September 27, 2014

Carl Elliott, MD, PhD

Carl Elliott, MD, PhD, is professor at the Center for bioethics, University of Minnesota, the author of

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Carl Elliott, MD, PhD

March 16, 2013

University of Minnesota Stonewalling Psychiatrists’ Gross Medical Misconduct

Background: In November 2003, a court ordered independent assessment confirmed that Dan was psychotic, “lacked capacity to

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University of Minnesota Stonewalling Psychiatrists’ Gross Medical Misconduct

October 10, 2012

India’s Dark Underbelly: Clinical Trial Business

  LiveMint & Wall Street Journal Clinical trials: Regulating chaos The first in a two-part series examining

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India’s Dark Underbelly: Clinical Trial Business

June 22, 2012

Unexamined Drug Epidemic–the Elephant No One Wants to See

FYI Prescription drugs are the 4th leading cause of death in the US. In any given month,

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Unexamined Drug Epidemic–the Elephant No One Wants to See

May 14, 2012

Vicissitudes of Psychiatry’s Diagnostic Manual Revisions

The proposed revisions to the Diagnostic Statistical Manual (DSM) of the American Psychiatric Association will continue the

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Vicissitudes of Psychiatry’s Diagnostic Manual Revisions

May 9, 2012

Who Is Not Fit To Practice Medicine?

A British Parliamentary Committee Report deemed Rupert Murdoch "not a fit person" to run a major news

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Who Is Not Fit To Practice Medicine?

April 28, 2012

Fraudulent Science: What’s Retracted, What’s Not

  Critics who deplore the commercialization of medical research have raised concerns about scientific fraud and misconduct

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Fraudulent Science: What’s Retracted, What’s Not

April 28, 2012

Fraudulent Science: What’s Retracted, What Is Not

 Even as the corruption of science is no longer a dirty little secret, but is in plain

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Fraudulent Science: What’s Retracted, What Is Not

August 11, 2011

The Truth About Psychiatric Drugs

For two decades, medical professionals, the public, and public health policy officials who determine the allocation of

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The Truth About Psychiatric Drugs

May 17, 2011

Academic Freedom & the Corporate University

      THE CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION Academic Freedom and the Corporate University March 3, 2011

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Academic Freedom & the Corporate University

May 11, 2011

US Inspector General Report: Antipsychotic Drug Hazards

Antipsychotics are used primarily as chemical restraints to control behavior– not for any therapeutic, medically justifiable reason..

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US Inspector General Report: Antipsychotic Drug Hazards

March 11, 2011

Military Deaths Linked to Prescribed Psych Drugs

The increasingly high number of DEATHS in the US military–from suicides, accidental overdose, and, increasingly, lethal drug

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Military Deaths Linked to Prescribed Psych Drugs

February 27, 2011

Horrific US Medical Experiments Come to Light

In 2011, the Associated Press reported, “Shocking as it may seem, U>S. government doctors once thought it

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Horrific US Medical Experiments Come to Light

February 22, 2011

FDA MedWatch- Antipsychotics Class Label Change

The FDA has just issued an alert to healthcare professionals–in particular, psychiatrists and obstetricians about the serious

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FDA MedWatch- Antipsychotics Class Label Change