PsychConflicts News

June 3, 2009: Conflicts of interest bedevil psychiatric drug research

May 14, 2009: Grassley Ups Total of Undisclosed Fees Paid to Prof by Glaxo

May 12, 2009: Federal prosecutors says VA psychiatrist took advantage of contracts

May 11, 2009: DMS prof. faces federal charges

May 8, 2009: Federal investigator could review UT researcher

May 6, 2009: Grassley Probes Financing of Advocacy Group for Mental Health

May 6, 2009: Grassley's beat goes on with NAMI probe

May 6, 2009: Pharma Pays Shrinks Top Dollar In Vermont

April 19, 2009: Vt. taking on pharmaceutical firms

April 7, 2009: Psyched Out: Brown's Marty Keller to Step Down

April 6, 2009: Grassley Probes Financing of Advocacy Group for Mental Health

April 2, 2009: Treatment advice focuses on drugs, researchers find

March 27, 2009: 3 Researchers at Harvard Are Named in Subpoena

March 21, 2009: Senator broadens inquiry into psychiatrist

March 19, 2009: Drug Maker Told Studies Would Aid It, Papers Say

March 18, 2009: A Silenced Drug Study Creates An Uproar

March 18, 2009: Once-secret drug-company records put U on the spot

March 7, 2009: US to Probe Emory, Nemeroff

March 5, 2009: US cites Boston psychiatrist in case vs. drug firm

January 2, 2009: SSRI Pushers under Fire

December 30, 2008: Drug Researcher Agrees to Curb Role

December 29, 2008: Confidentiality of Psychiatric Manual's Update Draws Gripes

December 27, 2008: Psychiatric manual's update needs openness, not secrecy, critics say

December 18, 2008: Psychiatrists Revise the Book of Human Troubles

November 24, 2008: Evidence in Risperdal Case Puts J&J on the Spot

November 21, 2008: Radio Host Has Drug Company Ties

October 15, 2008: Psychiatric bible to add new diagnoses: DSM makeover process shrouded in secrecy

October 14, 2008: National agency freezes $9 mil. grant to Emory

October 10, 2008: Psych Drug Handbook Written with Drug Industry Ties

September 24, 2008: Senator questions doctors' ties to drug companies

August 18, 2008: Conflict of interest fears halt children's mental health project

August 1, 2008: Under Pressure, Stanford Pulls Schatzberg Grant

July 23, 2008: Has Big Pharma Corruption Suppressed Effective Treatment Options?

July 21, 2008: Brown official named in report

July 13, 2008: Are Our Leading Pediatricians Drug Industry Shills?

July 12, 2008: Psychiatric Group Faces Scrutiny Over Drug Industry Ties

June 26, 2008: Committee Questions a Top Psychiatrist

June 18, 2008: Exposed: Harvard Shrink Gets Rich Labeling Kids Bipolar

June 10, 2008: Psychiatrists Who Hid Big Pharma Money Now Face Inquiry

May 23, 2008: Critics say drug firms' payments to doctors are conflict of interest

May 19, 2008: Mental Illness or Social Sickness?

May 6, 2008: Psychiatry Handbook Linked to Drug Industry

May 5, 2008: The New Psychiatric Bible And Author Conflicts

December 20, 2007: US News & World Report: “Who's Behind the Bible of Mental Illness”

June 27, 2007: “… a pattern has emerged: psychiatrists earn more money from drug makers than doctors in any other specialty.”

— New York Times, "Psychiatrists Top List in Drug Maker Gifts," January, 2007

April 19, 2006: USA Today: “Study: Medical Manual's Authors Often Tied to Drugmakers”

July/August 2002: In 2002 Mother Jones revealed the pharma/APA alliance in the marketing of mental illness in their ground-breaking expose, "Disorders Made to Order"