Comments on: A new level of chutzpah in psychiatric ghostwriting http://mindhacks.com/2010/11/30/a-new-level-of-chutzpah-in-psychiatric-ghostwriting/ Neuroscience and psychology news and views. Wed, 22 May 2013 13:23:03 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: I Just Don’t Know What (Or Whom) To Believe Anymore « Thought Broadcast http://mindhacks.com/2010/11/30/a-new-level-of-chutzpah-in-psychiatric-ghostwriting/#comment-20258 Sat, 02 Jul 2011 22:20:19 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=15967#comment-20258 [...] studies to make the new drugs appear more effective.  They glossed over data about side effects, and frequently drug companies would ghostwrite books and articles that appeared to come from their (supposedly unbiased) academic [...]

]]> By: misanthropic anthrop http://mindhacks.com/2010/11/30/a-new-level-of-chutzpah-in-psychiatric-ghostwriting/#comment-15783 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 18:09:12 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=15967#comment-15783 While I agree this is outrageous, please read the corrections at the bottom of the NYT article on December 8th noting that some of the material in the article was inaccurate. I think the inappropriateness of the pharma actions still holds, but it’s not quite as you represented the situation. As NYT states: “While documents show that SmithKline (now known as GlaxoSmithKline) hired a writing company for the book, they do not indicate that the company wrote the book for the authors, Dr. Charles B. Nemeroff and Dr. Alan F. Schatzberg. The article also described incorrectly, in some editions, events outlined in a letter from the writing company to Dr. Nemeroff. The correspondence proposed a timeline for the writing company to furnish the doctors and SmithKline with draft text and final page proofs for approval; the letter did not say that the company had already provided those materials for final approval.”

]]> By: Around the Crib | Savage Minds http://mindhacks.com/2010/11/30/a-new-level-of-chutzpah-in-psychiatric-ghostwriting/#comment-15769 Wed, 15 Dec 2010 04:41:26 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=15967#comment-15769 [...] Mind Hacks reveals that a major textbook for doctors on treating mental illness in children authored by two prominent psychologists was, in fact, ghost written. By a drug company. [...]

]]> By: Katherine http://mindhacks.com/2010/11/30/a-new-level-of-chutzpah-in-psychiatric-ghostwriting/#comment-15600 Thu, 09 Dec 2010 21:35:49 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=15967#comment-15600 I really like your blog! it’s incredibly interesting – I hope mines as popular and well written one day :)

]]> By: Mind Control http://mindhacks.com/2010/11/30/a-new-level-of-chutzpah-in-psychiatric-ghostwriting/#comment-14716 Thu, 02 Dec 2010 22:45:56 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=15967#comment-14716 Look at the draft of the book and compare it to the published work. Some sections are exactly the same

Draft
http://pogoarchives.org/m/ph/gw/gw-attachment-d.pdf

Book
http://tinyurl.com/236gdvc

]]> By: DNA http://mindhacks.com/2010/11/30/a-new-level-of-chutzpah-in-psychiatric-ghostwriting/#comment-13671 Wed, 01 Dec 2010 23:11:38 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=15967#comment-13671 Absolutely disgusting betrayal of psychiatric patients and health professionals. 20,000 GPs in the US and Europe conned into thinking they were receiving an independent publication.

These supposedly ‘unrestricted’ grants from drug companies are so ubiquitous. Even the leading mental health charities here like Rethink and Sane, or the European outfit EUFAMI, are up to their necks in them, often producing joint publications or projects or websites where it’s not possible to tell how much they’re been instigated and framed and manipulated by the drug company “partner”.

]]> By: Laing, R. D. « Earthpages.ca http://mindhacks.com/2010/11/30/a-new-level-of-chutzpah-in-psychiatric-ghostwriting/#comment-13551 Tue, 30 Nov 2010 18:40:55 +0000 http://mindhacks.com/?p=15967#comment-13551 [...] A new level of chutzpah in psychiatric ghostwriting (mindhacks.com) [...]

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