The author of “The Medical Model in Mental Health” has stated [a number of times] that his book “provides evidence that psychiatry is among least influenced by industry of medical specialties”.
“The Medical Model in Mental Health” provides only two references in relation to the potential for Psychiatry to be biased by industry [and both references, in Chapter 5, appear to have been sourced from an American Psychiatrist, Dr George Dawson, MD].
This text book, in no way, provides evidence to support the assertion that UK Psychiatry is “among least influenced by industry.” It is important to be clear about this.
Dr Margaret McCartney has said, in her BMJ column ‘No Holds Barred’ that “Doctors should call out bollocksology when they see it”. Well this emphatic statement by Dr Huda is a prime example of bollocksology.
Here are some of the paid opinion leaders in UK psychiatry [I have used information available in the public domain to construct visual summaries of the competing interests of some key opinion leaders. I have done so in the spirit of the relevant guidance of the Royal College of Psychiatrists].
