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psychiatrists are ''in the pocket'' of drugs companies![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() The control held by the psychiatric drug industry is a major threat to people who suffer mental distress in our society today. Ireland today is a base for many psychiatric pharmaceutical companies. Further proof of the psychiatric drug industry’s dominance of the 'mental health' field has been revealed today when the Inspector of Mental Hospitals in the Republic of Ireland, Dr Dermot Walsh ,made his criticisms in his annual report for 2002. He said that Irish psychiatrists are spending too much time enjoying lavish overseas trips organised by drugs companies. This was not surprisingly rejected by the Irish Pharmaceutical Healthcare Association. The undue influence held by the psychiatric drug industry was portrayed when Mr Walsh said there was: ''unscientific material aimed at influencing prescribing practice''. |
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