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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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American psychiatry has weathered the crisis; it will not have to confront a public stunned by news of how the oft-cited 67% cumulative remission rate, in the largest and longest study ever done to evaluate depression treatment,” was born of scientific misconduct.

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Do Critics of Biological Psychiatry Have an Alternative to a Life of “Whack-A-Mole”?

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Psychiatric News reported in 2024 that PubMed shows more than 400 trials of ketamine as a depression treatment in the past decade; however, it also reports that G. The APA publishes the DSM diagnostic manual, and PLOS Medicine reported in 2012, 69% of the DSM- 5 task force members report having ties to the pharmaceutical industry.

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It’s You, It’s Not Me: Treatment Resistant Depression and the Psychiatric Breakup

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They have a number of treatments in their medical bag, but this is the state of the mental health care system in Vancouver, which started buckling four years ago under the pressure of the pandemic. My clients referring to a psychiatrist in 2019 were typically told it would be a six month wait. The demand is just too high.