This link has been bookmarked by 22 people . It was first bookmarked on 09 Apr 2008, by Gareth Furber.
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13 Jun 11
Jeff ***Promoting honesty in medical education
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doing therapy is fun
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getting paid for having interesting and intimate conversations with people
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feedergoldfishMy opinion, formed as a result of participating in many CME activities, is that allowing pharmaceutical companies to sponsor accredited medical education leads to many bad things, including biased education, corrupt physicians, and, ultimately, harm to ou
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--Temper dysregulation with dysphoria (TDD). A much more accurate way of categorizing children with explosive temper tantrums so that they don't get misdiagnosed as having bipolar disorder. This is a response to the fact that the diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children has increased 8,000% over the past decade.
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A new paper, written by Glen Spielmans and Peter Parry and published in the journal Bioethical Inquiry, shows how various drug companies, particularly Eli Lilly and AstraZeneca, manipulated science and lied to doctors in order to sell their drugs. While this is not exactly news, the intriguing aspect of this article is that the authors reproduce e-mails and slides that are the smoking guns of deceptive sales practices. And let me tell you, these gun barrels are hot and you can still smell the gun powder.
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Sigalon - The Swedish FrogThe Carlat Blog versus the Carlat Report
This is NOT The Carlat Psychiatry Report. It is "The Carlat Psychiatry Blog." Here are the differences: The Report is a peer-reviewed, non-industry biased, CME publication. The Blog is not peer-reviewed, is not ACCME-accredited, and is definitely very biased. My opinion, formed as a result of participating in many CME activities, is that allowing pharmaceutical companies to sponsor accredited medical education leads to many bad things, including biased education, corrupt physicians, and, ultimately, harm to our patients. So, if you arrived here for straightforward psychiatric information, click here instead. If you are interested in the tangled politics and economics of CME, read on! -
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