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Pharma Payments to Psychiatrists

May 31, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

On March 12 of this year, the Los Angeles Daily News ran an article by Susan Abram titled:  Doctors report big pharma payouts for drug endorsements.  It discusses the financial ties between physicians and drug companies in California. Here are some quotes: “In fact, hundreds of physicians, psychiatrists, and medical school faculty members across California… Continue Reading

Pharma Dollars Behind Mental Health Websites

May 25, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

There’s an interesting article on MINNPOST, Many mental-illness websites show drug-company bias, study finds, dated May 16.  The article is by Susan Perry, and presents the results of a Web survey of mental health websites conducted by John Read and A. Cain from the University of Auckland, New Zealand.  The original study was published in… Continue Reading

The Empire Still Fighting Back: Dr. Lieberman

May 22, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

Jeffrey Lieberman, MD, is president-elect of the APA, and is scheduled to take over the reins from Dr. Dilip Jeste this month.  Never in its history has the APA been subject to such scrutiny or criticism from such diverse sources, and one might reasonably have expected Dr. Lieberman to open on a conciliatory note, promising… Continue Reading

Psychiatry – Embracing a Social Paradigm?

May 8, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

There’s an interesting article in the May 2013 issue of the British Journal of Psychiatry.  It’s called “The future of academic psychiatry may be social” by Stefan Priebe, Tom Burns, and Tom K. J. Craig.  You can see it here. The abstract states: “The past 30 years have produced no discoveries leading to major changes… Continue Reading

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