Drug death figures
The reporting of Scotland’s drug death figures, which have risen year-on-year for the last seven years has made grim reading. The Editor of the Scotsman has said: We can all … Continue reading Drug death figures
Tag: biases
‘Evidence Based Medicine’ or ‘Industry Biased Medicine’?
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 … Continue reading ‘Evidence Based Medicine’ or ‘Industry Biased Medicine’?
The [generally hidden] place of big business . . .
I am a celebrant of subjectivity and a seeker of objectivity. I share here [the generally hidden] commercial influences of paid opinion leaders in British Psychiatry: [I have used information … Continue reading The [generally hidden] place of big business . . .
“Objectivity” does not come in a title
Professor Perlis, in a paper titled “Anxiety about Antidepressants” , considered “the cognitive and affective biases that may prevent effective treatment“. In this paper Professor Perlis referred to the recent … Continue reading “Objectivity” does not come in a title