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Gratuitous and Misinformed Attacks on Pharma and Academia

• Academic psychiatry (page 304)

– Jerrold F. Rosenbaum MD – Joseph Biederman MD – Gerald Klerman MD – Alan F. Schatzberg MD

• Conspiracy theories

– Regurgitates media reports – Critiques industry academic collaboration – No new information – No original investigations

No alternative model for drug development proposed.

What is Astonishing about Anatomy

• f an Epidemic?
• False assertions and misinformation

– Selects references and cases to support assertions – Omits contradictory data

• Faulty and simplistic reasoning

– Confuses cause and effect – Ignores susceptibility bias – Misinterprets outcome studies

• Wrong conclusions

– Indictment of psychopharmacology

Warning: This book contains misinformation, simplistic misinterpretations of statistics, faulty reasoning, and wrong conclusions that may lead to harmful outcomes if it convinces readers who have psychiatric disorders to stop taking medications.