“America is Obsessed with Happiness — and it’s Making Us Miserable”
“But the more conversations I have about happiness, and the more I absorb the idea that there’s a glittering happy ever after out there...
“The Psychology of Victim-Blaming”
In a long-read for The Atlantic, Kayleigh Roberts explores the psychological impulse to blame victims for their misfortune and why it may be particularly...
“Nordstrom Yanks Prescription Pill-Themed Luxury Fashion Line”
“Caving to pressure, Nordstrom has pulled the plug on a luxury fashion line inspired by prescription pills,” STAT reports. “Critics charge that the collection was irresponsible and in...
“CDC Issues Sweeping New Guidelines to Restrict Opioid Prescribing”
The CDCs new guidelines are targeted at primary care physicians and family doctors who write the majority of prescriptions for opioids and other painkillers....
The Bonnie Burstow Scholarship in Antipsychiatry Campaign Launched
An exciting new scholarship has been established by The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at The University of Toronto called "The Bonnie...
“Still Crazy After All These Years: Psychiatric Lock-Down Returns To The US”
For Activist Post, Janet Phelan reports on the new psychiatric hospitals being built in droves across the US. She connects the increase in psychiatric...
“Gretchen LeFever Watson: The Deadly Dangers of ADHD Drugs”
Gretchen LeFever Watson, a clinical psychologist, connects the US opioid crisis to the overdiagnosis of ADHD in a guest editorial for The Virginian Pilot....
“Ghostwriting: The Importance of Definition and its Place in Contemporary Drug Marketing”
Former ghostwriter, Alastair Matheson, talks to BMJ about how the pharmaceutical industry found a loophole to continue composing articles in medical journals without admitting...
“McCain Introduces Bill to Prevent Overmedication and Suicide Among Veterans”
Last week, U.S. Senator John McCain (R-AZ) introduced the Veterans Overmedication Prevention Act in the House of Representatives to prevent the overmedication of veterans and combat suicide...
“Does the FDA have a High Enough Standard for Drug Approvals?”
Last week STAT hosted a panel of experts, asking “Is the Food and Drug Administration’s approval process broken?”
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“The Drug Industry Thrives on the Revolving Door”
Sheila Kaplan reports for STAT on a new study finding that more than half of FDA drug reviewers went on to work for the...
“U.S. Just Made It a Lot Less Difficult to Sue Nursing Homes”
The New York Times reports on a new federal rule the prevents nursing homes from forcing disputes into arbitration. “The sad reality is that...
“Drug Maker’s Marketing Faulted in a Woman’s Death”
From Matthew Orr at STAT: “There was a stranger waiting for Sarah Fuller when she visited her doctor to discuss switching medications for her...
“80% of Data in Chinese Clinical Trials have been Fabricated”
An investigation by the Chinese government found that more than eighty percent of all of the data on new pharmaceuticals had been “fabricated.” “The...
“Veterans’ PTSD and Brain Injury Deserve Focused Research on New Treatments”
For STAT, Magali Haas reports on a research summit organized to improve the treatments available for PTSD. “If the goals are ambitious, the obstacles...
“How the FDA Manipulates the Media”
The Scientific American reports that the FDA offered scoops to major media organizations but, in exchange, the news agencies had to agree only to...
“Medicating a Prophet”
In the New York Times Sunday Review, Irene Hurford, a psychiatrist, reflects on the ethics of forced treatment for psychosis. “As doctors,” she writes,...
“Shouting, Voting and Not Much Science: How Sexuality Becomes ‘Mental Illness’”
Tracy Clark-Flory describes “how subject to changing scientific understandings and, sometimes, even political influence the DSM can be-perhaps especially when it comes to sexuality.”
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“New Federal Rules Target Woeful Public Reporting of Clinical Trial Results”
For STAT, Charles Piller covers new federal rules requiring stricter reporting for researchers conducting human studies. Previous investigations have documented widespread noncompliance with such...
“Did the FDA set ‘a Dangerous Precedent’ with Latest Drug Approval?”
STAT reports that the latest drug approval by the FDA “may have set a precedent that could rocket through the health care system, opening the...
“The Meta-analysis is Falling Prey to Bias”
A major review argues that research is being polluted by a “massive production of unnecessary, misleading, and conflicted systematic reviews and meta-analyses.”
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“Secret Trove Reveals Bold ‘Crusade’ to Make OxyContin a Blockbuster”
David Armstrong, reporting for STAT, highlights a trove of internal documents that describe the tactics Abbott pharmaceuticals used to convince doctors to prescribe OxyContin....
“More Child Suicides Are Linked to A.D.D. Than Depression, Study Suggests”
The New York Times reports on a new study finding that ‘ADHD’ is the most common diagnosis for children under 12 who die by...
“The ‘Untreatables’: When Modern Psychiatry Can’t Help”
For Vocative, Alexandra Ossola writes an in-depth report on ‘treatment resistance’ and the limitations of our current approaches to mental health treatment. “If we...
“Why I Knocked Boston Children’s Hospital Off The Internet”
In 2014, Anonymous took credit for taking down the internet at a Boston hospital in what they described as a defense of a 15-year-old...
