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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Friday, February 29, 2008

Misconduct: Where are the Consequences?

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A story on Bloomberg starts as follows: James C. Vestal, a Texas urologist, exposed his patients to ``unnecessary risk'' and ``subm...

Nominee for Career Achievement Award: Dr. David Linden

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Remember him? The guy who gave herpes to two patients and lost his license for three months as a result (pretty stiff penalty, eh?). Accor...

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Monday, November 19, 2007

Sex, Psychiatric Drugs, and the Honor System

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I had briefly alluded to Dr. David Linden in an earlier post . You may recall that he is the psychiatrist who had his license suspended by ...

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Monday, July 09, 2007

JAACAP Strikes Again

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Aubrey Blumsohn has detailed how the Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (JAACAP) is standing behind its work...

Wednesday, June 06, 2007

Are You Faruk-in’ Kidding Me?

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Sorry for my delay in jumping on the latest New York Times story (courtesy of Gardiner Harris and Janet Roberts) detailing how drug compani...

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Thursday, February 08, 2007

Evidence Biased Medicine (To the Core)

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The Last Psychiatrist wrote an excellent comment regarding a post describing how "scientific" data and/or its analysis and inter...

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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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