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The DSM could be influenced by pharmaceutical research grants

By Hicbd
Fri Oct 12 2018 8:24 am

"A psychiatric taxonomy [i.e., the DSM] which touts indication for medications, but is effectively silent about their associated risks, is evidently unbalanced and raises questions about undue influence," they wrote. "The time has come to seriously reconsider whether the heavily pharmaceutically funded APA should continue to be entrusted with the revision of the DSM."

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diagnostic_and_Statistical_Manual_of_Mental_Disorders#Criticism
http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/bipolar-disorder/undue-pharmaceutical-influence-psychiatric-practice
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/MindMoodNews/dsm-fire-financial-conflicts/story?id=15909673

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Categories:
Psychiatry Pharmaceutical Industry Mental Health Psychiatric Medications / Drugs American Psychiatric Association (APA) Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) Corruption / Fraud

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