tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18614557.post103449024527212045..comments2024-03-28T22:29:05.434+00:00Comments on Relational psychiatry: The benefit-to-harm ratio of antidepressantsDBDoublehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16140020984190294123noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18614557.post-5456135413579405822014-06-16T16:49:52.738+01:002014-06-16T16:49:52.738+01:00Gøtzsche has long been a nasty thorn in the side o...Gøtzsche has long been a nasty thorn in the side of mainstream medicine. A very common way to neutralize such a threat is by "attacking him" and by trying to "turn the tables on critics by suggesting it's the critics not them." Gøtzsche is most well-known for his many mammography-critical studies. In that field too, some pro-mammogram researchers had called him a pseudo-critic or twisted and distorted Gøtzsche's position on mammography (google/bing "A Mammogram Letter The British Medical Journal Censored"), and some have accused him of only wanting to sell his book. <br /><br />Yet anyone who analyzes Gøtzsche's material will recognize that he is most accurate and the orthodoxy is mostly wrong. The medical industry's evidence on SSRIs is about as shallow as their ad hominem attacks.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18614557.post-65029152477905582622014-06-10T19:45:53.391+01:002014-06-10T19:45:53.391+01:00Critisising anti-depressnts gets up Nutt's nos...Critisising anti-depressnts gets up Nutt's nose. He has got hot under the collar before about David Healy but I have not heard him produce figures countering these people's arguments.<br /><br />If he has done some serious analysis that counters these peoples analysis can someone post a link?John Hoggettnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18614557.post-68625535227072668012014-06-10T18:08:01.520+01:002014-06-10T18:08:01.520+01:00I notice Nutt et al. have opted for the straw man ...I notice Nutt et al. have opted for the straw man by going after – ‘resurrecting’ even – the nebulas and undeniably controversial 'anti-psychiatry' movement. I would much have preferred a proper scientific critique of the misleadings of Kirsch et al. (2008) and the atropine studies, and why anti-depressants with ostensibly opposite actions yield similar effect sizes (e.g. Tianeptine versus SSRIs). I am very much open to having my mind changed on these issues .<br /><br />As it stands, the Lancet letter comes across as a desperate attempt to defend academic turf. Note also how rare and bizarre anti-depressant side-effects are, probably entirely sensibly, relegated to 'unexplained medical symptom', but the sexual interference of patients by psychotherapists is raised as their second and last indentified potential side-effect of psychotherapy.<br /><br />I suppose when you're a psychopharmacologist, everything looks like a nail. Not sure...<br />Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152119437847042234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18614557.post-68810157137290448442014-06-10T17:27:04.661+01:002014-06-10T17:27:04.661+01:00Hi Chrys. That is Prof. David Nutt. He is perhap...Hi Chrys. That is Prof. David Nutt. He is perhaps most famous for being the sacked head of the Government's independent Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs, whose independent scientific findings were not consistent with government drugs policy. However, I recall he has also been involved in a spat with Prof. Richard Bentall about the effectiveness of psychological therapy versus psychiatric drug treatment (I think). I think he provides an excellent example against the argument from authority, as he is both a personal hero and irritant of mine depending on what issue he's addressing. <br /><br />Ta.Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03152119437847042234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18614557.post-35993523379732108402014-06-10T16:10:29.934+01:002014-06-10T16:10:29.934+01:00Interesting post Duncan, thanks.
One question. W...Interesting post Duncan, thanks.<br /><br />One question. Who is the man in the photo?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com