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.

Showing posts with label mifepristone. Show all posts
Showing posts with label mifepristone. Show all posts
Friday, June 19, 2009

New American Psychiatric Association Prez: We Want Money

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In a recent speech , incoming American Psychiatric Association president Alan Schatzberg was quoted as saying: "As the recent attacks o...
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Monday, June 30, 2008

Conflicts, Bad Science, and Corlux: Part Two

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The blogosphere has been abuzz with discussion of psychiatrist Alan Schatzberg's dual roles as a tycoon and an allegedly " objecti...
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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Conflicts, Bad Science, and Corlux

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Recently, the watchful eyes of Charles Grassley have been peering into the bank accounts of big name psychiatrists. Melissa DelBello and J...
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Thursday, March 29, 2007

Corcept: We'll Take Our Ball and Go Home

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...because we can't afford the basketball court. Corcept, which has run a series of studies ( 1 , 2 ) demonstrating poor efficacy of it...
Tuesday, March 20, 2007

Corcept Spins Out

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The interesting thing about Corlux (mifepristone/RU-486) is that no matter how it fares in clinical trials, it is always a winner . In the l...
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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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