This is outrageous and an issue we all should write letters to various media and related journals to express/explain why. Whining Michael? When a group of professionals have an association that receives 1/3 of their budget from a for-profit companies that benefit from these very same professionals using their product, that's extremely unethical. And, as Chris mentions, the president-elect has close to $5 million stake in the very pharmaceutical companies whose products they (psychiatrists) are being encouraged to prescribe. And Tim, I realize you were doing your best to be diplomatic, but their is a vast difference in the quality of research conducted by the psychiatric community compared to the non-clinical psychological community.
Not only do we all need to respond to this scandalous situation but we also have to try our best to let the public understand the distinction between the psychiatrist community and the psychology community as many truly don't know this. Joan [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Did you know that nearly 1/3 of the American Psychiatric Association's > budget comes from the pharmaceutical industry, in the form of journal > ads and convention exhibits? Did you know that the current > president-elect of the American Psychiatric Association has a nearly-$5 > million stake in a drug development company? > > Now a Republican senator is demanding to see the "other" APA's books, > declaring that "money from the pharmaceutical industry can shape the > practices of nonprofit organizations that purport to be independent." > The APA's Board is in conclave in Chicago this weekend, developing a > response. > > Here's a New York Times article about it: http://tinyurl.com/5b8agx > > Chris > -- > > Christopher D. Green > Department of Psychology > York University > Toronto, ON M3J 1P3 > Canada > > > > 416-736-2100 ex. 66164 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.yorku.ca/christo/ > > > > "Part of respecting another person is taking the time to criticise his > or her views." > > - Melissa Lane, in a /Guardian/ obituary for philosopher Peter Lipton > > ================================= > > > --- > To make changes to your subscription contact: > > Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- To make changes to your subscription contact: Bill Southerly ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
