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) have been caught off guard. The ACNP leadership is scrambling  to overcome the scorn it has received following public disclosure about multiple breaches of ethics and professional standards of conduct. The College and…

THE SCIENTIST–Former Head of UK Psychopharmacology says Money Didn’t Sway Dr. Nemeroff

A follow-up to news reports about the conflict of interest scandal that has engulfed not only Dr. Charles Nemeroff, former president and editor in chief of the official journal of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology, but the College itself.

Debate Resumes on the Safety of Depression’s Wonder Drugs – NYT

Debate Resumes on the Safety of Depression’s Wonder Drugs – NYT Thu, 7 Aug 2003 After a decade of lies, deception, and cover-up of evidence linking antidepression drugs – such as, Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft – to acts of suicide in previously non-suicidal people – children and adults, some of who…

Bitter Pill for David Healy: academia under pharma influence

Bitter Pill for David Healy: academia under pharma influence May 21, 2002 One wonders how many embarrassing causes celebres are needed before academic institutions take back control of the university from the corrosive influence of the pharmaceutical/ biotech industry? In 2000, Dr. David Healy may have been surprised by the…

Psychiatrist’s Undisclosed Financial Ties Prompt Reproval – NYT

Psychiatrist’s Undisclosed Financial Ties Prompt Reproval – NYT Sun, 3 Aug 2003 The New York Times reports that Dr. Charles Nemeroff, head of psychiatry and behavioral sciences at Emory School of Medicine (Atlanta) has been rebuked by colleagues for failing to disclose his substantial financial ties to drug companies whose…