Rx for Antipsychotc Drugs for Children Begin To Decelerate_WSJ
This is a result of public awareness–thanks to information uncovered during litigation, by Sen. Charles Grassley’s investigative team, by whistleblowers, and the press!
Alaska Supreme Court Grants Mental Patients Constitutional Rights
Two news reports: Alaska Supreme Court decision and a JAMA report confirms that risk of violence among schizophrenia patients "was mostly confined to patients with substance abuse comorbidity."
Systematic Review: Faulty Clinical Trial Analyses Favor new toxic drugs
Two important analyses in Open Medicine , a peer-reviewed, independent, open-access journal, focus on methodological flaws in data analysis of randomized drug trials.
Texas Psychiatrist Karen Wagner Under Scrutiny
Sen. Charles Grassley’s focused investigation is clearly aimed at cleansing fraudulent, industry-crafted promotional pieces that have made a mockery of evidence-based clinical practice in psychiatry.
NAMI Acknowledges: 56% of Budget Comes from Drug Companies
In its response to Sen. Grassley’s probe, The National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) acknowledges that a majority of its funds over the last five years, 56% on average, have come from drug corporations.
Institute of Medicine Calls for Doctors to Stop Taking Gifts From Drug Makers
The Institute of Medicine has issued a “scolding,” “stinging,” and “damning” report about financial conflicts of interest in American medicine involving pharmaceutical, medical device, and biotechnology companies.
AHRP Letter to Harvard Re: Dr. Biederman’s Research
AHRP proposes a multi-disciplinary team of independent scientists to review ALL of Dr. Joseph Biederman’s publications and supporting documents, including: research protocols, consent forms, and the original (of course, anonymized) data sets with associated code books for all pediatric studies.
Harvard-Partners Hospitals Curtail Industry-Doctor $$ Perks
Dr. Peter Slavin, president of Mass. General Hospital: "We don’t want our faculty being on the road as hired guns."
All Bias, All BULL–Psychiatry Deception Re: ADHD Drugs Benefits_WashPost
ADHD published reports have been carefully crafted to declare pro-drug "conclusions"–but those conclusions are belied by the actual evidence about the long-term effects of ADHD drugs on children’s health.
Biederman: After Me, There is Only God
A series of slides, all prepared by Dr. Biederman–according to his sworn testimony–are revealing as they raise serious doubts about the scientific and ethical integrity of his oeuvre.
Deaths, A Consequence of Forced Psychotropic Drugs
"Whatever powers the Constitution has granted our government, involuntary mind control is not one of them, absent extraordinary circumstances." 1979, Judge Joseph L. Tauro
America’s Medicated Army + New Studies Linking SSRI to Suicide
Using drugs to cope with battlefield traumas is not discussed much outside the Army, but inside the service it has been the subject of debate for years.