September 2, 2010

Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks of Antipsychotic Drugs for Young

A “must read” front page article by New York Times reporter, Duff Wilson, “Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks

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Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks of Antipsychotic Drugs for Young

August 23, 2010

Making a Killing–Marketing Exercises by Dr. Carl Elliott

Kudos to Carl Elliott, MD, PhD,  whose powerful article, “Making a Killing,” published in Mother Jones, is

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Making a Killing–Marketing Exercises by Dr. Carl Elliott

July 18, 2010

Columbia Brain Imaging Violations Condemned by Peers

The fallout from FDA’s findings of continued "significant deficiencies" that led to the suspension of brain-imaging studies

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Columbia Brain Imaging Violations Condemned by Peers

July 17, 2010

Columbia Brain Imaging Research Suspended

The New York Times reports (below) that FDA ” investigators found that Columbia had routinely injected mental

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Columbia Brain Imaging Research Suspended

June 8, 2010

“Unhinged: the Trouble with Psychiatry”

"Unhinged: The Trouble with Psychiatry–A Doctor’s Revelations about a Profession in Crisis," is an important book, although

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“Unhinged: the Trouble with Psychiatry”

May 20, 2010

Pharma Targets Children– Fastest Growing Market for Rx Drugs

MEDCO Drug Trend report (2010): children who are covered by health insurance are the drug industry’s fastest

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Pharma Targets Children– Fastest Growing Market for Rx Drugs

May 5, 2010

Another Florida Child a Casualty of Lethal Psych Drug Cocktail

“Your failure to conduct the requisite safety measures contributed to the unnecessary exposure of pediatric subjects to

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Another Florida Child a Casualty of Lethal Psych Drug Cocktail

April 28, 2010

How to Stop Epidemic Antipsychotic Drug Prescribing

AstraZeneca is the fourth giant prescription drug manufacturer to be busted by the U.S. Department of Justice

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How to Stop Epidemic Antipsychotic Drug Prescribing

April 22, 2010

Indian Tribe Wins Limit onIts DNA Research

An important DNA research case highlights the distrust sown by biomedical researchers who violate ethical and legal

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Indian Tribe Wins Limit onIts DNA Research

April 8, 2010

In Medicine, the Power of No vs. Psychiatry’s Mass Overtreatment

New York Times columnist, David Leonhardt, applauds the new Medicare policy inaugurating comparative risk/ benefit analyses of

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In Medicine, the Power of No vs. Psychiatry’s Mass Overtreatment

April 3, 2010

An Educator Asks: Is Psychiatry a Disorder in Need of Treatment?

Dr. Stephen Murgatroyd notes that psychiatry’s diagnostic bible, the DSM, is "By no stretch of the imagination

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An Educator Asks: Is Psychiatry a Disorder in Need of Treatment?

April 1, 2010

Fig Leaf Reviews and Closed APA Sessions_ScoopNews

"The Peer-Review ‘Fig Leaf ‘" is an interview that has just been posted on SccopNews (New Zealand) 

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Fig Leaf Reviews and Closed APA Sessions_ScoopNews

March 30, 2010

Parity Likely to Increase Wholesale Sedation of Children

Over the years, as he witnessed the wholesale practice of sedating young children with powerful toxic, psychotropic

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Parity Likely to Increase Wholesale Sedation of Children

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