This forum is primarily for technical and support issues with the community, generally not so much for the website in general. We ask people to use the "Contact Us" link at the bottom of every page to bring an immediate issue, feedback item, or question about the site, because it ensures it will be seen, read, and usually answered in a timely manner (if the inquiry requires an answer).

While I try and review questions posted here at least once or twice a week, this is definitely not the most timely way to get in touch with me. My PM box is also always open, which is a sure way I'll see your technical question about the site.

We do not generally provide research citations to our news articles because our site is a consumer-focused site. We take our cue from other e-health sites, like WebMD and EverydayHealth.com, as they are the industry leaders in consumer health sites.

Will this policy change in the future? We regularly review such policies and decisions every year, since making a change like this imparts additional costs on our end. We have to weigh those costs with the benefits of providing that additional information to the minority of readers who would actually have use/make use of it.

I definitely agree it would be nice to have. But we have to dole out our limited resources to what benefits the largest group of our readers or members. So we'll see if it's something we can add in the future.

Best,
DocJohn

PS - And to be clear, every Psych Central News article carries or should carry a "Source" tag and source attribution within the article itself (e.g., what journal the research was published in), where, with some Googling, a user can usually find the original citation or item in question. This has always been the case. The OP was asking about a formal research citation carried at the bottom of the article, which we occasionally do with some blog posts.