February 15, 2012 News release
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Forest Laboratories and Gedeon Richter have announced preliminary top-line results from a Phase III clinical trial of Cariprazine (RGH-188), an investigational antipsychotic agent, in patients with acute mania associated with bipolar I disorder.
February 2, 2012 Dennis Grantham, Editor-in-Chief
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For years, mental health providers have worried about the incidence of "metabolic syndrome" among consumers taking atypical antipsychotic meds for serious mental illness. Now, a study has identified the link.
February 1, 2012 Nick Zubko, Associate Editor
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It’s hard to believe that psychiatric meds are anything but a “growth industry,” but that’s not really the case anymore, at least according to new research from Thomson Reuters and SAMHSA.
December 6, 2011 Dennis Grantham, Editor-in-Chief
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Robert Whitaker, author of Anatomy of an Epidemic, whose two-part interview in Behavioral Healthcare was the subject of critique by psychiatrist William Glazer MD (click here for Part I), issued a sharp and critical analysis of Glazer’s views in a Nov. 30 post at his own website.
November 16, 2011 Brian Albright
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Pharmaceuticals are one of the fast growing cost centers in most state Medicaid programs, and antipsychotic medications are among the most expensive
November 15, 2011 William M. Glazer, MD
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Dr. Glazer argued that there are many plausible explanations for the observed rise in psychiatric disability in the past 20 years and that Whitaker's argument that psychiatric medications caused this trend is “speculative.” In this article, he addresses whether Whitaker's allegations also "endanger" the trust that doctors develop with their patients.
October 30, 2011 William M. Glazer, MD
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Psychiatrist says that claims of author Robert Whitaker's "Anatomy of an Epidemic" are sensational but scientifically unsound
October 4, 2011 William M. Glazer, MD
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Vilazodone (Viibryd) introduces a new and unique mechanism of action
October 4, 2011 Lori Ashcraft, PhD and Bill Anthony, PhD
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Part two of an exploration of author Robert Whitaker's controversial perspective on psychiatric medication, "Anatomy of an Epidemic."
August 24, 2011 News release
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Columbus, Ohio – About half of Medicaid-covered children and adolescents in Ohio who are in treatment for depression complete their first three
July 19, 2011 Lori Ashcraft, PhD and Bill Anthony, PhD
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After interviewing Robert Whitaker, we found ourselves reminiscing about Toto in The Wizard of Oz. You remember, don't you? How Dorothy and her
July 19, 2011 William M. Glazer, MD
