March 23, 2010

“Psychosis Risk Syndrome”– Psychiatry’s Hunting License

Following the acknowledgement reported by The New York Times (Feb. 10, 2010), that "Studies of teenagers identified

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“Psychosis Risk Syndrome”– Psychiatry’s Hunting License

March 17, 2010

Psychiatrist who conducted drug trials on children who suicided getsWarning from FDA

In 1997 Congress passed a law–FDA Modernization Act (FDAMA)–encouraging the use of children as human subjects in

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Psychiatrist who conducted drug trials on children who suicided getsWarning from FDA

February 25, 2010

Judith Warner misses the real questions about medicating children

The publication of “We’ve Got Issues,” a book of stories by Judith Warner, a regular New York

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Judith Warner misses the real questions about medicating children

February 22, 2010

Rebecca Riley’s Murderous Care Remembered

While it came as no surprise that Rebecca Riley’s mother was convicted of murder, most observers–including, it

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Rebecca Riley’s Murderous Care Remembered

February 10, 2010

DSM5 Revisions

A report in the New York Times "Revising Book on Disorders of the Mind" by Benedict Carey

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DSM5 Revisions

January 15, 2010

Antidepressants shown worthless for most consumers

After many years of controversy, the overwhelming evidence shows that psychiatrists and general practitioners have been misprescribing

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Antidepressants shown worthless for most consumers

December 11, 2009

America’s Poor Children Likelier to Get Antipsychotics_NYT

A front page article in The New York Times raises the long-overdue alarms about the forced drugging

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America’s Poor Children Likelier to Get Antipsychotics_NYT

October 28, 2009

Nursing Homes: Psychotropic Drug Abuse

In the second half of the twentieth century, Soviet psychiatrists collaborated with their government: Soviet psychiatrists prescribed

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Nursing Homes: Psychotropic Drug Abuse

August 16, 2009

FDA Approves Another Dangerous Antipsychotic, Asenapine

The FDA has approved Schering Plough’s new antipsychotic, asenapine (Saphris), for the treatment of schizophrenia and mania

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FDA Approves Another Dangerous Antipsychotic, Asenapine

June 17, 2009

Children Rx ADHD Drugs 7.4 times increased risk of sudden death

Empirical findings published in the American Journal of Psychiatry lend validity to the long debated claim by

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Children Rx ADHD Drugs 7.4 times increased risk of sudden death

June 9, 2009

Did FDA Include Evidence of Brain Damage Caused by Antipsychotics?

The new generation antipsychotic drugs were all approved without proof of efficacy–they were approved to treat psychosis

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Did FDA Include Evidence of Brain Damage Caused by Antipsychotics?

June 7, 2009

Is FDA Bipolar or Complicit in Legitimizing Illegal Marketing?

FDA officials are ignoring the real world tragedies–drug-induced deaths of children. Unfortunately for the children, child psychiatrists

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Is FDA Bipolar or Complicit in Legitimizing Illegal Marketing?

June 4, 2009

Marketing Trumps Safety: the case of Antipsychotics

Just as the FDA is convening an advisory committee hearing (June 9-10) about whether to expand the

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Marketing Trumps Safety: the case of Antipsychotics

May 31, 2009

Antidepressants-Paxil, Prozac, Zoloft Increase Risk of Breast Cancer

An independent large study conducted by MEDCO Health Solutions Inc. found that women treated with tamoxifen for

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Antidepressants-Paxil, Prozac, Zoloft Increase Risk of Breast Cancer