No, it’s not just another rant about Dr. Nemeroff. There are others… A Leader of Ethics Reform at NIH Seems to Think the Rules Don’t Apply to Him Project on Government Oversight by Ned Feder June 09, 2010 Now in the news is a controversial decision by Dr. Thomas Insel, a top official at the […]
When I was a young person, I think I conflated science and truth, just like some people equate religion and truth. Then I got to be a scientist, and learned that truth was an elusive concept – what’s true today is simply waiting for tomorrow’s exceptions. Then I got to be a psychoanalyst, and I […]
This story seems to be moving like wildfire. No sooner had I finished my last post when I received this post by Dr. Insel on the NIMH blog. It was forwarded by Dr. Bernard Carroll, former Chairman at Duke ,who has been tireless in reporting and commenting on Dr. Nemeroff’s antics on the blog, Healthcare […]
It’s another post about the Dr. Nemeroff controversy. So in case you’re getting tired of them, I’ll put the conclusions first. I currently practice some Psychiatry. I get along fine with about a dozen drugs, mostly generic. I think the billions spent by the government on research and the billions made by the pharmaceutical industry […]
Rarely has an issue grabbed my attention like the hiring of Dr. Charles Nemeroff as Chairman of the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Miami. I’ve said more than enough about that in my last two posts [the trivialization of america…, accentuate the positive, eliminate the negative…]. But I find that there’s still more […]
"As for Dr. Nemeroff, he is yesterday’s news. The adverse findings by ACCME about his program serve as a reminder to corporate sponsors and CME companies that Dr. Nemeroff is so compromised by now that he has lost effectiveness as a front man for Pharma. Indeed, he is so toxic that he now glows in […]
I’ve written about this before, but every time it comes up, it seems to bring a new wave of anger and disillusionment. The topic is the Pharmaceutical Industry buy out of Academic Psychiatry. On this blog, I spend a lot of time preoccupied with Industry, specifically the oil and finacial industries, influencing government. While that […]
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Pope Pleads for Forgiveness Over Abuse New York Times By RACHEL DONADIO June 11, 2010 VATICAN CITY — Addressing the sexual abuse crisis from the seat of the Roman Catholic Church before thousands of white-robed priests, Pope Benedict XVI on Friday begged forgiveness, saying the church would do “everything possible” to prevent priests from abusing […]