Psychiatric Group Faces Scrutiny Over Drug Industry Ties
It seemed an ideal marriage, a scientific partnership that would attack mental illness from all sides. Psychiatrists would bring to the union their expertise and clinical experience, drug makers would provide their products and the money to run rigorous studies, and patients would get better medications, faster. But now the profession itself is under attack in Congress, accused of allowing this relationship to become too cozy.
Has Big Pharma Corruption Suppressed Effective Treatment Options?
Establishment psychiatry is under attack in Congress. Investigators are recognizing that not all mental health treatments come in a pill.
St. Petersburg Times:
A Times Editorial -
Medicine research corrupted
The pharmaceutical industry's corrupting influence on medical research has reached a new low with a case that has stained the reputations of Harvard University and three of its top researchers in child psychiatry. It took a congressional investigation to uncover a conflict of interest that could violate federal and university rules. As a result, the credibility of a supposed breakthrough in treating childhood bipolar disease is now in doubt.
Washington Post:
FDA Issues Warning on Some Antipsychotic Drugs
The Food and Drug Administration yesterday warned doctors that elderly patients with dementia who are being treated with an older class of antipsychotic drugs appear to be at increased risk of dying.
Chicago Sun Times:
Doctors' prescriptions need dose of disclosure
Three prominent psychiatrists at Harvard Medical School and an affiliated hospital recently were caught greatly underreporting the amount of money that drug companies have put in their pockets over the years. Two of the researchers were paid $1.6 million each in consulting fees from drug companies between 2000 to 2007
New York Times:
Doctors Say Medication Is Overused in Dementia
Last fall her mother, Theresa Lamascola, of the Bronx, suffering from anxiety and confusion, was put on the antipsychotic drug Risperdal. When she had trouble walking, her daughter took her to another doctor — the younger Ms. Lamascola’s own physician — who found that she had unrecognized hypothyroidism, a disorder that can contribute to dementia.
State May Limit Paying for Some Kids Drugs!
The state's healthcare agency is considering limiting payments for strong drugs prescribed to young children for illnesses such as autism and bipolar disorder.
St. Petersburg Times Investigation
St. Petersburg Times investigates a shocking trend: 250% more kids on antipsychotic drugs!
Psychiatric Pharmaceutical Industry Coverup
Psychiatric/Pharma Industry Cover Up
Michael Moore calls for Federal Investigation
Filmmaker Michael Moore Calls for a Federal Investigation into School Shooters and Psychiatric Drugs
Anna Nicole Smith’s Psychiatrist Under Investigation
Anna Nicole Smith’s Psychiatrist Under Investigation in Drug Death
Experts Debunk DSM
Experts Debunk DSM
Psychiatry’s “Billing Bible”
Scientific Legitimacy of Psychiatry’s “Billing Bible” Increasingly Under Fire
Warnings on Psychiatric Drugs
Report on the Escalating International Warnings on Psychiatric Drugs
