Interviewing Legal Pharmaceutical 
Mad in America
MARCH 20, 2024
Safra Center for Ethics, Harvard University, her research addresses the ethical and medical-legal issues that arise in organized psychiatry because of academic-industry relationships. Listen to the audio of the interview here. A former Research Fellow at the Edmond J. The transcript below has been edited for length and clarity.
Mad in America
APRIL 23, 2025
Editor’s note: This is an interview conducted by Tiago Pires Marques, editor of Mad in Portugal. The interview was initially conducted on February 27, 2017, and then updated recently for publication on Mad in Portugal. The interview is an abbreviated version of the interview published in Mad in Portugal (1).
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Mad in America
DECEMBER 6, 2023
I didn’t know that I had the legal right to informed consent when I was first prescribed the SSRI (selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor) antidepressant Paxil two decades ago. Although this was a medical malpractice case, Andy Vickery is no stranger to setting legal precedents. I just “blindly trusted” my family doctor.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 21, 2023
That’s been the question posed to me in 2023 by interviewers such as Nick Fortino on “ Psychology Is ” and Mollie Adler on “Back from the Borderline. ” The psychiatric-pharmaceutical-industrial complex is fueled by the profits of Big Pharma, which have made a staggering amount of money from psychiatric drugs.
Mad in America
MAY 15, 2024
Listen to the audio of the interview here. Siem: You don’t serve the pharmaceutical company who might be paying you on the side. I said to myself, “If I can develop a way to work that brings me more satisfaction, if I can develop a paradigm that can survive considering the legalities, I think my life is going to be better.”
Mad in America
JANUARY 6, 2024
I decided to turn my professional eye on BetterHelp, the largest and most prominent of these services, seeking my own psychotherapy with the company, applying and getting hired as a therapist, and interviewing BetterHelp clinicians. Once approved, I was invited to a 15-minute interview with a woman who did not work as a therapist.
Mad in America
OCTOBER 24, 2024
published an article online with interviews of professionals about their experiences of working with the implementation of the Norwegian action plans and guidelines for suicide prevention. [9] 18] Goldney had received “gold” “from a number of pharmaceutical companies.” It was exceedingly difficult for Hjelmeland et al. 21] Smith R.
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