British Medical Journal – A New Vision for Mental Health

The illusion of evidence based medicine

Author: Editorial 17th October 2022 0 Comments

“Evidence based medicine has been corrupted by corporate interests, failed regulation, and commercialisation of academia, argue these authors” This article by Jon Jureidini and Leemon B. McHenry has been published in the British Medical Journal. It begins (with footnotes excluded, but…
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British Medical Journal, clinical drugs trials, evidence-based medicine, Jon Jureidini, Leemon B. McHenry, pharmaceutical industry, Research

Overdiagnosis: it’s official

Author: Editorial 17th December 2021 0 Comments

Within the field of mental healthcare there has long been massive over-diagnosis of mental illness (not to mention shaky scientific justification for many of the diagnostic labels applied). Hence the relevance of this article (published in the British Medical Journal –…
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Barnett Kramer, British Medical Journal, MeSH, National Library of Medicine, overdiagnosis, psychiatry, Steven Woloshin

Time to assume that health research is fraudulent until proven otherwise?

Author: Editorial 13th August 2021 0 Comments

The question posed by this article is highly relevant to the field of mental health, particularly in relation to research concerning the alleged benefits of the psychotropic drugs that are prescribed on a massive scale. The author is Dr. Richard…
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Andrew Grey, Barbara K Redman, Ben Mol, British Medical Journal, Cochrane Collaboration, Ian Roberts, peer review, REAPPRAISED checklist, Research, Richard Smith, Stephen Lock, zombie trials

The trouble with antidepressants: why the evidence overplays benefits and underplays risks

Author: Editorial 18th September 2020 0 Comments

“Widespread prescribing has not reduced mental disability or suicide, raising questions about the assessment of evidence on effectiveness and safety of antidepressants” This essay by John B. Warren has been published the British Medical Journal (BMJ). It begins: “Depression can be…
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antidepressants, BMJ, British Medical Journal, depression, efficacy of antidepressants, John B. Warren, safety of antidepressants

Forever indebted to pharma—doctors must take control of our own education

Author: Editorial 17th January 2020 0 Comments

The pharmaceutical industry pays money to key opinion leaders in UK psychiatry for “promotional activities”. Writing in the British Medical Journal (April 2015), general practitioner Dr. Margaret McCartney, says: “As a student 20 years ago I failed to realise that the sandwiches at…
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British Medical Journal, Margaret McCartney, medical education, pharmaceutical industry

Can cold water swimming treat depression?

Author: Editorial 3rd October 2018 1 Comment

The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs , Dr. Chris van Tulleken, writes : “Jumping into the sea in winter is the most alive and present I ever feel. I get in fast – a dangerous approach if you’re a beginner – when the cold shock response provokes an uncontrollable…
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BBC, British Medical Journal, Chris van Tulleken, cold water swimming, depression, physical exercise, Research