Archive for January 2011
Wakefield’s MMR study a fraud
Not only is Andrew Wakefield unethical, the latest research published in the British Medical Journal shows that his original study, that started the whole MMR/autism scare, was fraudulent:
Inside the Battle to Define Mental Illness
A good article in Wired on criticisms of the development of the latest revision of the American Psychiatric Association’s diagnostic manual, DSM-V. The process seems to be marked by an increasing medicalisation of psychological phenomena, including the invention of new disorders; and particularly the identification of disorders that pharmaceutical companies have suggested treatments for. Perhaps not surprising given that 62% of those drawing up the manual have links to the drug companies…
Thoughts on Psychology 