clinical drugs trials – A New Vision for Mental Health

STAR*D Dethroned?

Author: Editorial 18th December 2023 0 Comments

“Since 2006, STAR*D stands out as an icon guiding treatment decisions of major depressive disorder. But what if it is broken?“ This article by Dr. John J. Miller has been published in Psychiatric Times. It begins: “In the treatment of major depressive disorder (MDD),…
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antidepressants, clinical drugs trials, depression, John J. Miller, National Institute of Mental Health, Psychiatric Times, STAR*D Scandal

The Wild Doctor – Le Médecin Sauvage

Author: Editorial 1st November 2023 0 Comments

This blog post has been published by RxISK (who describe themselves as ‘… a free, independent drug safety website to help you weigh the benefits of any medication against its potential dangers”). It begins: “The French playwright Moliere loved poking fun at…
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clinical drugs trials, effect size, efficacy, evidence-based medicine, Food and Drugs Act, Louis Lasagna, psychiatry, Randomised Control Trials (RCTs), RxISK, Tony Hill

The illusion of evidence based medicine

Author: Editorial 17th October 2022 0 Comments

“Evidence based medicine has been corrupted by corporate interests, failed regulation, and commercialisation of academia, argue these authors” This article by Jon Jureidini and Leemon B. McHenry has been published in the British Medical Journal. It begins (with footnotes excluded, but…
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British Medical Journal, clinical drugs trials, evidence-based medicine, Jon Jureidini, Leemon B. McHenry, pharmaceutical industry, Research

The illusion of evidence based medicine

Author: Editorial 12th May 2022 0 Comments

This video from Dr. John Campbell is relevant to mental healthcare, not least in relation to the “evidence” provided to justify the massive prescription of psychotropic drugs:

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clinical drugs trials, evidence-based medicine, pharmaceutical industry, videos

Cracked: Why Psychiatry is Doing More Harm Than Good

Author: Editorial 21st January 2022 0 Comments

This book (2013) has been written by Dr. James Davies. The publishers say: “Why is psychiatry such big business? Why are so many psychiatric drugs prescribed – 47 million antidepressant prescriptions in the UK alone last year – and why, without…
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books, clinical drugs trials, diagnostic labelling, James Davies, placebo effect, psychiatry

The hidden side of clinical trials

Author: Editorial 6th April 2020 0 Comments

This TEDx Talk by Sile Lane – a 13 minute video (see below) – concerns clinical trials for all types of prescribed drugs. This of course includes drugs prescribed in relation to mental health. The talk is linked to the AllTrials campaign. You can go here to…
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AllTrials, clinical drugs trials, clinical trials regulation, pharmaceutical industry, Sense about Science, Sile Lane, TEDx Talk, videos