Frontiers in Psychiatry

The Faulty Reasoning That Turned ADHD Into a Disease

Author: Editorial 12th January 2023 0 Comments

This report by Peter Simons has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “In a new article in Frontiers in Psychiatry, researchers explain the four strategies used to erroneously conflate the construct of ‘ADHD’ with a medical disease. According to the researchers,…
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ADHD, Frontiers in Psychiatry, Mad in America, Peter Simons

Methodological Flaws, Conflicts of Interest, and Scientific Fallacies: Implications for the Evaluation of Antidepressants’ Efficacy and Harm

Author: Editorial 2nd November 2022 0 Comments

This paper by Michael Hengartner has been published in the journal Frontiers in Psychiatry. The abstract says: “Background In current psychiatric practice, antidepressants are widely and with ever-increasing frequency prescribed to patients. However, several scientific biases obfuscate estimates of antidepressants’ efficacy…
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antidepressants, bias, depression, efficacy, evidence-based practice, Frontiers in Psychiatry, harms, Michael Hengartner, Research, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors, serious adverse events, SSRIs, suicide