The DSM-5 Task Force and its antics have dominated and embarrassed psychiatry for several years now, and like the swirling winds in Oklahoma, left a swath of destruction in its wake that will be long remembered. It has certainly been the noisiest DSM Revision effort in history, but is substantively of almost no consequence. While […]
In rural America, we do a lot of driving. The churches along the two lane roads have marquees that post quips like "Would you rather be Grumbly Hateful or Humbly Grateful" [I expect there are books and web sites filled with such things]. Yesterday’s gem was "When looking for faults, use a mirror, not a […]
[Lieberman, Frances, Horowitz] [Greenberg]
DSM-5: A Manual Run Amok It’s time for psychiatry to drop its field guide and try to learn about mental ills Wall Street Journal By PAUL MCHUGH May 17, 2013 … With its third edition [DSM-III], the manual [which had existed since 1952] underwent a transformation. Its editors focused on codifying symptoms that seemed to […]
Expert Sets Record Straight on Antidepressant Myths Psychiatric News May 19, 2013 Anthony Rothschild, M.D.Antidepressants do “really work” and do not “cause suicide,” said Anthony Rothschild, M.D., at APA’s 2013 annual meeting today during a discussion of his second book in the Evidence-Based Guides series, the evidence-based guide to antidepressant medications [American Psychiatric Publishing, 2012]. […]
In March, friend Nancy Wilson ran across an article syndicated in multiple small town papers hawking the antidepressant, Viibryd®, with commentary by Madhukar Trivedi – not labeled as an advertisement [the article…, Viibryd® – coming to a hamlet near you…]. Trivedi is at UT Southwestern where he heads their Depression Clinic. She wrote the chairman […]
SAN FRANCISCO — The American Psychiatric Association officially kicked off its annual meeting this weekend with the release of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders. To mark the occasion, incoming APA president Jeffrey A. Lieberman, MD, announced during the opening session that the profession of psychiatry has come of […]
I suppose that this kind of defensive opening Press Conference was to be expected. And they chose to defend criticisms of specific decisions made along the way. I’ve added just a few comments along the way, but they missed the overall point of the major criticisms of their [now released] DSM-5. APA Leaders Defend New […]
This graphic is a cut down version of the flyer for the 4th KOL Relationship Summit with just the session topics. It’s to help PHARMA types more effectively recruit and manage the physicians who they use to promote their products. As you read through these topics keep in mind that I didn’t make this up, […]