Two NIMH Directors Debunk DSM & Deplore Psychiatry’s Unscientific Modus Operandi
The myth of the DSM “Bible” is debunked: “at best, [the DSM is] a dictionary, creating a set of labels and defining each. . . .
Psychiatric Treatment to Prevent Teen Suicide Found Useless
January 8, 2013 Study Questions Effectiveness of Therapy for Suicidal Teenagers By BENEDICT CAREY Most adolescents who plan or attempt suicide have already received at least some mental health treatment, raising questions about the effectiveness of current approaches to helping troubled youths, according to the largest in-depth analysis to date…
Can Medical Research be Trusted?
“Unfortunately, the entire evidence base has been perverted,” said Joseph Ross, a professor at Yale Medical School who has studied the issue.
Rising Painkiller Addiction Shows Damage From Drugmakers’ Role in Shaping Medical Opinion
“You could say these marketing tactics are merely concerning. But I think of them as satanic. What the data are telling us is that these drugs are ruining people’s lives,” said Phillip Prior, MD
Medical Ethics - Human Rights | Pharma Corrupt Influence | Professional Fraud / Misconduct | Psychiatry
California Bidding War: Psychiatrist Paid $822,000_Bloomberg
Bloomberg News conducted a data review of payroll records for 1.4 million public employees of the 12 largest states. The findings show that public employees in California earn far higher salaries than in other states, from prison operations to health care, base salary to overtime. The first, of a six-part…
TeenScreen Operations Have Shut Down
The following announcement was posted on TeenScreen’s website (November 15, 2012): "Important Announcement for Schools & Communities: We are sorry to inform you that the TeenScreen National Center will be winding down its program at the end of this year. Accordingly, we will no longer train or register new…
Are Psychiatrists Committing Professional Suicide?
TIME Psychiatrist Contends the Field Is ‘Committing Professional Suicide’ Psychiatry — and medicine in general — has a dangerously close relationship with the pharmaceutical industry Maia Szalavitz | @maiasz | October 5, 2012 | British psychiatrist and Big Pharma gadfly David Healy is so controversial amongst his colleagues that some…
Business of Medicine | Conflict of Interest | Global Public Health Institutions | Medical Ethics - Human Rights | Pharma Corrupt Influence | Public Policy | Vaccine mandates
America’s Healthcare Crisis–Part III-Vaccine Controversy
Part III. The Untouchable Third Rail in Healthcare—The Vaccine Controversy: Core Issues
Business of Medicine | Current Controversies | Global Public Health Institutions | Pharma Corrupt Influence | Propaganda -- Censorship | Public Policy
America’s Healthcare Crisis–Part II–What Do We Get for $$$ ?
Part II. What Do We Get for All That Money? A preventable epidemic of injury and death from prescription drugs; FDA’s contribution to the epidemic; Big Pharma’s business model: manufactured myths, propaganda and a hidden agenda;
America’s Healthcare Crisis–Part IV-Vaccine Injury Compensation
Autism: Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) data.
Medicine Hijacked: Books That Document the Real Health Care Crisis
America’s healthcare system is riddled with financial conflicts of interest. Business interests and commercial priorities undermine the precautionary principle of Medicine, the therapeutic mission of Medicine, the scientific integrity of Medicine. Government oversight agencies and Congress have subordinated the public interest for $$$. As a result, America’s healthcare delivery system is the third leading cause of death.
Historical Trail of the “Magic Bullet”and Jewish Medical Pioneers
"The Trail of the Magic Bullet: The Jewish Encounter with Modern Medicine, 1860-1960," an exhibition at Yeshiva University Museum in New York, explores the history, challenges and impact of Jews in modern medicine.