Efficacy of Pharmacotherapy and Psychotherapy for Adult Psychiatric Disorders A Systematic Overview of Meta-analyses by Maximilian Huhn; Magdolna Tardy; Loukia Maria Spineli;Werner Kissling; Hans Förstl; Gabriele Pitschel-Walz; Claudia Leucht; Myrto Samara; Markus Dold; John M. Davis; and Stefan Leucht. JAMA Psychiatry. Published online April 30, 2014. IMPORTANCE There is debate about the effectiveness of psychiatric […]
The Role of Psychiatry in Health Care Reform, APA Board of Trustees Work Group and the Economic Impact of Integrated Medical-Behavioral Healthcare: Implications for Psychiatry, prepared by Milliman, Inc.have an accompanying Infographic designed to simplify and illustrate their concept of Integrated Care. Shown above is their assessment that mental health care is inordinately expensive. That […]
http://www.psychiatry.org/practice/professional-interests/integrated-care/integrated-care-reconnecting-the-brain-and-the-body http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Practice/Professional%20Interests/Integrated%20Care/BOT-Healthcare-Reform-Summary-Report.pdf http://www.psychiatry.org/File%20Library/Practice/Professional%20Interests/Integrated%20Care/Milliaman-APA-EconomicImpactofIntegratedMedicalBehavioralHealthcare2014.pdf http://psychnews.psychiatryonline.org/newsArticle.aspx?articleid=1742623 We had a discussion of Integrated Care a week ago. Looks like we were on the leading cusp of something bigger than I, at least, knew… three wishes… in the comments… other comments… on Psycritic: On Integrated Mental Health Care on Mad in America: The End of Psychiatry on PsychPractice: APA-thetic […]
Andy Lipscomb the gentlest soul to ever pass our way… September 24, 1939 – April 21, 2014 Al Clayton darker days finally passed… June 14, 1934 – April 27, 2014
Some references about the Zohydro controversy [a big mistake…]… New FDA Chief Must Divest Several Stock, Fund Holdings Margaret Hamburg, Wikipedia FDA chief urges ‘new era of partnership’ FDA commissioner defends proposal to expedite drug approval for serious illnesses FDA Chief Defends Approval of Controversial Painkiller Sen. Elizabeth Warren Takes FDA Chief To Task On […]
In common law, a writ of qui tam is a writ whereby a private individual who assists a prosecution can receive all or part of any penalty imposed. Its name is an abbreviation of the Latin phrase qui tam pro domino rege quam pro se ipso in hac parte sequitur, meaning "[he] who sues in […]
FDA chief defends Zohydro approval as US states rebel by Michael McCarthy British Medical Journal. 2014 348:g2939 Margaret Hamburg, commissioner of the US Food and Drug Administration, has defended her agency’s decision to approve the potent long acting opioid Zohydro ER, arguing that the FDA had to balance the risks of opioid prescription abuse with […]
Back in ancient history when I first began trying my hand at deciphering the bizarre clinical trial situation in psychiatry, I looked into the strangest of stories involving a drug called Mifepristone [Corlux®][RU-486]. For the details, see my series of eight consecutive posts starting with Mifepristone 0: $tanford’s $chatzberg redux…. I was relatively new to […]
One wouldn’t have to read much here to realize that I’m no particular fan of the American Psychiatric Association or its current President, Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman. With him, it’s not anything personal. I just don’t much like people who speak and write with a conclusion that they want me to reach, and attempt to sell […]
Pfizer mulls $100 bln bid for AstraZeneca – report Reuters Apr 20, 2014 U.S. pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has approached British rival AstraZeneca to propose a 60 billion pound [$101 billion] takeover, the Sunday Times reported on Sunday. The paper said, citing senior investment bankers and industry sources, that informal conversations about a deal had taken […]