing Committee on Ethics of the World Psychiatric Association , and Chair of the APA 's DSM Steering Committee. He was the Fritz Redlich Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences ; he was given the Isaac Ray Award of the American Psychiatric Association for "outstanding contributions to forensic psychiatry and the psychiatric aspects of jurisprudence." Appelbaum has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences , and is a Hastings Center Fellow. Appelbaum is credited with conceptualizing the idea of the therapeutic misconception in which subjects in medical research studies misunderstand the primary purpose of their contact with the research team as treatment.
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The opening as it stood in 2025
American psychiatrist (born 1951) Paul Stuart Appelbaum (born 1951) is an American psychiatrist and a leading expert on legal and ethical issues in medicine and psychiatry. Appelbaum was President of the American Psychiatric Association (2002-2003) and President of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law (1995-1996). Appelbaum is a member of the Standing Committee on Ethics of the World Psychiatric Association , and Chair of the APA 's DSM Steering Committee. He was the Fritz Redlich Fellow at the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences ; he was given the Isaac Ray Award of the American Psychiatric Association for "outstanding contributions to forensic psychiatry and the psychiatric aspects of jurisprudence." Appelbaum has been elected to the Institute of Medicine of the National Academy of Sciences , and is a Hastings Center Fellow. Appelbaum is credited with conceptualizing the idea of the therapeutic misconception in which subjects in medical research studies misunderstand the primary purpose of their contact with the research team as treatment.
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american psychiatrist
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american psychiatrist and a leading expert on legal and ethical issues in medicine and psychiatry
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