{"id":21761,"date":"2012-04-02T14:45:20","date_gmt":"2012-04-02T18:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/?p=21761"},"modified":"2012-04-02T15:01:18","modified_gmt":"2012-04-02T19:01:18","slug":"astroturf","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2012\/04\/02\/astroturf\/","title":{"rendered":"astroturf&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div align=\"justify\">A couple of you have noted that the <strong><font color=\"#200020\">ADAA<\/font><\/strong> [<strong><font color=\"#200020\">Anxiety Disorders Association of America<\/font><\/strong>] itself has its own PHARMA ties. So I started searching their 2009 Annual Conference that was on my screen for familiar names: Charles Nemeroff, Alan Schatzberg, and Karen Wagner on the Scientific Advisory Board; Martin Keller, Joseph Biederman, and Dennis Charney were in the house presenting. That was enough for me, so I moved on. <a href=\"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/index.php\/2012\/03\/31\/back-on-the-stage-2\/#comment-220986\" target=\"_blank\"><u><strong><font color=\"#200020\">Altostrata<\/font><\/strong><\/u><\/a> points out:<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div><strong><font color=\"#200020\">Corporate Contributions<\/font><\/strong><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">  ADAA received unrestricted educational grants and donations in support  of consumer and professional education from the following:<\/div>\n<ul>\n<div>AstraZeneca<br \/>      Jazz Pharmaceuticals<br \/>      Pfizer Inc.<br \/>      Takeda Pharmaceuticals<br \/>      Wiley-Blackwell<\/div>\n<\/ul>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div align=\"justify\">I don&#8217;t like being as cynical as I&#8217;ve become about organizations like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.adaa.org\/about-adaa\/people\/scientific-advisory-board\" target=\"_blank\"><u><strong><font color=\"#200020\">ADAA<\/font><\/strong><\/u><\/a> [<strong><font color=\"#200020\">Anxiety Disorders Association of America<\/font><\/strong>], or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nami.org\/Content\/NavigationMenu\/Inform_Yourself\/About_NAMI\/Annual_Reports\/2010NAMIAnnualReport.pdf#page=7\" target=\"_blank\"><u><strong><font color=\"#200020\">NAMI<\/font><\/strong><\/u><\/a> [<strong><font color=\"#200020\">National Alliance on Mental Illness<\/font><\/strong>], or the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.afsp.org\/index.cfm?page_id=7E69395B-D2D1-CEAC-E5BE2B9CC93F157B\" target=\"_blank\"><u><strong><font color=\"#200020\">AFSP <\/font><\/strong><\/u><\/a><strong><font color=\"#200020\">[American Foundation for Suicide Prevention<\/font><\/strong>]. I&#8217;m sure that some were founded altruistically, and do some good things, but they&#8217;re easily invaded and become a conduit for the pharma&middot;<em>soot<\/em>&middot;ical industry. Some, but not all, like <strong><font color=\"#200020\">NAMI<\/font><\/strong> are followed by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php?title=NAMI\" target=\"_blank\"><u><strong><font color=\"#200020\">Sourcewatch<\/font><\/strong><\/u><\/a>. The <strong><font color=\"#200020\">ADAA<\/font><\/strong> was written up by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/psycho-pharmaceutical-front-groups\/adaa\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u><strong><font color=\"#0033ff\">Citizens Commission on Human Rights International<\/font><\/strong><\/u><\/a> and it&#8217;s a devastating report [hat tip to <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/psycho-pharmaceutical-front-groups\/adaa\/\" target=\"_blank\">Talbot<\/a><\/strong>] leaving little to the imagination. The <strong><font color=\"#0033ff\">CCHRI<\/font><\/strong> site lists other <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cchrint.org\/psycho-pharmaceutical-front-groups\/\" target=\"_blank\"><u><strong><font color=\"#0066ff\">Psycho\/Pharma Front Groups<\/font><\/strong><\/u><\/a>. These seemingly Grass Roots organizations that are shady are known as <a href=\"http:\/\/www.sourcewatch.org\/index.php?title=Astroturf\" target=\"_blank\"><u><strong><font color=\"#200020\">Astroturf<\/font><\/strong><\/u><\/a> [I wish I had thought up that name]:<\/div>\n<blockquote>\n<div align=\"justify\">&#8230; refers to apparently grassroots-based citizen groups or  coalitions that are primarily conceived, created and\/or funded by  corporations, industry trade associations, political interests or public relations firms. <\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div align=\"center\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" width=\"200\" vspace=\"5\" src=\"http:\/\/1boringoldman.com\/images\/astroturf.gif\" \/><\/div>\n<div align=\"justify\">If anybody knows of other listings of such organizations that have to do with Mental Health or other candidates, let us all know. It&#8217;s just not an area I&#8217;m familiar with. But the point I set out to make is that what the last post and all of this means is that <strong><font color=\"#200020\">Charlie Nemeroff is still in the game<\/font><\/strong>&#8230;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A couple of you have noted that the ADAA [Anxiety Disorders Association of America] itself has its own PHARMA ties. 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