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The New York Times Is Now Engulfed in the STAR*D Scandal

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That is the bottom-line outcome that the STAR*D investigators promoted to the public in November 2006, when it published a summary of the study outcomes in the American Journal of Psychiatry. Then, in November 2006, they published a summary report of outcomes. the STAR*D investigators wrote.

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Depression: Psychiatry’s Discredited Theories and Drugs Versus a Sane Model and Approach

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Published in 2006 was the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) study, “ The Naturalistic Course of Major Depression in the Absence of Somatic Therapy ,” which examined depressed patients who had recovered from an initial episode of depression, then relapsed but did not take any medication following their relapse.

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Undisclosed Financial Conflicts of Interest in the DSM-5: An Interview with Lisa Cosgrove and Brian Piper

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Moore: If these people are aware that anyone can go and find that information, and they’re obviously happy to accept industry money, and for it to be presented as public information, do they not think it’s an issue? I’d like to think that maybe our 2006 study had a small role to play in that.

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Winding Back the Clock: What If the STAR*D Investigators Had Told the Truth?

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Here is the cover from that issue: In his essay, Miller repeatedly stressed that ever since 2006, the STAR*D study had stood “out as a beacon guiding treatment decisions.” Five months after Prozac came to market, the NIMH launched a “Depression Awareness, Recognition and Treatment” campaign. By 2006, this figure had climbed to 40%.

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Medical Journals Refuse to Retract Fraudulent Trial Reports That Omitted Suicidal Events in Children

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Taking the two studies together, adverse events definitely predisposing to violence against self or others leading to discontinuation occurred in 11 versus 3 children. One of the strongest precursors for violence against self or others is akathisia. Forest’s internal documents showed that company staff were aware of the problems.

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The Iatrogenic Gaze: How We Forgot That Psychiatry Could Be Harmful

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That rate has been increasing rapidly: “From 2006 to 2014, the number of serious ADEs reported to the FDA increased 2-fold… A previously published study… found that from 1998 to 2005, there was a 2.6-fold As far I am aware, there is zero mention of iatrogenesis in the OCD literature. fold increase in the reports of fatal ADEs”.

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For-Profit Healthcare Is a Predator; Its Main Prey Is Our Young

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And thanks to education and awareness-raising efforts, more people are getting help with their suffering. Raising awareness about depression, screening for it, and teaching that its common but underdiagnosed, at first glance seem like good things. So its particularly easy to get them to adopt an inferior self-image.