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

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 31, 2009

Follow-up: Antipsychotics–Psychiatry’s Disregard for the life-threatening hazards

One of our very insightful professional Infomail readers suggested that our comments about who the antipsychotic drug

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Follow-up: Antipsychotics–Psychiatry’s Disregard for the life-threatening hazards

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

October 27, 2009

NAMI Constituency Betrayed

Senator Charles Grassley has hit the bull’s eye when he asked the NAMI (National Alliance on Mental

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NAMI Constituency Betrayed

August 18, 2009

Top FDA Officials, Compromised by Conflicts of Interest

Dr. Daniel Schultz, who has been FDA’s chief medical device official, is the first high ranking FDA

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Top FDA Officials, Compromised by Conflicts of Interest

July 15, 2009

Psychiatrist Steps to the Plate

An article in TIME Magazine about the "Mother’s Act"– Federal legislation that would require screening all women

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Psychiatrist Steps to the Plate

May 29, 2009

Rx for Antipsychotc Drugs for Children Begin To Decelerate_WSJ

Sunshine is the great disinfectant! The Wall Street Journal reports that antipsychotic drug prescriptions for children–which the

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Rx for Antipsychotc Drugs for Children Begin To Decelerate_WSJ

May 23, 2009

Alaska Supreme Court Grants Mental Patients Constitutional Rights

State laws in the US sanctioning involuntary commitment of mental patients were passed under the influence of

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Alaska Supreme Court Grants Mental Patients Constitutional Rights

May 12, 2009

Systematic Review: Faulty Clinical Trial Analyses Favor new toxic drugs

"Have last-observation-carried-forward analyses caused us to favour more toxic dementia therapies over less toxic alternatives? " is

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Systematic Review: Faulty Clinical Trial Analyses Favor new toxic drugs

May 9, 2009

Texas Psychiatrist Karen Wagner Under Scrutiny

Citing Dr. Wagner’s failure to disclose $160,000 she received from GlaxoSmithKline, Sen. Charles Grassley has requested the

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Texas Psychiatrist Karen Wagner Under Scrutiny

May 6, 2009

NAMI Acknowledges: 56% of Budget Comes from Drug Companies

It’s time to set the record straight about NAMI: NAMI was founded about 25 years ago. It

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NAMI Acknowledges: 56% of Budget Comes from Drug Companies

April 29, 2009

Institute of Medicine Calls for Doctors to Stop Taking Gifts From Drug Makers

If enacted, the IOM recommendations will essentially sever the financial ties that bind American medicine–its practitioners, researchers,

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Institute of Medicine Calls for Doctors to Stop Taking Gifts From Drug Makers