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Suicide and Antidepressants: Psychiatry’s Watergate

May 21, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

Carl Elliot has an interesting post up about the possible link between the military’s increased use of psychotropic drugs and the concomitant increase in soldiers’ suicide rates.   It’s titled Note to New York Times reporters: Read the New York Times. Here’s a quote: “Like many reporters before them, James Dao and Andrew Lehren, [NY… Continue Reading

Live Video Chat: DSM-5

May 21, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

Today I received the following email from Emily Underwood, a reporter with Science Magazine. I am a reporter with Science magazine — after reading your Twitter feed and blog I thought you might be interested in a live video chat I’m hosting this week on the controversy surrounding the DSM V. My guests are Allen Frances of Duke… Continue Reading

Psychiatric-Pharma Business

May 20, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

GBI Research provides business intelligence reports based on “… the insights of key industry leaders to ensure you stay up-to-date with the latest emerging trends in your markets.” GBI stands for Global Business Intelligence. I’ve recently come across one of their releases titled Europe Adopting US Strategies to Diagnose and Treat ADHD. This is essentially a… Continue Reading

Where Do We Go From Here?

May 20, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

Peter Kinderman, PhD, published a very interesting post on May 15.  It’s called So…What Happens Next?  You can see it here.  Dr. Kinderman is a former chairperson of the BPS’s Division of Clinical Psychology.  That’s the same DCP that recently criticized psychiatric diagnoses and called for a paradigm shift.  Here are some quotes from the… Continue Reading

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