“Evidence-Based Medicine”: Corporate Medicine’s Instrument
FromĀ Medium: The notion of "evidence-based medicine" is that a particular treatment is considered effective if research finds it safe and efficacious in the majority...
Dateline NBC to Cover Child Psychiatric Overmedication Epidemic This Sunday
This Sunday, June 12 at 7pm (EDT) on NBCs Dateline will cover MIA author Steve Francesco's book, Overmedicated and Undertreated: How I Lost My...
Antipsychotics, Restraints, and Seclusion Raising Concerns
FromĀ ABC Australia:Ā Australia's high rate of antipsychotic prescriptions, as well as theĀ frequent usage of restraints and seclusion,Ā has raised concerns among Australian mental health advocates, researchers,...
First Federal Zoloft Birth Defect Trial Scheduled
In a bellwether case, plaintiffs allege that Pfizer did not adequately warn patients that Zoloft (sertraline) would cause birth defects. The case is scheduled in Federal Court in March, and the verdict will have significant implications for future suits.
āUnited States of Adderall (Part II)ā
Writing for Huffpost, medical doctor Lawrence Diller looks at the effects of the ever increasing diagnoses for ADHD and the addiction and abuse issues...
Cancer Drug Offers a Cautionary Tale of Deregulating the FDA
To illustrate the dangers of Trump's plans to deregulate the FDA, Susan Perry from MinnPostĀ providesĀ a cautionary tale about Tarceva, a drug approved by the...
āThe Drugs That Built a Super Soldierā
"During the Vietnam War, the U.S. military plied its servicemen with speed, steroids, and painkillers to help them handle extended combat,ā Lukasz Kamienski writes...
Lawsuit Over a Suicide Points to a Risk of Antidepressants
FromĀ The New York Times: The recent trial of Wendy Dolin, whose husband died of suicideĀ after starting the antidepressant paroxetine, demonstrates our need for more...
Jury Awards $4M for Topamax Birth Defect
After an hour of deliberation, jurors decided that the anticonvulsant Topamax (topiramate) had, in fact, caused April Czimmer's son to be born with a...
āPsychiatric Drugs a Proven Menaceā
Brian Daniels writes in the Belfast Telegraph that the role of antidepressants in the Germanwings Flight 9525 crash needs to be investigated. āThe safety...
A University Ethics Scandal Turns Into a Business Opportunity
FromĀ City Pages: In a 2014Ā University of Minnesota research scandal, a young man was coerced into an experimental drug study conducted by his psychiatrist that...
āThe Hidden Harms of Antidepressantsā
In a new article for Scientific American, Diana Kwon reports on how the true risks for suicide and aggression in children and teens taking...
Trial Over Suicide and Texting Lays Bare Pain of 2 Teenagers
FromĀ The New York Times: Michelle Carter, a 20-year-old woman, is currently being triedĀ for urging her boyfriend to kill himself via text message. According to...
“Largely Ineffective and Potentially Harmful”
In this interview forĀ SciLogs, Dr. Michael P. Hengartner critiques the current research on antidepressant drugs and the state of biological psychiatry.
"One has to realize...
