The going rate on shrinks: Big Pharma and the buying of psychiatry. (Gazette).
American Prospect, The, July, 2002 by Torrey, E. Fuller
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IT WAS LAST SUMMER IN BERLIN when I first encountered pharmaceutical funhouses. I was one of 4,000 attendees at the 7th World Congress of Biological Psychiatry. Until about a decade ago, pharmaceutical companies passed out pens or notepads with their companies' logos at such events, and most speakers presented data and opinions based upon their true scientific beliefs.
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That all changed when Big Pharma took over. At the congress, I counted 15 major displays on the way to the lunch area, including an artificial garden (Janssen-Cilag), a brook running over stones (Lundbeck), and ...
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