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Posted 21 April 2006 - 12:31 PM

Study: Medical manual's authors often tied to drugmakers

By Dan Vergano, USA TODAY Thu Apr 20, 6:57 AM ET

A majority of the medical experts who created the "bible" for diagnosing mental illness have undisclosed financial links to drugmakers, says a study out Thursday.
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And some panels overseeing disorders that require treatment with prescription drugs, such as schizophrenia and "mood disorders," were 100% filled with experts financially tied to the pharmaceutical industry, says the study published in the journal Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.

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