Clinical Psychology and Psychiatry: A Closer Look

Psychiatric medications, science, marketing, psychiatry in general, and occasionally clinical psychology. Questioning the role of key opinion leaders and the use of "science" to promote commercial ends rather than the needs of people with mental health concerns.

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Monday, January 12, 2009

The Budget Crisis, Universities, and Key Opinion Leaders

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Everyone knows that state budgets across the United States are in a crunch. All state-supported universities are looking for sources of inc...

Friday, May 23, 2008

Smoke and SHHHHHHHHHHHH!

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Alan Finder at the New York Times has, pardon the bad pun, a smokin' good story about entangled relationships, cigarettes, secrecy an...

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Tuesday, March 11, 2008

"Not Much Money," KOLs, and Child Bipolar Disorder

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Intro. A few months ago, I wrote about key opinion leaders (KOLs) in psychiatry arguing that we shouldn't be making such a big deal ab...

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Thursday, January 31, 2008

Peer Review, GSK, Cash, and Limp Noodles

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Stephanie Saul has a quite interesting story in the New York Times about a peer-reviewer who really dropped the ball. A key member of th...

Friday, January 25, 2008

Bribing Physicians: Where My Money At?

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An utterly fascinating article in the Wall Street Journal by Vanessa Fuhrmans notes that insurers are moving to bribe doctors for prescribi...

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CL Psych: I'm an academic with a respectable amount of clinical experience and no drug industry funding. Given my lack of time, don't expect multiple daily updates. Certain things about clinical psychology, the drug industry, psychiatry, and academics drive me nuts, and you'll probably pick up on these pet peeves before long...

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