Healthwise: Can we reclaim our mental health?
MyCentralJersey.com – January 28, 2014 By Valerie Minard Remember when a childhood temper tantrum, grief over a loved one’s passing or the euphemistic senior moment…
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Healthwise: Can we reclaim our mental health?
MyCentralJersey.com – January 28, 2014 By Valerie Minard Remember when a childhood temper tantrum, grief over a loved one’s passing or the euphemistic senior moment…
APA’s ‘Major Depressive Disorder’ Guideline Developers Have Numerous Ties to Drug Companies
All of the panel members that produced the American Psychiatric Association (APA)’s Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder had numerous financial ties to drug companies that manufacture antidepressants, raising questions about the trustworthiness of the guideline, a UMass Boston researcher says.
APA’s ‘Major Depressive Disorder’ Guideline Developers Have Numerous Ties to Drug Companies
All of the panel members that produced the American Psychiatric Association (APA)’s Practice Guideline for the Treatment of Patients with Major Depressive Disorder had numerous financial ties to drug companies that manufacture antidepressants, raising questions about the trustworthiness of the guideline, a UMass Boston researcher says.
ABC News: DSM-5 Criticized for Financial Conflicts of Interest—70% of task force members have ties to Pharma
Controversy continues to swell around the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, better known as DSM-5. A new study suggests the 900-page bible of mental health, scheduled for publication in May 2013, is ripe with financial conflicts of interest.
The manual, published by the American Psychiatric Association, details the diagnostic criteria and recommended treatments — many of which are pharmacological — for each and every psychiatric disorder. After the 1994 release of DSM-4, the APA instituted a policy requiring expert advisors to disclose drug industry ties. But the move toward transparency did little to cut down on conflicts, with nearly 70 percent of DSM-5 task force members reporting financial relationships with pharmaceutical companies — up from 57 percent for DSM-4.