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By Hole Ousia Posted on May 23, 2023May 23, 2023

Scottish Brain Sciences

A few years ago a senior UK academic in mental health stated gleefully to his colleagues: “It’s boom time in industry!” I was reminded of this statement when reading this … Continue reading Scottish Brain Sciences

Categories: Alzheimer's disease, Dementia, History of medicine, Neuro-imaging, Neuro-protection, NHS Hospitality Registers, Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education, Screening, Sunshine Act for ScotlandTags: 'The Edinburgh Consensus: Preparing for the advent of disease-modifying therapies for Alzheimer's disease' Alzheimer's research & therapy, 21 May 2023, a blot a stain or perhaps something worse, A Sunshine Act for Scotland, ABPI, Alzheimer Scotland, Alzheimer's, Alzheimer's disease, Alzheimer's Society, Association of the British Pharmaceutical Industry, ‘Evidence Based Medicine’ or ‘Industry Biased Medicine’, Baroness Cumberlege, Big Pharma, BMJ, BMJ 2008;336:1402, BMJ 2018;360:k135, Caroline Wilson, competing interests, Cumberlege Review, declaration, declarations, Declarations of Interest, definitions, Dementia, Dementia expert Professor Craig Ritchie quits NHS job, Disclosure UK, disease mongering, Dr Margaret McCartney, Dr Peter Gordon, Dr Peter J Gordon, early diagnosis is everywhere, early diagnosis of dementia, Edinburgh, Edinburgh Consensus, EPAD, first do no harm, fully informed consent, General Medical Council, Glasgow Declaration, GMC, Good Medical Practice, Here’s a game: try and find a doctor’s conflicts of interest., Hide and Seek, Hiding and seeking doctors’ conflicts of interest, Hole Ousia, independent experts or drug representatives in disguise, informed consent, Key Opinion Leaders, Key opinion leaders and Industry, MCI, mild cognitive impairment, Monopoly, Narrative Controllers, No Holds barred, No sunshine for Scotland, paid opinion leaders, paid opinion leaders are a blot on medicine’s integrity and we should make them a thing of the past, PE1493, pharma, Pharmaceutical Industry, PMCPA, preclinical Alzheimers, preclinical dementia, Prescription Medicines Code of Practice Authority, primum non nocere, prodromal dementia, Prof Ritchie said: "“We understand the disease, Ray Moynihan, RCPsych, Realistic Medicine, Registers of Interest, research, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Scottish Brain Sciences, Snakes and ladders, snakes ladders and Monopoly, Sunshine Act for Scotland, Sunshine legislation, t's boom time in industry, The Edinburgh Consensus, The Narrative Controllers, The report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, timely diagnosis, timely diagnosis of dementia, Tom Russ, Too much Medicine, Transparency, we understand what is is going on in the brain"

By Hole Ousia Posted on May 3, 2023May 3, 2023

‘Medicine remains a conflicted as ever’

In my previous post I shared a transcription of the latest podcast in the At the Back of Your Mind Series for Inspire The Mind: In this post I would … Continue reading ‘Medicine remains a conflicted as ever’

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Following its publication there was immediate reaction, The Science Media Centre, there is a dearth of research regarding the long term effects of taking antidepressants and sadly the SUSANA Survey will not shine much light in this area, there is a problem with the E in CME, there is compelling evidence of benefit for maintenance treatment for antidepressants for at least 3 years, This "U-turn" by the Royal College of Psychiatrists has taken 30 years., This 'U-turn' has taken 30 years, This is a matter for the Government to decide, timeline of responses made by influential UK doctors, Too much Medicine, Transparency, True science is disinterested, U-turn, volte face, We cannot be in the pockets of the Pharma companies, We have an appropriately puritanical relationship with Pharma, We know that in the vast majority of patients any unpleasant symptoms experienced on discontinuing antidepressants have resolved within two weeks of stopping them, What hell/terror it has been - for over these three decades - for anybody struggling with harmful experiences of prescribed psychiatric drugs to be believed let alone to find help, Where Gordon Bennett meets the headlines, where science meets the headlines, Why are efforts to ensure realistic prescribing failing, withdrawal, www.inspirethemind.org

By Hole Ousia Posted on April 24, 2023April 24, 2023

Culture of Secrecy

A recent headline that alas is not new.

Categories: History of medicine, Medical humanities, Philosophy, Psychiatry, Scotland, This is Not yesterdayTags: A recent headline that alas is not new., Antiquary, behind closed doors, Culture of openness and transparency, culture of secrecy, FOI Freedom of Information, Freedom of Information, Hole Ousia, kept in the dark, necessary redactions have been made, openness, rebel antiquary, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Scottish Government, Social maverick, Soft Power, The Antiquary, The gentle art of winning friends and influencing people, The Rebel Antiquary, The Truth about Lies, Transparency

By Hole Ousia Posted on April 19, 2023May 6, 2023

Is there evidence to support this statement?

In October 2019, Professor Wendy Burn, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists [2017-2020] openly stated: “Despite what some people think, most clinicians in the UK are not influenced by … Continue reading Is there evidence to support this statement?

Categories: Medical Education, NHS Hospitality Registers, Pharmaceutical industry and Medical Education, Psychiatry, Sunshine Act for ScotlandTags: 'I'm very concerned about the reputational consequences for the profession of casual false reassurance on these issues', 'most clinicians in the UK are not influenced by the pharmaceutical industry', A Sunshine Act, A Sunshine Act for Scotland, a conflation between marketing and education, All Trials, ‘Evidence Based Medicine’ or ‘Industry Biased Medicine’, BAP, Ben Goldacre, Big Pharma, British Association for Psychopharmacology, British Association for Psychopharmacology Guidelines, British Psychiatry: Marketing as 'Education', Casual false reassurances, CEO of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, CME, competing interests, conflicts of interest, Continuing Medical Education, Continuing Professional Development, CPD, Cumberlege Review, declaration of interest, Defeat Depression Campaign, Disclosure UK, dollars for docs, Dr Peter Gordon, first do no harm, He delivered piercing insights, Hole Ousia, Iatrogenic harm, Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, Is there evidence to support this statement?, Key Opinion Leader, Key Opinion Leaders, marketing, marketing has no place in education, Narrative control, Narrative controller, Narrative Controllers, NHS, openness, Paid Opinion Leader, paid opinion leaders, paid opinion leaders are a blot on medicine’s integrity and we should make them a thing of the past, Parliament: PE1493: A Sunshine Act for Scotland, PE1493, Prescribed drug dependence and withdrawal, President of the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Professor Wendy Burn 'most clinicians in the UK are not influenced by the pharmaceutical industry', Psychiatric Bulletin, Psychiatry, RCPsych, RCPsych on Sunshine legilsalation, reputational consequences, Royal College of Psychiatrists, Satellite symposia and paid opinion leaders, Science Media Centre Promotes Corporate Views of Science, Sunshine Act, Sunshine legislation, The Narrative Controllers, The report of the Independent Medicines and Medical Devices Safety Review, The Royal College of Psychiatrists on sunshine legislation, The Science Media Centre, These days the relationship between the College and Pharma is distant, This is a matter for the Government to decide, Too much Medicine, Transparency, US Physician Payments Sunshine Act

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