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Federal prosecutors: Psychiatrist paid to tout off-label antidepressant use
Federal prosecutors have unveiled a case against pharmaceutical company Forest Laboratories, charging that the company illegally marketed antidepressants Celexa and Lexapro for use in children. In a... Read more...
Emory punishes psychiatrist Nemeroff for drug company ties
Internationally known psychiatrist Dr. Charles Nemeroff is facing serious consequences for taking payments from pharmaceutical companies. Emory University has permanently stripped him of his... Read more...
Emory psychiatrist accused of not reporting drug company income
A high-profile Emory University psychiatrist has been accused of failing to report one-third of the $2.8 million in consulting fees he received from companies whose drugs he was evaluating, according... Read more...
Using the MRI to map mental states
For most clinicians, the MRI is a practical tool used primarily to diagnose illness. For Dr. Nancy Andreasen, a neuroscientist and psychiatrist, it becomes a completely different tool. Dr. Andreasen,... Read more...
Addiction is a worse scourge for some
Among substance treatment professionals, and recovering addicts, it's commonly said that "addiction doesn't discriminate," meaning that more or less anyone could fall victim to the disease's... Read more...
