Comments on: Confessions of a Former Psychnetter

By: American Shrinkery Update: Dan Carlat MD in ‘Unhinged: The Trouble with Psychiatry’ | Before You Take That Pill

Tue, 20 Jul 2010 16:26:08 +0000

[...] this stuff out into a public discussion. I too used to give “drug talks” (see “Confessions of a Psychnetter“) but at the time I deluded myself into thinking that I was providing a useful [...]

By: Nancy Fruge

Nancy Fruge — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 23:05:41 +0000

Doug, is the omission of information a curious oversight or an intentional redaction? It appears that the list of approved speakers for the Shore and River Valley regions are missing as well.

By: Doug Bremner

Doug Bremner — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 22:05:22 +0000

No, I was wondering that myself. Must have been inadvertently cut off when they scanned it.

By: Nancy Fruge

Nancy Fruge — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 21:20:54 +0000

Thank you, Doug, for posting the information on the federal anti-kickback statute.

The PsychNet brochure lists Chris Wilkinson as the contact person for the South East Region. However the list of the approved speakers for this region is missing. Do you know who was on the list of approved speakers for the South East Region?

By: Ana

Ana — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 18:54:09 +0000

Hi Doug!
Thank you for this.
Ana

By: Dan

Dan — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:51:55 +0000

It’s big pharma enticing, and therefore corrupting, health care providers and the restoration of health of others. This is done by off label promotion, quid pro quo, misbranding, and renumeration:

http://www.answers.com/topic/kickback

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Off-label_use

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/11/business/11drug.html?_r=1

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quid_pro_quo

http://www.hpm.org/en/Glossary.html

By: Doug Bremner

Doug Bremner — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:44:20 +0000

I agree, it is physician corruption. It is a pay to play kind of system. They think they are immune because they think they are better educated/above it all, but study after study shows they are wrong.

By: Gina Pera

Gina Pera — Thu, 05 Mar 2009 17:39:07 +0000

But why is this “pharma corruption”? Why is this not “physician corruption?” Don’t they know how to say no?

Reporters get paid a whole lot less than physicians and can usually appreciate a free meal or two, but, at a good newspaper anyway, they aren’t allowed any freebies. I’ve never understood why physicians think they are immune from influence.