Maria with some observations from the recent Washington State Psychiatric Association meeting. Like most medical meetings, the reliance on drug money is needed to run the show.
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Hmm. Dr pho, it seems to me you are perhaps misrepresenting the gist of her post here.
Dr NoFreeLunch
This is one of the reasons that I stopped participating in organized psychiatry. I thought it was just cheesy when their name was all over everything, but as time went on, I began to see ever greater, undue and improper influence on the practice through aggresive marketing, concealing data, and a barrage or marketing concealed as educational programs.
I start showing up at meetings when they are in the basement of the hosptial, and I pay for my own food. Until, I will read my journals (always wary of pharma sponsorship) and get my required CME by paying for in non pharma sponsored programs.
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