More than $14 million dollars given to 50+ physicians who dictated psychiatric treatment standards

https://childrenshealthdefense.org/defender/doctors-psychiatric-diagnosis-manual-millions-drug-companies/

The DSM or the Diagnostic Statistical Manual of Mental Health Disorders is the “gold standard” for diagnosing mental health conditions. It is updated every 4-6 years. This 500+ page book has every insurance coded diagnosable mental health condition along with the diagnostic criteria for said mental illness. This manual is what every psych provider is expected to use when diagnosing a mental health issue in a patient. This manual is used as the gold standard in legal hearings, insurance claims, and even in malpractice claims where someone believes their diagnosis is right or wrong.

Turns out, it was a bought and paid for fraud by big pharma. “The authors used OpenPayments to look at the funding the 92 doctors received from 2016 to 2019 — the years just before and during the development of the DSM-5-TR.

The amounts ranged from just under $14 per doctor to $2.7 million per doctor. Collectively, the doctors received more than $14.2 million.”.

“The authors of The BMJ report wrote that “industry influence over the development of this diagnostic guideline can have a profound effect on public health (eg, by broadening diagnostic categories and influencing what drugs will be prescribed and covered by insurance). It is thus critical that authors of this psychiatric taxonomy should be free of industry ties.”

Research consistently shows that conflicts of interest lead to “pro-industry thinking and conclusions,” the authors of the report said.

The BMJ found that the doctors who received the most money — often in the form of food, beverages, travel and consulting reimbursements — were those working in diagnostic areas “where drug interventions are often the standard treatment, such as depressive disorders, neurocognitive disorders, and drug induced movement disorders.”

Well isn’t that a real shitter. I exposed the corruption of evidence based practice 18 months ago. The gold standard treatment guideline textbooks are no different than journal articles. They are all captured entities.