Pfizer to Pay $325M for False Neurontin Marketing
After ten years of litigation, Pfizer has agreed to pay $325 million for marketing its anticonvulsant Neurontin for unapproved purposes. The settlement comes six...
Psychostimulants Harm Performance, as Well as Neuroplasticity
A review of "potential neurobiological ramifications of the popular cognitive enhancers," in Frontiers of Systems Neuroscience, finds that stimulants reduce performance at higher dosages, and...
Military Court Hears Arguments Re: Chantix-Related Murder Defense
Judges on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces heard arguments on Tuesday for the defense of former Army paratrooper George D.B....
How Evidence-Based Medicine is Failing Due to Biased Trials and Selective Publication
When evidence-based medicine (EBM) was announced in the early 90s, according to a paper in the Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice, it was hailed...
Convicted Murderer Blames Chantix; Appeals Judge’s Refusal to Subpoena Pfizer
Army Pfc. George D.B. MacDonald, convicted in 2009 of stabbing and slashed a sleeping recruit whom he did not know, is appealing his judge's...
High Doses of Antidepressants Increase Self-Harm in Children, Young Adults
A comprehensive meta-analysis of randomized trial data by researchers from the Harvard School of Public Health finds that children and young adults who start...
Congressman to Propose “Parental Protection Act” to Congress
Inspired by the plight of Justina Pelletier's family, Representative Steve Stockman (R-TX) will introduce a bill to Congress that proposes to cut off funds...
“Psychiatric Drugs Are Doing Us More Harm Than Good” – Peter Gøtzsche
Peter Gøtzsche comments in The Guardian, on the occasion of the launch of the Council for Evidence-Based Psychiatry, that "My studies of the research...
Antipsychotics Given to 68.3% of British With Learning Disabilities
Analysis of a survey of 104 provider organizations - representing 3,250 service users in September of 2013 - finds that over two-thirds of British...
FDA to Review Chantix’ Psychiatric Side Effects
The Food & Drug Administration announced today it will convene a public meeting in October to review the psychiatric and behavioral side effects of...
ADHD Prescribing Differs Substantially in UK vs. US
An article in the Harvard Review of Psychiatry finds that the UK's new guidelines for treating attention and depression problems in children recommend a...
Judge to Allow Chantix Defense in Murder Trial
The judge hearing the case of Tim Danielson, who stands accused of shooting his ex-wife then attempting suicide, will allow expert testimony about the...
Opposition to Murphy Bill Gains Traction in the House
The Murphy bill, which aims to defund or restructure federal initiatives on mental illness such as SAMHSA, as well as promote wider use of involuntary care...
New From Peter Breggin: “We Should Work Towards a Prohibition Against Giving Psychiatric Drugs...
A new article by Peter Breggin, in the journal Children & Society, outlines The Rights of Children and Parents In Regard to Children Receiving...
21 Dead in Japan From New Johnson & Johnson Antipsychotic
The death toll among Japanese citizens who have taken Johnson & Johnson's subsidiary Janssen's schizophrenia drug Xeplion has climbed to 21, from 17 on...
Fish Exposed to Prozac Exhibit Significantly Altered Behavior
Concentrations of Prozac as low as 1 microgram per liter (μg/L), a concentration that has been found in many freshwater environments, were found to significantly...
More Than 60% of Female Inmates in Canadian Prisons are Prescribed Psychiatric Medication
The average rate of female prisoners in Canada's prison system who receive psychiatric medication has jumped from 42% in 2001 to over 60% today,...
Prenatal Exposure to SSRIs Significantly Increases Autism & Developmental Delays
Research on 966 mother-child pairs from the Childhood Autism Risks from Genetics and the Environment (CHARGE) Study finds that prenatal SSRI exposure was nearly 3...
Half of Government-Insured Colorado Children Prescribed Antipsychotics are not Psychotic
According to a report prepared by Colorado University and released to the Denver Post, half of the children on government insurance in Colorado who...
Meta-analysis Shows Antidepressants Offer Little to No Benefit to Well-Being of Depressed Children and...
Seeking to rectify the fact that "no meta-analysis has included measures of quality of life, global mental health, self-esteem, or autonomy" (or self-reports of...
“Sluggish Cognitive Tempo” is the New ADHD
"Some powerful figures in mental health," according to today's New York Times, "are claiming to have identified a new disorder that could vastly expand the...
Schizophrenia Drug Blamed for 17 Deaths in Japan
The Japanese unit of Johnson & Johnson affiliate Janssen Pharmaceuticals reports that 17 people have died since the launch of its new antipsychotic, Xeplion,...
Arkansas AG Petitions Supreme Court Decision Favoring J&J
Saying that the Arkansas supreme court had departed from 170 years of precedent by deciding in favor of Johnson & Johnson on grounds not...
Antipsychotic Drug Use Among ADHD-Diagnosed Foster Care Youth Is Increasing
Research in the Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychopharmacology finds that "Over the last two decades, the increased use of atypical antipsychotic medications, often...
Joint Crisis Planning Results in Clinically Reasonable Choices
Analysis of 221 joint crisis plans for people with diagnoses of psychotic disorders and at least one psychiatric admission in the past two years,...
