October 26, 2006

Drugs, Devices & Doctors – NYT Paul Krugman

Drugs, Devices & Doctors – NYT Paul Krugman Fri, 16 Dec 2005 New York Times columnist, Paul

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Drugs, Devices & Doctors – NYT Paul Krugman

October 26, 2006

AHRP Position Statement on Mental Health Screening – FDA Hearing Re: Drug Advertising

AHRP Position Statement on Mental Health Screening – FDA Hearing Re: Drug Advertising Wed, 02 Nov 2005

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AHRP Position Statement on Mental Health Screening – FDA Hearing Re: Drug Advertising

October 26, 2006

212% Increase in Prescription Drug Abuse by US Teens – Australian critics challenge loose prescribers

212% Increase in Prescription Drug Abuse by US Teens – Australian critics challenge loose prescribers Tue, 27

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212% Increase in Prescription Drug Abuse by US Teens – Australian critics challenge loose prescribers

October 26, 2006

Suicide Rate Unchanged in 10 Years–JAMA / AMA Considers Stand Against Warning Labels on Antidepressants

Suicide Rate Unchanged in 10 Years–JAMA / AMA Considers Stand Against Warning Labels on Antidepressants Thu, 9

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Suicide Rate Unchanged in 10 Years–JAMA / AMA Considers Stand Against Warning Labels on Antidepressants

October 26, 2006

40 Psychiatrists Lobby FDA to Legitimize Drug Restraints for Aggression

40 Psychiatrists Lobby FDA to Legitimize Drug Restraints for Aggression Mon, 21 Mar 2005 At first glance,

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40 Psychiatrists Lobby FDA to Legitimize Drug Restraints for Aggression

October 1, 2006

Alternative Medicine Cover story: Kids & Psychiatric Drugs: Big Pharma Comes to the Classroom

The featured story, The Other Youth Drug Problem, takes aim at a prescription drug menace threatening the

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Alternative Medicine Cover story: Kids & Psychiatric Drugs: Big Pharma Comes to the Classroom

August 25, 2006

Marketing Suicide by Misapplying Population Trends_No Competing Interests?

Neither aggregate suicide rates nor the individuals who commit suicide, are predictable, and no intervention has ever

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Marketing Suicide by Misapplying Population Trends_No Competing Interests?

July 6, 2006

Russian Suicide Rate Falling__PetionOnline Stop TeenScreen

The article quotes a researcher from the (once dreaded) Serbsky Psychiatric Institute who, freed from the yoke

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Russian Suicide Rate Falling__PetionOnline Stop TeenScreen

June 29, 2006

Journalism vs. Promotion: TeenScreen–A Study in Contrasts UPI report compared to Washington Post

Though proponents claim that screening prevents suicide, no evidence supports such claims: “No major studies conclusively show

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Journalism vs. Promotion: TeenScreen–A Study in Contrasts UPI report compared to Washington Post

May 3, 2006

SAMHSA Promotes Infant and Child Screening & Drugging

On October 17, 2005, Charles Curie, administrator of Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administrator (SAMHSA), made

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SAMHSA Promotes Infant and Child Screening & Drugging

April 26, 2006

What’s wrong with American medicine?

A provocative article in The New York Times (below) refers to a report in the Journal of

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What’s wrong with American medicine?

March 27, 2006

“Some of the children were prescribed anti-psychotics, rather than discontinued from ADHD therapy.”

One of the positive after effects of FDA advisory hearings is the rippling waves elsewhere on the

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“Some of the children were prescribed anti-psychotics, rather than discontinued from ADHD therapy.”

March 14, 2006

TeenScreen – “Under Intense Criticism Nationally”

“Opponents say the program, which supports efforts in 460 communities in 42 states, has a record of

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TeenScreen – “Under Intense Criticism Nationally”

March 5, 2006

Marriage of Convenience: Mental Screening–Eli Lilly check $500k

Screening for Mental Health, Inc, a "non-profit" corporation affiliated with Harvard University–McLean Hospital claims to screen for

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Marriage of Convenience: Mental Screening–Eli Lilly check $500k