âDistrustful of Authority, a Holocaust Survivor Became a Fierce Critic of Medical Establishmentâ
STATâs Rob Waters profiles Vera Sharav, a holocaust survivor whose son was diagnosed with schizophrenia and died from a side effect of his antipsychotic...
âUK Tribunal Orders Disclosure of Clinical Trial Dataâ
âMany people with have been attempting to make sense of the seemingly bizarre claims made by the authors of the PACE Trial since...
Neuroscientists Consider the Effect of the Gut on the Brain
A review article published in the International Journal of Neuropsychopharmacology summarizes the latest research on the role that microbiota in the gut play in...
Lancet Study Questions Safety of Locked Psychiatric Wards
A new study published in Lancet Psychiatry challenges the common practice of locking psychiatric wards to prevent patients from attempting suicide or leaving against...
â5 Ways Drug Makers and the Health Care Industry Are Shaping Campaignsâ
For STAT, Sheila Kaplan reports how the pharmaceutical industry is lobbying presidential candidates and making major contributions, even to candidates who have criticized the...
Systemic Racism Erodes Mental Health, Study Finds
New research out of the United Kingdom examines the cumulative impact of systemic racism on the mental health of minorities over time. Â The study,...
Study Identifies Link Between Antidepressants and Newborn Hypertension
A new study, published in the American Journal of Physiology, investigates how the use of antidepressants during pregnancy can lead to a life-threatening lung...
NEJM Editorial Doubles Down on Resistance to Data Sharing
The New England Journal of Medicine came under fire earlier this year when editors wrote that new efforts for transparency and open data would...
âDriven to Suicide by an âInhuman and Unnaturalâ Pressure to Sellâ
Todayâs New York Times features a story of a drug salesman, Ashish Awasthi, who committed suicide when he felt he couldnât keep up with...
Pilot Study Adapts Open Dialogue for US Health Care
In an article for Psychiatric Services, psychiatrist Christopher Gordon and his colleagues report on the results of a one-year feasibility study attempting to implement...
âThe Drug Docsâ
In part six of a seven-part âDrugging Our Kidsâ series by The Mercury News, Karen de Sa and Tracy Seipel unveil Californiaâs top foster...
âStudy Finds Mental Health Patients No Better Off Behind Locked Doorsâ
The Lancet Psychiatry published a study last week finding no benefit to locking up patients in mental health hospitals. Data on 145,000 patients found...
Researchers Pressure Psychiatric Journal to Retract Misleading Celexa Study
In 2004, the American Psychiatric Association published a paper supporting the use of the antidepressant citalopram (Celexa) in children and teens. After reanalyzing the...
âThe Myth of Human Adult Neurogenesis?â
Neuroskeptic discusses a recent paper claiming that there is very little evidence for adult neurogenesis â the ongoing creation of new neurons. Â âThe authors...
âHealth News Review and Whatâs Wrong (and Right) With the Mediaâ
HealthNewsReview.org founder Gary Schwitzer talks to New York Magazine on the media coverage of medical research. âWe in journalism have to look in the mirror...
“Institutional Corruption Blamed for Dramatic Increase in Drug Adverse Events and Deathsâ
Pharmaguy investigates the rise of adverse event reports filed each year and reports on a new article in the Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics ("Institutional...
Study Examines Experience of Long-Term Antidepressant Use
The use of antidepressants has increased substantially in recent years, yet relatively few studies have asked patients about their experiences with these drugs. A...
Many Psychiatric Patients Sent Home With Multiple Antipsychotics Against Guidelines
Despite the fact that clinical practice guidelines specifically recommend against the use of more than one antipsychotic at once, new research reveals that as...
Joshua Gordon, Columbia University Psychiatrist, Named Director of NIMH
The National Insititute of Health (NIH) announced today that Dr. Joshua A. Gordon will take over as the director of the National Institute of...
Researchers Investigate Antidepressant-Induced Suicidal Ideation
An increase in suicidal thoughts is a known and serious side-effect for various types of antidepressants. Recent studies suggest that there may be some...
âEuropean Regulator Recommends Suspending Numerous Drugs Over Clinical Trial Problemsâ
Pharmalotâs Ed Silverman reports that a number of generic drugs, sold by Novartis and Teva Pharmaceuticals, may be pulled off of the shelves after...
Study Finds Improved Functioning for âSchizophreniaâ Without Antipsychotics
Long-term treatment with antipsychotic drugs is currently considered the standard treatment for patients diagnosed with âschizophrenia.â A new study challenges this practice, however. The...
âSelling Side Effects: Big Pharmaâs Marketing Machine?â
Drug Watch releases an in-depth investigation into the marketing practices of pharmaceutical companies in the United States. âCompanies spend billions advertising to doctors to...
âMedical Groups Push to Water Down Requirements for Disclosing Industry Tiesâ
Pharmalotâs Ed Silverman reports on a Senate bill aimed at loosening requirements around the reporting of financial conflicts of interest between companies and physicians....
More Children Receiving âOff-Labelâ Antipsychotics for âADHDâ
Over the past twenty years, the number of prescriptions for atypical antipsychotics written to children and young adults between four and eighteen has increased...
