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

Mad in America

As such, the scandal now serves as a historical verdict on the ethics of American psychiatry, and by extension, the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH). This would seem to meet the legal criteria for libel, given that both the STAR*D authors and the AJP knew that Pigott and colleagues had done no such thing.