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Summing up the STAR*D Scandal: The Public was Betrayed, Millions were Harmed, and the Mainstream Media Failed Us All

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” Psychiatric Services 60 (2009):1439-1445. In our 2015 book Psychiatry Under the Influence , Lisa Cosgrove and I wrote about the STAR*D scandal in depth, as it served as an example of the institutional corruption in psychiatry due to pharmaceutical interests and psychiatrys own guild interests. Source: Gaynes, et al.

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It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall, I Really Don’t Know Health at All

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Academics even boast that EBM shackles the pharmaceutical industry. In 2009, the New England Journal of Misinformation made clear that ensuring the integrity of published data is not their brief. Doctors adamantly insist they are not influenced by adverts. They go by the evidence. Industry take them at their word.

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Medication Overload, Part II: The Explosion of Drugs for Kids

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With the explosion of more and more drugs in cabinets across the country, more and more children are dying—but still, pharmaceutical companies push their products, leading to yet more drugs and yet more deaths. Unlike the pharmaceutical industry, in our village community the pain of losing a single child was felt by all.

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

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But now they often say Since they have bipolar disorder, theyll never be able to manage their emotions or achieve any stability. Preventive Services Taskforce also helped Big Pharma, by telling doctors to screen for depression in 2009 10. Harris, G Drug Makers Are Advocacy Groups Biggest Donors, The New York Times, Oct 21, 2009.

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

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As Whitaker noted, the research literature shows that psychosis pills and depression pills increase the chronicity of the disorders, and the same is true for stimulants, benzodiazepines, and drugs used for bipolar disorder. 650 None of this history is found in Insel’s book or on NIMH’s website.