Second call for retraction of a fraudulent trial report of fluoxetine in children and adolescents

We wrote to JAMA Psychiatry on 3 August calling for retraction of a fraudulent trial report of fluoxetine in children and adolescents. Read our open letter here. On 21 September, Anette Flanagin,  Executive Managing Editor, Vice President, Editorial Operations JAMA and JAMA Network, sent a misleading response: We shared your letter with the author of […]

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Andrew Wakefield: A horribly harmful fraudster and anti-vaxx hero

Wakefield’s fraud created a false link between the MMR vaccine and autism. His “study” in The Lancet was retracted and he was struck off the UK’s medical register for committing unethical and fraudulent research on children. But he is nonetheless considered a hero in anti-vaxx circles, including in Robert F Kennedy Jr’s organisation, Children’s Health

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Cochrane doesn’t take editorial misconduct seriously

All reputable medical journals have an impartial mechanism for dealing with allegations of editorial misconduct. In the past, this was also the case for the Cochrane Library. Today, Cochrane’s attitude can best be described as, “We don’t give a damn. We are beyond reproach.” Cochrane’s ongoing crisis caused by multiple missteps – most recently the

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The Norwegian Psychiatric Association propagates dangerous misinformation about their specialty

By Peter C Gøtzsche My article on Mad in America, “The media’s false narrative about depression pills, suicides, and saving lives” from 23 August was mentioned on Mad in Norway (in Norwegian) two days ago: “Terrible falsehoods from the Norwegian Psychiatric Association. Untrue statements about drugs. Psychiatry and the pharmaceutical industry are accused of spreading

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Call for retraction of three fraudulent trial reports of antidepressants in children and adolescents

By Peter C Gøtzsche Together with 10 people who each lost a child or spouse to suicide as a direct consequence of being prescribed an antidepressant drug for a non-psychiatric condition, I have today written to the editors of two journals and called for retraction of three fraudulent trial reports of antidepressants in children and

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YouTube censored correct information about the high-titre measles vaccine

By Peter C Gøtzsche Institute for Scientific Freedom On 6 July 2022, Professor Christine Stabel Benn uploaded a videocast with Professor Peter Aaby on YouTube about his research in Africa. It included his discovery of the beneficial non-specific effects of measles vaccines. The videocast is predominantly about these effects of the normal measles vaccine. But

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Psychiatry killed Tuva Andersson whose problem was anxiety

By Peter C Gøtzsche Institute for Scientific Freedom Copenhagen   Tuva Andersson was 37 years old when she committed suicide. Her mother wanted me to tell her story hoping it might prevent other tragic and unnecessary deaths. Tuva suffered from anxiety, which should have been handled by psychosocial interventions. Instead, she was exposed to professional

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