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Fall 2015 Issue of Outlook Newsletter Published

Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)

The fall 2015 issue of SBM's Outlook newsletter has been published. Outlook is the official newsletter of SBM, published three times a year. Each issue of Outlook provides updates about SBM activities and other issues affecting the behavioral medicine community.

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Christy Huff, Medical Director of Benzodiazepine Information Coalition, Dies

Mad in America

Christy Huff was a cardiologist who experienced a benzodiazepine injury first-hand after taking prescribed Xanax for just three weeks in 2015.

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So-Called Suicide Experts Recommend Antidepressants, Which Increase Suicides

Mad in America

2] A 2015 “State of the Art review” in the BMJ claimed that “Evidence supports specific psychotropic drugs to reduce the risk of suicide.” [3] The comment I made in 2015 on the Board of Health’s website. [40] BMJ 2015;Dec 10 and Gøtzsche PC. Copenhagen: People’s Press; 2015, page 97. [19] 4] There is no such drug.

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Prescription Drugs Are the Leading Cause of Death

Mad in America

In 2013, I estimated that our prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer, 1 and in 2015, that psychiatric drugs alone are also the third leading cause of death. Copenhagen: People’s Press; 2015. FDA 2015;Nov 10. Psychiatrist.com 2015;Oct 21. London: Radcliffe Publishing; 2013.

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SBM Releases 2015 Annual Report Infographic

Society of Behavioral Medicine (SBM)

SBM's year detailed in one chart!

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The Death of Joey Marino

Mad in America

In 2015 was when Joey started taking medication. Joey was on almost thirty different medications between 2015 and 2024. After ER ended, Joey continued on to Harry’s Law with Kathy Bates and was also on The Crazy Ones with Robin Williams and Sarah Michelle Gellar. Joey never felt comfortable there.

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Irish Psychiatry Says Chemical Imbalance Is a Figure of Speech—So, What Now?

Mad in America

The reason we say “gobsmacking” is because it’s not something that Irish psychiatrists have said publicly before, although a representative for the College did say in a 2015 media article that people didn’t really believe it anyway. This is simply not the case.