References for THE IMPACT OF THE FDA MODERNIZATION ACT ON THE RECRUITMENT OF CHILDREN FOR RESEARCH Vera Hassner Sharav Published in ETHICAL HUMAN SCIENCES & SERVICES Summer 2003, vol. 5 pp. 83-108 Agency for Health Care Research & Quality. (1999). Treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder: Summary, evidence Report / Technology assessment…
MassHealth: Children overwhelmed with Psychiatric Drugs_Globe Sun, 9 Mar 2003 The Boston Globe reports that the top official for health and human services in Massachusetts plans to take action to stem the abusive “haphazard” prescribing of psychiatric drugs for children: “The use of stimulants, antidepressants, and antipsychotics among children has…
Infomail Archive – Pre 2003 News Stories on Human Research Protection and Commentary by Vera Hassner Sharav December 28, 2002: Will 2 to 5 year old Amer. kids be exposed to Smallpox Vaccine? Israeli Intelligence says “No immediate threat” December 24, 2002: Moral turpitude: Herpes experiment surpasses Tuskegee December 20,…
FDA approves anti-psychotic, clozapine, to treat suicide December 20, 2002 The first of the so-called atypical antipsychotic drugs, clozapine (Clozaril), has been approved by the FDA as a treatment against suicide in patients with schizophrenia. The drug has been hailed as a miracle for some, but deadly for others. The…
NY Times Preschool Meds December 15, 2002 How, one wonders, do the editors of The New York Times Magazine define what’s “fit to print”? Does bias toward promoting increased drug use while avoiding disclosure of conflicts of interest enter the editors’ decision-making process? Below is a letter to the editor…
November 08, 2002 Investigative series finds kids drugged without cause – Journal News The Journal News, a regional NYS newspaper conducted a three month investigation of residential treatment centers (RTC) for troubled children in NYS. The findings reported in a 7-part investigative series show “a pattern of increasing use” of…
Ritalin Outrage: Congress_ Big Media Under the Influence of Big Drugs September 30, 2002 Two hard hitting editorials–one by Nicholas Regush of Redflagsweekly.com. the other by Tony DiGirolamo of CutureShockTV.com focus on the scorge of Ritalin and the victimization of millions of children who are pushed to becoming addicted to…
Los Angeles Times Monday July 08, 2002 Commentary Mental Health Insurance Parity Is an Empty Notion Page B-11 By DAVID COHEN and KEITH HOELLER, David Cohen is a professor of social welfare at Florida International University, Miami. Keith Hoeller is editor of the Review of Existential Psychology & Psychiatry in…
Dr. Jeffrey Levine, a psychiatrist from Albert Einstein dubbed this year's annual meeting in Philadelphia, "the American Psychiatric Association GlaxoSmithKline Convention."
Yale engages in fishing expedition in to expand neuroleptic drug market.
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 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…
