Is Curing Patients a Sustainable Business Model?
FromĀ CNBC: A recent report by Goldman Sachs analysts questions whether curing patients, as opposed to providing them with chronic therapies, could pose a financial...
Patient Advocacy Groups Take In Millions From Drugmakers
Kaiser Health News has launched a new database called Pre$scription for Power, which exposes donations pharmaceutical companies have made to patient advocacy groups. The...
The Corruption of Evidence Based MedicineāāāKilling for Profit
FromĀ Medium: According to many prominent physicians, so-called "evidence based medicine" is no longer useful. Much of the evidence base has been corrupted by the...
Direct-to-Consumer Genetic Testing is Often Wrong
Direct-to-consumer (DTC) genetic testing has an āalarmingly highā 40% false-positive rate.
Hundreds of Researchers to Replicate Psychology Studies
FromĀ BuzzFeed: As part of a new network called the Psychological Science Accelerator, more than 400Ā psychologists worldwide are teaming up to fix the so-called replication...
The Pharmaceutical Industry in Contemporary Capitalism
In this piece for theĀ Monthly Review, Joel Lexchin details four strategies that the pharmaceutical industry is utilizing in order to maintain its high level...
Existential Therapy Assists Patients Withdrawing From Psychiatric Drugs
Confronting existential anxiety through āBasal Exposure Therapyā shows promising results in people withdrawing from psychotropic drugs.
The More Opioids Doctors Prescribe, the More Money They Make
An exclusive analysis byĀ CNNĀ and researchers at Harvard University found that opioid manufacturers are paying physicians huge sums of moneyĀ ā and that doctors with higher...
Bill to Force Pharma to Disclose Payments to Advocacy Groups
FromĀ STAT: Last month, Senator Claire McCaskill released a report showing that opioid manufacturers had funneled nearly $9 million to patient advocacy groups between 2012...
Disclosing Corporate Funding is Not Nearly Enough
FromĀ The Chronicle of Higher Education: A number of studies have shown the significant problems that arise from financial conflicts in research. Disclosure of researchers'...
Female Researchers Still Less Likely to be Published in High-Impact Psychiatry and Psychology Journals
Even as overall female authorship increases, imbalances remain in high-impact psychiatry and clinical psychology journals.
Pharma Backing of Advocacy Groups: A Call for Transparency
FromĀ HealthNewsReview.org: In light of the opioid crisis, lawmakers are growing increasingly concerned about financial conflicts of interest in patient advocacy groups. Ontario has enacted...
Psychosocial Explanations of Psychosis Reduce Stigma, Study Finds
A review of mental health anti-stigma campaigns finds psychosocial models are effective in reducing stigma, while biogenetic models often worsen attitudes.
New Study Concludes that Antidepressants are “Largely Ineffective and Potentially Harmfulā
A new study published in Frontiers in Psychiatry concludes that āantidepressants are largely ineffective and potentially harmful.ā
Psychiatrists Warn Policymakers Benzodiazepine Overuse Could Lead to Next Epidemic
Although opioid addiction and overuse have garnered significant national attention, similar trends in benzodiazepine overprescription and overuse continue to go unnoticed.
Royal College of Psychiatrists Accused of Misleading Claims
FromĀ The Herald: A group of mental health experts and patients have submitted a formal letter of complaint accusing the Royal College of Psychiatrists of...
“Largely Ineffective and Potentially Harmful”
In this interview forĀ SciLogs, Dr. Michael P. Hengartner critiques the current research on antidepressant drugs and the state of biological psychiatry.
"One has to realize...
New Site Names Companies Who Fail to Report on Clinical Trials
FromĀ Pacific Standard: The U.S. government has never penalized anyone for breaking a law that requires institutions to report the results of clinical trials. A...
Transcranial Electrical Stimulation Canāt Directly Alter Brain Patterns, Researchers Find
Due to the thickness of the scalp and skull, transcranial electrical stimulation (TES) is incapable of targeting networks of neurons in the brain.
More Critiques of the Lancet Antidepressant Study
Researchers and advocates have continued to critique The Lancet'sĀ recent study claiming to prove definitively that antidepressants are more effective than placebo. Below are a...
ADHD More Severe in Children Exposed to Pollution and Economic Deprivation
ADHD behaviors were linked to the presence of both high levels of pollutants and persistent economic deprivation at birth and through childhood.
When Data Doesn’t Mean What We Think It Does
FromĀ The New York Times: In recent years, social scientists have become increasingly concerned about the "replication crisis," i.e. the dearth of reproducible research results....
Critiques of a New Research Study on Antidepressants
A new meta-analysisĀ claimingĀ to prove once and for all that antidepressants areĀ an effective treatment for moderate to severe depression was published just a few days...
Researchers Question Findings of Some Correlational Studies
In a new study, researchers argue that correlational studies may not sufficiently account for alternative explanations, and offer suggestions for mitigating this danger.
If a Drug Company Publishes a Magazine, is it Journalism?
FromĀ Undark Magazine: Bayer, the German pharmaceutical and agricultural science conglomerate, has launched a digital magazine covering the ethical and social implications of new biotechnologies....
