Modern Psychiatry--Who's Your Daddy?

I was just listening to a Medscape.com video which was a discussion of a study on sudden death in pediatric patients and stimulant use (as in drugs prescribed for ADHD). There was a link for the presenter's disclosures, and I was truly shocked after I clicked on it. Impartiality in modern psychiatry is apparently on life support.

If you wonder about the symbiosis between the drug companies and psychiatry, take a look:

The physician doing the presentation is the director of child and adolescent psychiatry at University Hospital's Case Medical Center and a professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University. He has disclosed the following relevant financial relationships:

Received grants for clinical research from: Abbott Laboratories; Addrenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Forest Laboratories, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline; Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.; Eli Lilly and Company; Neuropharm Group plc; Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd.; Pfizer Inc.; Shire; Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Served as an advisor or consultant for: Abbott Laboratories; Addrenex Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP; Biovail Corporation; Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Forest Laboratories, Inc.; GlaxoSmithKline; Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.; Eli Lilly and Company; Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation; Organon Pharmaceuticals USA Inc.; Otsuka Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd., Pfizer Inc.; sanofi-aventis; Sepracor Inc.; Shire; Solvay Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Supernus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Validus Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc.

Served on the speaker's bureau for: Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Johnson & Johnson Pharmaceutical Research & Development, L.L.C.; Shire

This guy might be a prince among men and a great shrink, but how do you claim impartiality when the money trail looks like this?

Here's the link to the presentation, but I think you may need to be registered with Medscape.com to gain access.