Corruption in global health: the open secret
This Lecture by Dr Patricia J Garcia was published in The Lancet in December 2019:
Tag: The Lancet
Suffer such severe withdrawal symptoms
The full article can be found here. It was the news that many had been waiting for. Earlier this month, world-renowned medical journal The Lancet published a study that ‘proved’ … Continue reading Suffer such severe withdrawal symptoms
“Attacks on antidepressants”
As published in the Lancet, July 2014: Four-out-of-five of the authors of this ‘correspondence’ are known to have repeatedly worked for the pharmaceutical industry and three-out-of-five are career-long paid opinion … Continue reading “Attacks on antidepressants”
Published and unpublished comments on the PANDA trial
In September 2019 the following paper was published in the Lancet Psychiatry [the full open-access paper can be accessed here): Alongside the publication of the PANDA Trial in the Lancet … Continue reading Published and unpublished comments on the PANDA trial
“Put to Bed”
On the 21st February 2018 Professor Carmine Pariante was quoted across the world: “this meta-analysis finally puts to bed the controversy on antidepressants . . . “ The Science Media … Continue reading “Put to Bed”
Tapering SSRI treatment to mitigate withdrawal symptoms
This Personal View by Mark Horowitz and David Taylor has been published in this month’s Lancet. I have written to the authors to thank them for providing this sensible and … Continue reading Tapering SSRI treatment to mitigate withdrawal symptoms
‘Researching, practising, and debating mental health care’
I welcome this comment by Sarb Bajwa, Niall Boyce and Wendy Burn published recently in the the Lancet Psychiatry. This is a matter that I raised with the Royal College … Continue reading ‘Researching, practising, and debating mental health care’
The Award culture of British Psychiatry
The annual Royal College of Psychiatrists Awards are to “mark the highest level of achievement in psychiatry.” Last week Professor Andrea Cipriani won the Academic Researcher of the Year award at … Continue reading The Award culture of British Psychiatry