Former Drug Reviewer Speaks Out About FDA Failures
TruthOut interviews a former drug reviewer for the Center For Drug Evaluation and Research at the FDA, who says the center "placed the nation...
“Unfortunate experiments” in New Zealand and Minnesota
Carl Elliott writes on the discrepancy between New Zealand's response to a research scandal - which lead to a national debate and dramatic reforms - and the silence following clinical trial scandals in the U.S.
ADHD in DSM-5: Lower Specificity, Increased Rates
Research from Iran points out that "there is no empirical literature about the American Psychiatry Association proposed new diagnostic criteria for attention deficit disorder."...
Nurses Confront the Myths of Psychiatric Drugs
The July issue of Nursing Ethics takes on the myths of psychiatric drugs, saying that "psychiatric drugs are used only to control ‘patient’ behaviour...
Department of Defense Reveals Forced Drugging of Detainees
A report from the Deputy Inspector General of the Department of Defense, obtained by Truthout under a Freedom of Information Act request, confirms that...
Mad in America Blogger Elected President of NAMI
Keris Jan Myrick, a Mad in America blogger, as well as president and CEO of Pasadena-based Project Return Peer Support Network, has been elected president of...
The Coming Tsunami of Mental Health Care for ‘Boomers
A report released yesterday by the Institute of Medicine, at the request of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, says "at least...
Integrating Mental Health and Development in Nepal
PLoS Medicine's series on Global Mental Health Practice looks at the BasicNeeds model of Mental Health and Development. BasicNeeds is comprised of five key...
New Zealand Asks: “How is Your Antidepressant Working For You?”
Researchers at Auckland University have launched a study that "positions the people who are prescribed antidepressants as the experts" and which aims at asking...
Antidepressants, Not Alcohol, Implicated in Mary Kennedy Suicide
When Mary R. Kennedy, the estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr., committed suicide last May, initial speculation centered around the possible contribution of...
Relabeling “Antidepressants”
Do "the medications we call antidepressants justify the label of antidepressant?" So ask Davids Antonuccio and Healy in Scientifica. "On all of the identified...
The “BioPsychoSocialSpiritual” Model of Mental Health
Andrew Weil writes about the history of the biomedical model, the rise of neurotransmitter-based theories of psychology, the proliferation of both mental health professionals...
Tom Cruise-Katie Holmes Divorce: Psychiatry & Scientology Face Off?
The competing rubrics of Scientology and Psychiatry, as seen in the context of Tom Cruise and Katie Holmes' divorce, gets a hearing on Fox...
Robert Reich Blogs on the Glaxo Penalty
Robert Reich, professor of public policy at Berkeley and former secretary of labor in the Clinton administration, analyzes the impact of the $3 billion...
Glaxo Paid Dr. Drew $275k to Promote Wellbutrin
Part of the case against GlaxoSmithKline settled yesterday involved the company's use of paid experts to promote non-FDA approved uses of its drugs. One...
Glaxo to Pay $3 Billion for Unapproved Marketing of Paxil & Wellbutrin
In agreeing to settle the largest case of health care fraud in U.S. history, GlaxoSmithKline pled guilty today to marketing Paxil for teens and...
Have Antidepressants Made Kids Emotionally Illiterate?
An article in the Wall Street Journal today explores the phenomenon of children growing up on antidepressants.
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Baseball’s ADHD “Epidemic”
8% of major league baseball players have been diagnosed with ADHD (double the rate in the general population) and prescribed stimulants; medications which are...
Adderall Use in Women Up 750%
Citing reasons from weight loss to housecleaning, there has been a 750% increase in the use of Adderall among women in the U.S. aged...
“Brain-Plasticity Based” Computer Program Starts Trials
A computerized "brain-plasticity based" computer program designed to improve cognitive issues associated with schizophrenia is undergoing trials at eleven research centers in the U.S....
Jury Rejects Zoloft Defense
Former CA policeman Anthony Orban now faces a possible life sentence following the jury's rejection of his argument that a Zoloft-driven psychotic episode had...
Dutch College of GPs Recommends Against Antidepressants
The Dutch College of General Practitioners has issued guidelines recommending non-pharmacological treatment of depressive symptoms as a "first step." The chairman of the Dutch...
Anatomy of a Coverup
The New York Times analyzes the process whereby Celebrex, an arthritis drug, was promoted by Prizer despite knowing that it was no more effective...
Members of Parliament Disclose Struggles w/ Depression & Anxiety
"Like a hundred little blackmails a day" is how British Member of Parliament Charles Walker described his struggle with obsessive compulsive disorder. He, along...
Global Mental Health Research Needs Cultural Perspective
This paper in Transcultural Psychiatry states that global mental health (GMH) research "appears to be using a monocultural model that is individualistic, illness-oriented, and...
