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Massachusetts Sues J&J Over Risperdal Marketing Practices Bloomberg By Don Jeffrey Aug 1, 2011 Massachusetts’s attorney general sued Johnson & Johnson’s Ortho-McNeil-Janssen unit for improper marketing of the anti-psychotic drug Risperdal. The company marketed the drug as a treatment for dementia in the elderly and a way to ease various ailments of younger people when […]

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Teen Screen: Should We Be Testing for Mental Illness? The push is on to early identify youth with mental disorders. Do we really know how? Fourth in a series on medical screening The Tyee – British Columbia By Alan Cassels 25 July 2011 "When left untreated, mental illness can lead to devastating consequences. These include drug […]