There’s Little Evidence Abuse-Deterrent Opioids Work
FromĀ STAT: In recent years, the pharmaceutical industry has proposed using abuse-deterrent opioids - those that make it more difficult to crush, snort, or inject...
Patients With Schizophrenia Show Better Work Functioning Off Antipsychotics
20-year follow-up study finds that after four years, patients not prescribed antipsychotics have significantly better work functioning.
Researchers Find Inadequate Reporting of the Dangers of Ketamine Treatment for Depression
Researchers report that dangerous side effects are not being adequately reported in the trials of ketamine for depression.
As Cost of Health Care Skyrockets, So Does Pay of CEOs
FromĀ NPR: In the seven years since the Affordable Care Act was passed, the earnings of CEOs of U.S. health care companies, including pharmaceutical companies,...
The Moving Basis of Mental Health Diagnosis
In this opinion piece forĀ The Chronicle Herald, Dr. A.J. discusses the subjective nature of psychiatric diagnosis and the DSM. Citing research by Paula Kaplan,...
Childhood Bipolar Disorder More Rare Than Previously Claimed, Study Finds
Re-examination of meta-analytic claims finds the prevalence of pediatric bipolar disorder is close to zero.
DARPA Wants to Build a BS Detector for Science
FromĀ Wired: A new grant from DARPA will fund research into waysĀ to determine which researchĀ from the social and behavioral sciences isĀ credible, and which hasĀ flawed methodology...
In Chronic Patients, Antipsychotics Have Limited Efficacy in Reducing Symptoms
A large review and meta-analysis of 167 studies across 60 years dissects placebo-controlled randomized controlled trials of antipsychotic drugs.
Report on How Much Congressmen are Getting From Pharma
FromĀ MedCityNews: This year, under the threat of legislation that may reduce drug prices, address the opioid crisis, and repeal and replace the Affordable Care...
Predatory Journals Hit by ‘Star Wars’ Sting
FromĀ Neuroskeptic: SeveralĀ "predatory"Ā scientific journals āĀ those that charge publication fees to authors without providing the editorial and publishing services offered by legitimate journals āĀ have accepted a...
New Study Asks Doctors About Barriers to Deprescribing
Researchers interviewed doctors about the barriers that prevent them from being able to decrease excess medications.
How do we Know if a Drug Actually Works?
FromĀ Scientific American: The effectiveness of a particular medical treatment is often highly subjective and dependent on each individual's definition of the term "effective." Many...
Findings Linking Depression to Abnormal Brain Activity Questioned
Meta-analyses fail to replicate findings linking abnormal brain activity to depression.
Study Finds Mistreatment and Psychological Distress Among LGBT Prisoners in the US
The rate of incarceration for lesbian, gay, and bisexual individuals is roughly three times that of the general population and they experience significantly higher rates of victimization and mistreatment in prison.
Mental Health, Inc.
FromĀ Kirkus Reviews: In his new bookĀ Mental Health, Inc., Art Levine reports on the dire state of the U.S. mental health system.
"The author delivers the...
The FBI and Defense Department are Investigating UHS Hospitals
FromĀ BuzzFeed News: America's largest chain of psychiatric hospitals, United Health Services, is currently under investigation by at least three federal agencies including the FBI...
Cause of Death: Unknown
A new film, "Cause of Death: Unknown" investigates the pharmaceutical industry and the deaths that have been caused by psychiatric drugs. The film will...
Providers Fail to Report Information on Suicide Prevention Services
Researchers investigate services related to suicide prevention across mental health providers in England.
Time for Full Transparency on Pharmaceutical Money
FromĀ The Toronto Star: Ontario law should require pharmaceutical companies to not only disclose payments to physicians but also make public their contributions to all...
Research Suggests that Forensic Psychological Examinations are Unreliable and Biased
Concerns have been raised about inconsistent and unreliable results, which may lead to injustices in sentencing or even wrongful convictions.
Why Disclosure Policies Don’t Discourage Drug Salesmen
FromĀ The Chronicle: The practice of pharmaceutical industry payments to academic researchers to help promote their drugs remains widespread. Requiring scientists to disclose their ties...
The Score is Even
FromĀ The Hastings Center:Ā Three years ago, a pharmaceutical company created and funded a feminist group called Even the Score to campaign for FDA approval of...
Is Psychological Ethics in Crisis?
From theĀ Edmond J. Safra Center for Ethics:Ā The American Psychological Association's participation in "enhanced interrogation" and other forms of torture is indicative of the need...
Why Isn’t Big Pharma Paying for the Harm it Caused?
FromĀ Alternet: The pharmaceutical industry has played a major role in causing the opioid crisis by downplaying the potentially addictive and fatalĀ effects of narcotic pain...
Putting Profits Ahead of Patients
FromĀ The New York Review of Books: In her bookĀ An American Sickness: How Healthcare Became Big Business and How You Can Take It Back, Elisabeth...
