The Observer – A New Vision for Mental Health

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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a coherent system

Clients & Patients, drug trials, Jon Ungoed-Thomas, National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE), NHS, pharmaceutical industry, Shanti Das, The Observer

Concern as a third of NHS mental health treatments shift online

Author: Editorial 5th July 2023 0 Comments

Rosie Taylor reports for The Observer: “Twice as many people with mental health conditions are being given virtual therapy on the NHS compared with before the pandemic began. An Observer analysis of data from private providers, cross-checked against NHS figures, reveals around one…
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collaborative practice

anxiety, CBT, cognitive behavioural therapy, depression, digital healthcare, NHS Talking Therapies, online treatments, Rosie Taylor, Talking Therapies, The Observer

Natural Causes: Life, Death and the Illusion of Control

Author: Editorial 21st September 2018 0 Comments

A book that talks about over-diagnosis, doctor-induced illness and “evidence-based” medicine has relevance not just to biophysical illness/wellbeing, but also to emotional and psychological illness and wellbeing … Natural Causes by Barbara Ehrenreich – wise words on real wellness is the title of a review by Yvonne Roberts (in The Observer)…
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Barbara Ehrenreich, books, control, death, evidence-based medicine, iatrogenic disease, invasive procedures, overdiagnosis, The Observer, well-being, Yvonne Roberts