Mad in America
APRIL 8, 2024
They looked at the largest, most influential clinical trials of antidepressants and found that almost half were so biased that they could be considered “seeding trials”—or studies that provide marketing materials for the pharmaceutical industry, not valid scientific data. Large trials are rare in the field of antidepressant research.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 24, 2024
18] Goldney had received “gold” “from a number of pharmaceutical companies.” The Lancet is the extended marketing arm of the pharmaceutical industry, [21] just like the New England Journal of Medicine , which has also published articles denying that depression pills cause suicide. [22] 22] In 2023, the “experts” failed us badly again.
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Mad in America
JUNE 15, 2024
His independent research into psychiatric drug harm and pharmaceutical industry corruption would eventually lead him to Mad in America, where he launched the Veterans’ & Military Families Initiative in 2019. Pharmaceutical influence over government has allowed this to go on as long as it has.
Mad in America
MARCH 27, 2024
The RCTs were mostly funded by the pharmaceutical industry, and they included abrupt discontinuation of the antipsychotic drug—which causes withdrawal effects that could be mistaken for poor outcomes after discontinuation. The included RCTs have their own biases, which may account for this finding, according to the researchers. Schlier, B.,
Mad in America
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
Because the FDA requires that pharmaceutical companies submit data on all trials that will be used for regulatory approval, it is possible to examine the data from all the pivotal studies conducted rather than just the ones that end up published. Y., & Turner, E. Psychological Medicine , 1-8. appeared first on Mad In America.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 12, 2024
I n 2023, the BBC released “ The Antidepressant Story ,” a film that details known, dangerous and sometimes permanent side effects associated with commonly prescribed antidepressants. It seemed then that pharmaceutical companies had discovered scientific, targeted treatments for depression, free of side effects.
Mad in America
JANUARY 4, 2025
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. The 12 STAR*D authors listed a collective total of 151 ties to pharmaceutical companies.
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