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On behalf of the editors of NEJM Journal Watch Psychiatry, I am pleased to present the Psychiatry Top Stories of 2014. NEJM Journal Watch Psychiatry covers many different aspects of the field, but this year we have sharpened our focus on studies and reviews that can inform and improve the clinician's practice of psychiatry.
The task of choosing the best stories was difficult. In an initial step, we editors looked at the more than 200 summaries published between mid-November 2013 and mid-November 2014. Each editor chose his or her favorite 20 stories (which were assigned one point) and then, from these, named their top 10 (and each of these was given an extra point). Seven stories received at least 5 points; another nine stories received 4 po…