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.
Mass. Bans Pharma Gifts to Doctors
But, funding for research aimed at answering a scientific question will still not have to be disclosed…
Psychiatrists On the Take: the Focus of Government Investigations
Two prominent academic-psychiatrists–Jeffrey Bostic MD, director of school psychiatry, Harvard-Massachusetts General Hospital, and Charles Nemeroff MD, the former chairman of psychiatry at Emory–are featured in current government investigations.
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
Marcia Angell: Drug Co & Doctors: A Story of Corruption
"It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of The New England Journal of Medicine." Marcia Angell, MD
Letter of Complaint to FDA Commissioner, 2007
Complaint about a surge of FDA administrative approvals for expanded use of highly toxic antipsychotic drugs for children. Approvals were determined by Dr. Thomas Laughren after secret deliberations–without disclosure of scientific data, without an advisory panel or open public discussion.
Non-profit Fronts for Drug Industry_Boston Globe
These paid lobbying efforts on behalf of industry are carried out under the pretext of advocacy in the public interest.
Counter-Detailing Anti-drug Reps Coming to Educate Doctors
The question is can these visits overcome industry's propaganda delivered under the guise of continuing medical education (CME) courses which physicians must take?
4-year old Rebecca Riley,a Casualty of Psychiatric “Treatment”_BostonGlobe_NYT
“To me one of the miracle of children’s brains is that we don’t see more harm from these treatments.”
Psychiatrist Challenges Ethics of Yale Drug Experiment
The ethics of this radical drug experiment is being challenged by Dr. Jerald Block, a forthright psychiatrist and experienced system's analyst. His critical appraisal, published in the Bioethics Forum, Hastings Center Report.
NIMH Chief Child/Adoles Research Blows Wind out TeenScreen Sails_ Los Angeles Times
"Some politicians, public health officials, mental health activists and pharmaceutical companies have worked to establish mental-health screening programs in schools and the community….Researchers and clinicians, meanwhile, say they are far from having developed accurate predictors of a child developing depression. The younger the child, the murkier the crystal ball."
Protecting Human Subjects in Research: Are Current Safeguards Adequate?
Protecting Human Subjects in Research: Are Current Safeguards Adequate? AHRP Testimony submitted to Congressional Committee April 23, 2002 Vera Hassner Sharav, President, and John H. Noble, Jr., Ph.D., steering committee member, The Alliance for Human Research Protection (AHRP), before the Subcommittee on Public Health, Committee on Health, Education, Labor, &…