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Mental Health Information

HereSince1628

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1. Did the good people at medscape pose an explanation for that?

Reply to ellenrr (Original post)

Sun Mar 24, 2013, 10:43 AM

Mar 2013

I didn't create an account...

I'm not really surprised about this as money follows profitability and SSRIs alone are among the biggest money making medications in the US.

It would be interesting to know not just who made the money from the speaking engagements, but what they said.

Seems to me, the pool of possible explanations could be different if the speakers were primarily clinicians relying largely on case histories vs primarily academic types reporting on large sample controlled trials.

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Did the good people at medscape pose an explanation for that? HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #1

Drat. Can't get to the article without signing up, which I am not going to do. cbayer Mar 2013 #2

Medical professions require continuing education, the allied industries fund most of that. HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #3

While I understand and support the requirements for CE, many of these are cbayer Mar 2013 #4

I see it sort of the other way, I think TV MD's are among the most conflicted HereSince1628 Mar 2013 #5