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Our Medical System Protects Wrongdoers and Punishes Whistleblowers: An Interview with Carl Elliott

Mad in America

An influential voice in bioethics, Elliott is known for his critical examination of the medical and pharmaceutical industries. Despite this, in 2003, he received the American Psychiatric Association’s Distinguished Life Fellowship Award. However, when individuals are caught abusing their power, the institution supports them.

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Critical Psychiatry Textbook, Chapter 16: Is There Any Future for Psychiatry? (Part Six)

Mad in America

Schatzberg has served as a consultant to or received honoraria from Abbott, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Corcept Therapeutics, Forest Laboratories, Janssen, Eli Lilly, Merck, Mitsubishi Pharmaceuticals, Organon, ParkeDavis, Pfizer, Pharmacia–Upjohn, Sanofi, Scirex, SmithKline Beecham, Solvay, and Wyeth–Ayerst.

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Schizophrenia and Homosexuality: My Experience and Case Studies

Mad in America

In the year 2003 appeared a most fascinating book entitled Schizophrenia: The Bearded Lady Disease by J. The psychiatrists in question want to uphold the pharmaceutical hoax based on the idea that mental illness results from a chemical imbalance in the brain. The film was made for a nave American audience. Michael Mahoney.