Mental health.(your letters)(Letter to the Editor)

I found your article "Drugs vs. Talk Therapy," in the October issue, to be extremely accurate, to the point, and informative, especially for those just beginning to explore the issue of counseling and/or pharmacological therapy for depression and anxiety. In your list of mental health providers, however, you omitted a very significant therapist resource: licensed professional counselors. We undergo the same level of training as social workers and also have to undergo postmaster's training and supervision to become licensed in our respective states.

DONNA HEINLEN, L.P.C. FAYETTEVILLE, GA

As a board-certified psychiatric nurse practitioner, I am chagrined to note that you failed to include this professional group in your list of mental health services providers. We are nationally board certified, have a master's or doctorate degree ...