“Alarm and Disbelief” as New EU President Moves Regulation of Medicines to Industry Ministry
The new President-elect of the European Union Jean-Claude Juncker has removed key responsibilities relating to health and medicines from the government Commissioner in charge...
Peter Gøtzsche Tells Daily Show, Big Pharma Like Drug Cartels
MIA Foreign Correspondent Peter Gøtzsche, author of the book Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime, was interviewed on Comedy Central's The Daily Show with Jon...
Strong Publication Bias Found in Psychology Research
University of Salzburg researchers analyzed the results of 1,000 randomly-selected published psychology articles from 2007 and found strong evidence of publication biases, according to...
Researchers Faked Data on Epigenetics of Bipolar Disorder
The British Journal of Psychiatry has issued a retraction of an article purporting to have identified evidence of the epigenetic aspects of bipolar disorder,...
Scientific Journal Corruption to the Nth Power
A respected Canadian cardiology journal was purchased by offshore investors and "is now printing scientific junk for hire, but still trading on its original...
Psychotherapy Shows Positive Outcomes in German Hospitals
In what the authors describe as "the first meta-analysis on the effectiveness of psychotherapeutic hospital treatment in Germany," two Hamburg University Medical Center researchers...
“High-volume Care, Not Good Care”
WSJ Live interviews cardiologist Dr. Sandeep Jauhar about his new book, Doctored: The Disillusionment of an American Physician. Jauhar describes "the perverse incentives of...
Internal Eli Lilly Documents Added to Online Archive
Internal Eli Lilly records about the antipsychotic drug Zyprexa have been added to the University of California's online, publicly accessible Drug Industry Documents Archive...
DSM IV & V Identify Different Groups of Veterans with PTSD
Walter Reed Army Institute of Research psychiatrists have found that many different veterans have Posttraumatic Stress Disorder depending on whether the criteria from the...
Public Citizen Criticizes FDA’s Draft Guidelines on Drug Risk Disclosures
In the wake of a major court decision, the US Food and Drug Administration has issued new guidelines for public comment, covering how pharmaceutical...
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia Alleviates Depression
Nearly 150 people taking antidepressants had more robust alleviations of their depression after participating in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBTI), according to research...
FDA Approves Potential “Blockbuster” Sleep Drug
The US FDA on Wednesday approved a new type of drug for insomnia, called Belsroma. Last year, a lengthy investigative report in The New...
Leading Prescriber of Antipsychotic Drugs Has License Suspended
"Illinois medical regulators have indefinitely suspended the medical license of psychiatrist Michael Reinstein, who prescribed more of the most powerful and riskiest antipsychotic drug...
Not an Onion Study: Loss of a Loved One Increases Risk of Psychological Distress
When a loved one dies, some people are more likely to become very sad, drink more, and be diagnosed by mental health professionals as...
Fish “Flourish” On Anxiety Drug
"Fish that have been exposed to a common anti-anxiety drug are more active and have better chances of survival than unexposed fish," reports Nature....
Less-impaired Youth Using Antipsychotics with Other Medications More Often
Use of second-generation antipsychotics (SGA) alongside other medications is growing rapidly among youth who are less impaired, according to a study published online in...
Council For Evidence-based Psychiatry Responds to Angry Lancet Commentary
In July, The Lancet Psychiatry published a commentary attacking Peter Gotzsche and the Council for Evidence-based Psychiatry, suggesting their criticism of the lack of...
Antipsychotic Risperidone Raises Risk of Male Breast Enlargement
Taking the antipsychotic medication risperidone significantly increases men's chances of developing gynecomastia, or breast enlargement, according to a study by University of British Columbia...
Scientific Studies Biased by Reward Systems
The production of modern scientific studies is fundamentally biased and most often leads to unreliable results that no one will be funded to try...
ADHD Medication Risks Outweigh Benefits in Most Cases
A systematic review of studies of stimulant medications for ADHD has concluded that the drugs should be used as a last resort, in rare...
More Time in Foster Care Linked to More Psychotropic Medicating
Children as young as four in foster care are taking three or more psychotropic medications, and the length of time that children aged six...
Infant Rats Adopt Their Mothers’ Fears
Newborn rats can "learn" the fears their mothers have, and then will carry those same fears for the rest of their lives, according to...
Psychiatrist Says He was “Coached” in Drug Trial Manipulation
In a video interview with Psychetruth, psychiatrist Dr. Colin Ross provides a concise introduction to the challenges and problems of relying on information from...
Homeless People Recruited into Psychiatric Drug Trials
Matter magazine has published MIA Blogger Carl Elliott's investigation into the growing use of homeless people in the United States to test dangerous psychiatric...
BMJ Reports on Conflict-of-Interest Transparency Movement
Two articles in the British Medical Journal this month discuss the problem of widespread conflicts of interest in medicine and psychiatry, and provide updates...
