Thanks. Yep, this is what was meant. When I came across the study, it reminded me of Jonathan Metzl’s book “The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease.” Whenever a marginalized group begins to fight for civil rights we tend to see a massive increase in their pathologization.
BPD, thanks for the comment. I can see how “increases risk” could be misleading, and how it might imply a causal relationship that is not proven in the research, however, I do not think “increases risk” is technically incorrect because the study shows that those on the drug have a greater probability of suffering this adverse event. If some intervention is consistently correlated with an increased probability for a certain outcome, I don’t think it is unfair to say that the intervention “increases the risk” for that outcome. In epidemiology, they typically call something a “determinant” or a “risk factor” even when it is only a correlational relationship. For instance, being elderly is a risk factor- or increases the risk- for various diseases, but being old doesn’t necessarily cause someone to get that disease. I think that this is the sense of “increased risk” that the research article repeatedly makes use of.
Here is a quote straight from the research article itself:
“Our systematic review and meta-analysis showed a 23% increased risk of any major congenital malformations, and a 28% increased risk of major cardiac malformations associated with paroxetine exposure during the first trimester of pregnancy.”
Alas, I see how the language could be misleading and have made the change. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
Hello BPD, I have the full text pdfs for the vast majority of the studies we cover here at MIA. Please feel free to email me through our contact page. Best, Justin
The majority of the daily site visits are from people who are new to Mad In America. I think it is important to continue to get this information out there, even though it may seem obvious to regular followers.
Pfizer is also the company that paid for the creation of the PHQ-9 that is being recommended as a preferred depression screening tool.
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Thanks. Yep, this is what was meant. When I came across the study, it reminded me of Jonathan Metzl’s book “The Protest Psychosis: How Schizophrenia Became a Black Disease.” Whenever a marginalized group begins to fight for civil rights we tend to see a massive increase in their pathologization.
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Thank you for bringing this to my attention. I have changed the link and requested that all comments in my name be removed.
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BPD, thanks for the comment. I can see how “increases risk” could be misleading, and how it might imply a causal relationship that is not proven in the research, however, I do not think “increases risk” is technically incorrect because the study shows that those on the drug have a greater probability of suffering this adverse event. If some intervention is consistently correlated with an increased probability for a certain outcome, I don’t think it is unfair to say that the intervention “increases the risk” for that outcome. In epidemiology, they typically call something a “determinant” or a “risk factor” even when it is only a correlational relationship. For instance, being elderly is a risk factor- or increases the risk- for various diseases, but being old doesn’t necessarily cause someone to get that disease. I think that this is the sense of “increased risk” that the research article repeatedly makes use of.
Here is a quote straight from the research article itself:
Alas, I see how the language could be misleading and have made the change. Thank you for bringing this to my attention.
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Hello BPD, I have the full text pdfs for the vast majority of the studies we cover here at MIA. Please feel free to email me through our contact page. Best, Justin
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Sorry about that link error. It is repaired now. Thank you Donna!
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The majority of the daily site visits are from people who are new to Mad In America. I think it is important to continue to get this information out there, even though it may seem obvious to regular followers.
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