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Summing up the STAR*D Scandal: The Public was Betrayed, Millions were Harmed, and the Mainstream Media Failed Us All

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In 2006, the American Journal of Psychiatry (AJP) published four reports on STAR*D outcomes. Without these imaginary remissions, the reported remission rate in the November 2006 paper would have been around 50%. Nearly 70% of real-world patients could expect to become symptom free with this use of antidepressants.

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The Editorial Demise of Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics Is Bad News For Us All

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In 2006, it published perhaps the first report of patients suffering from post-SSRI-sexual-dysfunction (PSSD.) In 2002, the journal published an analysis of the risk of suicide with SSRIs that contributed to the FDAs decision to place a Black Box warning on these drugs. They have lost it because of industry ties and so on, Fava said.

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The American Journal of Psychiatry’s Answer to MIA: A Silence that Speaks Volumes

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O n September 9, Mad in America set up a petition on change.org urging the American Journal of Psychiatry to retract its 2006 article that told of a 67% remission rate in the STAR*D trial. At that time, we put up a petition on change.org urging that the Am J of Psychiatry retract the 2006 article. Mad in America, a U.S.

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Investigators Who Blew the Whistle On STAR*D Fraud Call for Retraction of Five AJP Articles

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Miller lauded the scientific rigor of our RIAT reanalysis and stated: “For us in psychiatry, if the BMJ authors are correct, this is a huge setback, as ALL of the publications and policy decisions based on the STAR*D findings that became clinical dogma since 2006 will need to be reviewed, revisited, and possibly retracted.” ” 17, p.7

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Rethinking Mental Health in Ireland: Why Not a Trieste-Style Approach?

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Irelands mental health policy landscape has evolved over the decades, with A Vision for Change (2006) and the more recent Sharing the Vision (2020) outlining ambitions for a recovery- oriented, community-based system. The Irish Context: Where Do We Stand? Yet, a substantial gap persists between policy and practice.

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Scientific Misconduct and Fraud: The Final Nail in Psychiatry’s Antidepressant Coffin

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The problem with this ‘nearly 70%’ story is that the research that has been used to justify it, a 2006 report on the results of the Sequenced Treatment Alternatives to Relieve Depression (STAR*D) , has long been disputed by researchers.

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After MIA Calls for Retraction of STAR*D Article, Study Authors Double Down on the Fraud

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In concert with our September 9 report, we set up a petition on change.org urging the American Journal of Psychiatry to retract the October 2006 article. In essence, in this letter they doubled-down on the fraud they committed in their 2006 summary report of STAR*D outcomes.

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