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Third, his journal told of the corrupting influence of pharmaceutical money on the creation of psychiatric diagnoses and drug trials. Whitaker: There are those two funding sources, open access where people have to pay, or journals where they’re basically funded by pharmaceutical advertisements. Fava: Right, and the libraries.

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Number of genes Explained variance (%) Anxiety disorders 200,000 6 0.5 Bipolar disorder 413,000 64 4.6 Depressive disorder 1,154,000 178 1.5-3.2 Regarding mental disorders, pharmaceutical treatments appear better if genetic causes are assumed. Malfunction Number of persons (approx.) ADHD 55,000 12 5.5

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MARCH 15, 2025

This turn to ketamine is occurring despite the fact that the Food and Drug Administration has repeatedly warned that the FDA has not approved ketamine for the treatment of any psychiatric disorder (though controversially approving esketamine nasal spray). accepting personal or office gifts or corporate donations from industry.

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Academics even boast that EBM shackles the pharmaceutical industry. A century ago, Paul Ehrlich, whose research helped create the modern pharmaceutical industry, saw the ideal medicine as a Magic Bullet, a drug that hits a target without causing collateral damage. Doctors adamantly insist they are not influenced by adverts.

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