Author Archives: cchrstl

An article in The Economist (25 June 2011, “Mass observation”) discussing the 2006 health care reform legislation in Massachusetts, and on which the current federal health care legislation was based in part, makes the point that, although the percent of … Continue reading →

An article in Science News Daily (April 11, 2011, “Pharmacogenetics Testing Offers Way to Reduce Deaths from Drug Toxicity”) discusses the field of pharmacogenetics (also called pharmacogenomics,) the study of an individual’s variation in DNA sequence related to drug response. … Continue reading →

Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 30, 2011 http://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/2011/June/11-crm-871.html WASHINGTON – A Miami-area psychiatrist pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Miami for his part in a fraud scheme that resulted in the … Continue reading →

“A federal judge on Wednesday June 29 refused to order prison officials to stop forcibly medicating Arizona shooting suspect Jared Loughner with anti-psychotic drugs. “U.S. District Judge Larry Burns rejected a request by defense attorneys for Loughner, 22, to halt … Continue reading →

The Illusions of Psychiatry by Marcia Angell in the New York Review of Books This is a seriously great article exposing all the inner workings of psychiatry’s billing bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM), including the … Continue reading →

Judy Clarke, defense attorney for the Tucson shooter Jared Lee Loughner, wrote in a court filing the first week of June that giving Loughner psychiatric drugs could have “serious and possibly permanent side effects.” [Quote from the Nevada Missouri Herald-Tribune, June … Continue reading →

Johnson & Johnson recalls Risperdal and Risperidone Tablets A foul smelling odor has prompted the voluntary recall of one lot each of Johnson & Johnson’s Risperdal and Risperidone tablets. Risperdal (generic name risperidone) is an atypical antipsychotic drug, also called a major tranquilizer, … Continue reading →

The medical research world has been concerned about the problem of ghostwriting for more than a decade. The issue has been repeatedly raised in the mainstream media over the past few years, with most of the commentary focused on the … Continue reading →

Are our children really at risk or is Patrick McGorry selling us Voodoo Science & Snake Oil? Should we trust our children’s lives to Patrick McGorry? Do we want our children to be labelled with Psychosis Risk Syndrome? The Australian Federal Government has … Continue reading →