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Subjects or Saviors: The Rules and Regulations Surrounding Human Clinical Trials of Experimental Psychiatric Medication
In opening his opinion striking down the Office of Mental Health’s regulations controlling the administration of experimental psychiatric medications to patients who lack the capacity to make decisions for themselves, Justice Edward J. Greenfield of the New York Supreme Court poignantly...
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The Future of Mental Health Care: Better Services and More Research
For someone who suffers from a mental illness, the chances for receiving effective treatment and recovering are better now than ever in human history. Incredible as this may sound, it is true. We currently can do more for patients with serious mental illnesses like schizophrenia, schizoaffective...
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Can You Trust the Research Findings You Read on The Internet?
There’s always a new report hyping one type of health discovery or another. The results usually sound promising, or else they wouldn’t be newsworthy, but can you really believe everything you read on the Internet? Another case of caveat emptor or let the buyer beware—even if the information...
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Comparative Effectiveness Research: An Introduction
On February 17, 2009, within a month of his inauguration, President Barack Obama signed into law the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009, the $787 billion economic package meant to stabilize and stimulate the nation’s economy. Contained within the Act was $1.1 billion dollars...