BBC Panorama – A New Vision for Mental Health

The government has a moral duty to help those harmed by prescribed dependence forming drugs

Author: Editorial 22nd June 2023 0 Comments

This “ open letter by healthcare professionals ” calls for specialist NHS services to support patients harmed by taking prescription medications. Published in the British Medical Journal, the letter begins: “This week, BBC1’s Panorama drew sharp attention to the problem of prescribed drug dependence and…
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antidepressants, BBC Panorama, benzodiazepines, BMJ, British Medical Journal, drug dependency, drug withdrawal, National Institute for Health and Care Excellence, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, Public Health England

The Antidepressant Story

Author: Editorial 21st June 2023 0 Comments

This 1 hour TV programme comes from the BBC’s Panorama team (investigative journalism unit). The programme makers say: “In the UK, around one in seven now take an antidepressant. Globally they have made the pharmaceutical industry billions. When the current generation…
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I don’t have ADHD, but three private clinics say I do

Author: Editorial 17th May 2023 1 Comment

This report by Rory Carson concerns undercover work that he conducted for the BBC’s Panorama team, which specialises in investigative journalism. It begins: “A leading NHS consultant psychiatrist has met me in person and concluded I don’t have ADHD – attention…
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ADHD, ADHD 360, ADHD Direct, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, BBC, BBC Panorama, Harley Psychiatrists, overdiagnosis, psychiatry, Rory Carson

‘Toxic culture’ of abuse at mental health hospital revealed by BBC secret filming

Author: Editorial 29th September 2022 0 Comments

This report comes from the BBC’s Panorama team and Joseph Lee. It begins: “Humiliated, abused and isolated for weeks – patients were put at risk due to a ‘toxic culture’ at one of the UK’s biggest mental health hospitals, BBC Panorama…
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Alan Haslam, BBC, BBC Panorama, coercive psychiatry, Edenfield Centre, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust, Joseph Lee, mental health nurses

Secrets of the drug trials

Author: Editorial 3rd April 2020 0 Comments

Panorama is a BBC TV programme that specialises in investigative journalism. In 2007 they broadcast “Secrets of the drug trials” (see video below), concerning which the BBC said: “Secret emails reveal that the UK’s biggest drug company distorted trial results…
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BBC Panorama, children and adolescents, depression, drug trials, GlaxoSmithKline (GSK), pharmaceutical drugs, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, Seroxat, suicide