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Confirmed symposia for next year’s Summer Meeting of the British Association for Psychopharmacology [BAP] indicate an increasing defensiveness: BAP ‘symposia’ are generally sponsored by the pharmaceutical industry. BAP meetings continue … Continue reading ‘Preliminary’
This article by Helen McArdle featured in the Herald on the 9th September 2023. Professor David Nutt, a career-long paid opinion leader for the pharmaceutical industry, is quoted and presents … Continue reading “Psychedelic drugs could soon treat alcoholism”
Each summer the British Association for Psychopharmacology (BAP) has a Summer Meeting that provides accredited continuing medical education [CME] for psychiatrists and academics. It is hugely popular. A colleague of mine … Continue reading “BAPFEST”
In the latest BMJ a joint investigation by the BMJ and BBC Newsnight is reported. It concerns me that “strategic communications” outrank editorial independence and scientific decision making: