Mad in America

JULY 13, 2024

But Ghaemi wants to claim that lithium is special—that it does more than target symptom mechanisms, it modifies the disease process that underpins bipolar disorder. 2007 ) to justify his criticism of our inclusion of zero event trials, references which are now up to 20 years old. Ghaemi cites Sweeting et al.

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Mad in America

JANUARY 9, 2025

But now they often say Since they have bipolar disorder, theyll never be able to manage their emotions or achieve any stability. Tanne, J Financial ties common between US medical schools and drug companies BMJ 2007, Oct 20;335(7624):793. Its debilitating symptoms will make their lives a constant battle. Silverman, E What money?

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Mad in America

OCTOBER 21, 2023

One of many psychiatrists exposed by 2008 Congressional hearings on psychiatry’s financial relationship with drug companies was Harvard psychiatrist Joseph Biederman—credited with creating pediatric bipolar disorder—who received $1.6 million in consulting fees from drug makers from 2000 to 2007.

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