Industry Sponsorship of Continuing Medical Education

The British Association for Psychopharmacology [BAP], as they do every year, is inviting sponsorship for its Summer Meeting. Here are the packages of “available opportunities” for the 2026 BAP Summer … Continue reading Industry Sponsorship of Continuing Medical Education

2024 Psychopharmacology Committee of RCPsych: transparency at an all time low.

Over the last decade I have looked at the governance of the Psychopharmacology Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. My hope was to find improvement in relation to transparency. … Continue reading 2024 Psychopharmacology Committee of RCPsych: transparency at an all time low.

“Dominated by people against psychiatric medication”

An old post from August 2018. Shortly after this was published to Royal College of Psychiatrists no longer made any Minutes of their meetings open to the public: The Minutes … Continue reading “Dominated by people against psychiatric medication”

The Psychopharmacology Committee [2023]

Over the last decade I have looked at the governance of the Psychopharmacology Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. My hope was to find improvement in relation to transparency. … Continue reading The Psychopharmacology Committee [2023]

Depression: pills and dependence [a timeline following a letter in the Times]

On the 25 February 2018 the following letter by Professor Wendy Burn, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists [RCPsych] and Professor David Baldwin, Chairman of the RCPsych Psychopharmacology Committee, … Continue reading Depression: pills and dependence [a timeline following a letter in the Times]

The Psychopharmacology Committee [2021]

Two years have passed since I last considered the Psychopharmacology Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. This committee has increased its membership from 10 to 14. Here is a … Continue reading The Psychopharmacology Committee [2021]

The Psychopharmacology Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists [2019]

Almost a year has passed since I last considered the Psychopharmacology Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. This committee has ten members including the Chair. Here is a summary … Continue reading The Psychopharmacology Committee of the Royal College of Psychiatrists [2019]

After the Defeat Depression Campaign

The Defeat Depression Campaign of the 1990s,  funded by the pharmaceutical industry, was an “educational campaign” organised by the Royal College of Psychiatrists in association with the Royal College of … Continue reading After the Defeat Depression Campaign