Healthy Skepticism Library item: 16075

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Publication type: Journal Article

MacKay A, Warren JB.
Responsibility for lack of psychopharmacological innovation
Lancet 2009 Jul 25; 374:(9686):290
http://www.thelancet.com/journals/lancet/article/PIIS0140-6736(09)61361-1/fulltext

Abstract:

We enjoyed Peter Tyrer’s iconoclastic review of Shorter’s book on the history of mood disorders (May 2, p 1513). 1 The attack on the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is warranted, but other statements are wide of the mark-few antidepressants remain under patent; most serotonin-selective reuptake inhibitors have long since become generic.
And although we agree with the criticism that much of psychiatry is unscientific, we take issue as to where the responsibility lies. Is …