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Why Failed Psychiatry Lives On: Its Industrial Complex, Politics, & Technology Worship

Mad in America

In these interviews, I have talked about the components of the psychiatric-pharmaceutical-industrial complex, along with how psychiatry meets the political needs of the ruling class and dysfunctional families. Mainstream media is another major player in the psychiatric-pharmaceutical-industrial complex. By 2019, Big Pharma’s $6.6

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Medication Overload, Part II: The Explosion of Drugs for Kids

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Despite evidence of the dangerous nature of this product, along with mounting pressure from the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and child safety advocates, the aspirin industry denied any negligence on their part and instead blamed the reported safety concerns on poor parenting. Which is exactly what happened with children’s aspirin.

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It’s Health’s Illusions I Recall, I Really Don’t Know Health at All

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FDA approves Food and Drugs—on the basis of assays. Academics even boast that EBM shackles the pharmaceutical industry. They police advertisements claims but policing the medical literature is not their job. No longer in the business of demonstrating their drug saved lives or got people back to work. What’s an Assay?

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Super Bowl Commercials Prove Advertising is the Ultimate End Game

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Advertisers have also secured premium commercial slots of historic value this year, reminding us why TV ads are still producing record pricing and engagement. Over 10 advertisers have accepted Foxs set rate, while more brands remain on a waitlist after missing out on ad slots when they sold out last November.

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The Editorial Demise of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics Is Bad News For Us All

Mad in America

The journal continued to be in good hands, and thus one of the few journals that was receptive to research findings that belied the narrative of therapeutic progress that the psychiatric guild and pharmaceutical companies have been promoting for decades. He noted too the reluctance of the field to consider this possibility.

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Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics: End of an Era for Independent Journals? An Interview With Giovanni Fava

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Third, his journal told of the corrupting influence of pharmaceutical money on the creation of psychiatric diagnoses and drug trials. Whitaker: There are those two funding sources, open access where people have to pay, or journals where they’re basically funded by pharmaceutical advertisements. That’s open access.

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For-Profit Healthcare Is a Predator; Its Main Prey Is Our Young

Mad in America

It invests heavily in marketing and advertising. This advertising slogan has been ingrained in our culture ever since. It allowed direct-to-consumer advertising here 9. Govinfo.gov: Food And Drug Administration Modernization Act Of 1997, Public Law 105-115-Nov. What strategies does Big Pharma use to achieve these goals?