September 3, 2006

Psychiatry’s Most Powerful Association Feeling the Heat_SCIENCE

Psychiatry’s most powerful and influential key opinion leaders who belong to the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP)

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Psychiatry’s Most Powerful Association Feeling the Heat_SCIENCE

August 15, 2006

Alleged ethical / financial breaches by UCI Psychiatrist drew scrutiny but no sanctions_LAT

"Even though clinical research is a noble and worthy activity, it’s veryeasy to lose your moral compass

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Alleged ethical / financial breaches by UCI Psychiatrist drew scrutiny but no sanctions_LAT

July 19, 2006

Cyberonics Press Release July 7,2006

http://www.drugnewswire/3019/ July 7, 2006 – 1:52 AM By DrugNewswire HOUSTON, July 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ — Cyberonics, Inc. (NASDAQ:CYBX)

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Cyberonics Press Release July 7,2006

July 11, 2006

Harvard / Stanford–Psychiatrists’ Financial Ties to Industry

 Whether their faculty positions are at Harvard or Stanford, one cannot discern a modicum of science to

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Harvard / Stanford–Psychiatrists’ Financial Ties to Industry

July 9, 2006

Conflicts of Interest: Stanford University

Paul Jacobs, spent six months investigating financial ties between Stanford University’s 700 faculty members and the bio-tech-medical

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Conflicts of Interest: Stanford University

June 7, 2006

“Do Antidepressants Cure or Create Abnormal Brain States?”

In their provocative essay, Dr. Joanna Moncrieff of University College London and Professor David Cohen* of Florida

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“Do Antidepressants Cure or Create Abnormal Brain States?”

May 25, 2006

Trial Analyst Finds Embarassing Inconsistencies in NIMH Flawed Safety Study

In the wake of the extraordinary acknowledgement this month byGlaxoSmithKline that the clinical trial evidence shows that

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Trial Analyst Finds Embarassing Inconsistencies in NIMH Flawed Safety Study

May 22, 2006

Cardiologists Revolut RE: Industtry’s Role in Expanding Definition of Hypertension_NYT

“After months of controversy within the American Society of Hypertension that included accusations of industry influence, the

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Cardiologists Revolut RE: Industtry’s Role in Expanding Definition of Hypertension_NYT

April 22, 2006

List: APA-DSM-IV_ DSM-IV- TR TASK FORCE

TASK FORCE ON DSM-IV  (1994—)* Allen Frances, M.D. Chairperson; Harold Alan Pincus, M.D. Vice-Chairperson; Michael B. First,

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List: APA-DSM-IV_ DSM-IV- TR TASK FORCE

April 21, 2006

Conflicts of interest: psychiatry’s diagnostic manual DSM-III_DSM-IV

This is part II relating to a study by Drs. Lisa Cosgrove (U of Mass) and Sheldon

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Conflicts of interest: psychiatry’s diagnostic manual DSM-III_DSM-IV

April 20, 2006

Psychiatry’s Diagnostic Manual Under Drug Industry Influence

The DSM is psychiatry’s official authoritative diagnostic manual published by the American Psychiatric Association. The significant findings

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Psychiatry’s Diagnostic Manual Under Drug Industry Influence

April 5, 2006

Pharma company Influence Medical Education Promotes OffLabel Use of Antipsychotic

The most widely prescribed treatments received a resoundinbg failing grade fromthe most comprehensive schizophrenia treatment study (CATIE)

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Pharma company Influence Medical Education Promotes OffLabel Use of Antipsychotic

February 3, 2006

When Trust in Doctors Erodes

A front page article in The New York Times describes how Americans who no longer have trust

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When Trust in Doctors Erodes

January 26, 2006

Doctors Back Ban on Gifts From Drug Makers_Journal Hypocrisy

This is a follow-up to Tuesday’s Infomail about the recommendations of a group of prominent physicians who

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Doctors Back Ban on Gifts From Drug Makers_Journal Hypocrisy