On June 23, the New York Review of Books, one of the most prestigious literary magazines in the country, published a piece by Marcia Angell. I’ve mentioned Dr. Angell before. She had been editor-in-chief of the New England Journal of Medicine and had come out strongly against the extent to which drug companies are controlling and… Continue Reading
Archives for 2011
More Questionable Research
The National Institute of Health (NIH) is an agency of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It is the primary U.S. Government agency responsible for medical research. The NIH has 27 sub-departments, one of which is the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). The NIMH has an annual budget of $1.5 billion, which… Continue Reading
An Interesting Post On Depression
There’s some interesting reading at Mercola.com posted April 6, 2011. Dr. Mercola states that depression is not an illness! – and that this bogus illness was created by psychiatrists and drug companies in order to sell drugs! No surprises there for regular readers of this site. Unfortunately Dr. Mercola doesn’t take the logic far enough. … Continue Reading
Psychiatrists Are Drug-pushers
There’s an interesting article on the New York Times website: Talk Doesn’t Pay, So Psychiatry Turns Instead to Drug Therapy (March 5, 2011). The essence of the article is that psychiatrists no longer engage in talk therapy to any great extent, but instead prescribe behavior-altering drugs. What’s interesting about this is that the author, Gardiner… Continue Reading