About 60% of the authors had financial ties to industry, which are not disclosed in the DSM. Studies show that conflicts of interest lead to pro-industry decision-making.
By Peter Simons January 15, 2024 READ
In a new study, researchers found that about 60% of the authors working on the latest edition of psychiatry’s diagnostic bible (the DSM-5-TR) had financial ties to the pharmaceutical industry. In total, more than $14.2 million of pharma money went to the DSM-5-TR task force and review group members.
“The amount of money received from pharmaceutical companies by individuals with decision making authority over the revision process raises questions about the editorial independence of this diagnostic manual,” the researchers write.
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A child of the peace and antiWar movements, a Truther with self-diagnosed Opposition Defiance Disorder, formerly politically liberal tho now politically marooned, and Post-Doomer, on any issue, I trend to the conspiracy side, sort through the absurd, fantastical and insane, until I find firm ground usually located just the other side of the censorship firewall of propaganda and orthodoxy, dogma, and other either / or thinking.
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