pharmaceutical industry – A New Vision for Mental Health

Antidepressant withdrawal should be taken seriously – we’re investigating ways to help people come off the pills

Author: Editorial 11th January 2024 0 Comments

This article from Mark Horowitz, Joanna Moncrieff and Katharine Wallis has been published by The Conversation. It begins: “Misinformation about antidepressants is rife and is probably fuelling their rise in use. Chief among these false ideas are: Antidepressant withdrawal effects are mild and…
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antidepressants, depression as a signal, Joanna Moncrieff, Katharine Wallis, Mark Horowitz, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, The Conversation

It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall, I Really Don’t Know Health at All

Author: Editorial 10th January 2024 0 Comments

This article from David Healy and Harriet Vogt has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “There is a core concept shaping the ‘market’ in health, the concept of an assay, that few doctors or patients understand. Even fewer spot…
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assay, David Healy, Food & Drug Administration (FDA), Harriet Vogt, Louis Lasagna, Mad in America, pharmaceutical industry, Randomised Control Trials (RCTs), RCT, Tony Hill

The Rise and Fall of the Age of Psychopharmacology

Author: Editorial 11th December 2023 0 Comments

This book has been written by Edward Shorter. The publishers say: “The Age of Psychopharmacology began with a brilliant rise in the 1950s, when for the first time science entered the study of drugs that affect the brain and mind. But, esteemed…
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books, depression, Diagnostic & Statistical Manual (DSM), Edward Shorter, history of psychiatry, Journal of Psychopharmacology, Major Depressive Disorder, pharmaceutical industry, Prozac, psychiatry

Dangerous Psychiatric Fads

Author: Editorial 17th November 2023 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Allen Frances (psychiatrist) has been published on Pyschotherapy.net. It begins: “A sad and fairly ubiquitous aspect of human fallibility is that we are extremely suggestable suckers for fashion. Psychiatry is no exception — its history is littered…
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a coherent system, Key posts

ADHD, Allen Frances, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, ChatGPT, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, psychotherapy.net

Selling Sickness: How Drug Companies are Turning Us All Into Patients

Author: Editorial 30th October 2023 0 Comments

This book has been written by Ray Moynihan. The publishers say: “Three decades ago, the head of one of the world’s leading drug companies made some remarkably candid comments. Wishing his company was more like the chewing gum maker Wrigley’s, the…
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books, pharmaceutical industry, Ray Moynihan

The Problem of Inflated Efficacy in Psychiatry Journals

Author: Editorial 25th October 2023 0 Comments

This article by Dr. Christopher Lane has been published in Psychology Today. It begins: “KEY POINTS New research finds widely prescribed drugs are much less effective than their published record suggests. One study saw financial conflicts of interest driving whether unfavorable…
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Christopher Lane, efficacy, Journal of Clinical Epidemiology, Martin Plöderl, Michael Hengartner, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatric drugs trials, Psychology Today, Simone Amendola

Why Failed Psychiatry Lives On: Its Industrial Complex, Politics, & Technology Worship

Author: Editorial 23rd October 2023 0 Comments

“By embracing the technology-worship “religion,” psychiatry is permitted to ignore the reality of its repeated failures.“ This article by Dr. Bruce Levine has been published by Mad in America. It begins: “How can psychiatry maintain its authority and influence despite its…
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Bruce Levine, Mad in America, pharmaceutical industry, technocracy, technology

Psychiatric Drugging of Children and Youth as a Form of Child Abuse: Not a Radical Proposition

Author: Editorial 21st September 2023 0 Comments

This research article by Dr. Bonnie Burstow has been published in Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry. The abstract says: “Although affirming that the psychiatric drugging of children constitutes both adultism (oppression based on treating adult behavior as normative) and sanism (oppression based…
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adultism, Bonnie Burstow, child abuse, children and adolescents, Ethical Human Psychology and Psychiatry, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, sanism

The Making of Adult ADHD: The Rapid Rise of a Novel Psychiatric Diagnosis

Author: Editorial 13th September 2023 0 Comments

“The history of psychiatry is a history of fads in theory, diagnosis, and treatment. Such rapid shifts in conceptualization—such as the emergence of the concept of adult ADHD—almost always warrant informed critical examination.” This article by Mark Ruffalo and S. Nassir…
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ADHD, Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, diagnostic hierarchy, Mark Ruffalo, pharmaceutical industry, psychiatry, S. Nassir Ghaemi

Revealed: drug firms funding UK patient groups that lobby for NHS approval of medicines

Author: Editorial 26th July 2023 0 Comments

“Observer investigation shows that majority of Nice drug appraisals involve groups financially linked to maker of pharmaceuticals“ Shanti Das and Jon Ungoed-Thomas report for The Observer: “Drug companies are systematically funding grassroots patient groups that lobby the NHS medicines watchdog to approve…
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Clients & Patients, drug trials, Jon Ungoed-Thomas, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), NHS, pharmaceutical industry, Shanti Das, The Observer