Mad in America

JULY 29, 2025

15 Under the heading, “How the intervention might work,” they noted that the drugs may allow for reconstruction of the pre‐episode neural networks. The simple fact is that anxiety is caused by things making people anxious, not by some hypothesised – never proven and not even remotely likely – pre-episode defect in neural networks.

Reporting

Ask a Manager

JUNE 5, 2025

I largely don’t apply for roles that require a cover letter and networking never got me anywhere at all. Basically anything other than pharmaceutical marketing. Searching in 2021/22 was much more fruitful. Cold-applying and nothing else.

Pharmaceutical

Insperity

AUGUST 9, 2018

You may want to position your company as a thought leader in your network. Another example is partnering with an organization or association so your business can share high-value thought leadership content with its audience or network to further establish your authority and expertise in your market niche.

Sales

Workplace Insight

NOVEMBER 26, 2023

The report, “ Global Hiring Activity Trends & Signals – Q3 2023 ,” claims that sectors such as construction, insurance, banking & payments, technology and communications, and pharmaceuticals posted significant hybrid job roles during the third quarter (Q3) of 2023.

Pharmaceutical

Mad in America

MAY 12, 2025

It doesnt seem beyond the realm of possibility that pharmaceutical companies would deliberately disrupt the conversation in similar ways, and indeed James Davies in his book Sedated gives evidenced examples of them selectively publishing research data on the efficacy of their drugs (Davies, 2022). Davies, 2013, p.30) & Trans.),

Controlling

Success

MARCH 23, 2023

Christie Pitts, Backstage Capital’s general partner, talks about the early days of the Los Angeles-based company and how she got involved: Working in the music industry, Hamilton learned about startups and networked with investors and entrepreneurs. A few years later, the need to develop hardware and software led her to Backstage Capital.

Pharmaceutical

Mad in America

DECEMBER 20, 2023

For Part 2, we will be covering reader questions on pharmaceutical marketing and issues with psychiatric treatments including psychiatric drugs and electroconvulsive therapy. is the one that’s pushing it forward and I think it’s because there is a critical psychiatry network there that has some reputation within the larger field.

Pharmaceutical

Work Life

MARCH 11, 2024

” Tapping into professional experience and networks Part of the misconception that younger entrepreneurs are more likely to succeed is based on the idea that they are more willing to take risks, and in many cases have fewer responsibilities. ’ I think there is more of a sense of urgency, [and] also just self-awareness.”

Learning

Mad in America

JUNE 27, 2024

My interpretation would be that this is due not to placebo effects as such, but reflects that participants in a research trial should be; receiving appropriate attention in the form of supportive care from professionals, and any support network they may have. Even if the harms are not properly recognized or understood till decades later.

Pharmaceutical

Mad in America

JANUARY 24, 2024

Bolstered by the aggressive marketing of pharmaceuticals as precise tools targeting specific genetic markers, pharmacogenomics risks fuelling a cycle of dependency just as debilitating as the mental health conditions they aim to treat.

Healthcare

Mad in America

MAY 13, 2025

By the 1990speople called it the “Decade of the Brain”the chemical imbalance idea ( propagated by pharmaceutical industry TV ads ) had grabbed everyone’s attention. Doctors and regular folks alike thought depression was just “low serotonin,” even though there wasn’t much proof.

Pharmaceutical

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 28, 2024

Moore: And of course, it was an open door then for the pharmaceutical industry, wasn’t it, with their massive marketing dollars. And I think she’s right that medical psychiatry and the pharmaceutical companies needed a vision like that. But there are a lot of factors I think that influenced that.

Pharmaceutical

Ask a Manager

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The thinking is that you’ve had a shared experience, to some extent have a shared frame of reference, and are part of the same network, and you may have benefitted from alumni’s willingness to help you (or might benefit from it in the future). A lot of people do feel a connection to people from their school and are more willing to help them.

Networking

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Schatzberg has served as a consultant to or received honoraria from Abbott, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Corcept Therapeutics, Forest Laboratories, Janssen, Eli Lilly, Merck, Mitsubishi Pharmaceuticals, Organon, ParkeDavis, Pfizer, Pharmacia–Upjohn, Sanofi, Scirex, SmithKline Beecham, Solvay, and Wyeth–Ayerst.

Consulting

Work Life

JUNE 18, 2024

For example, they shared that a leading pharmaceutical company was managing the divestiture of assets by asking team members to share insights in individual Microsoft Word documents. A major airline tracked its expert network in multiple spreadsheets.

Pharmaceutical

Ask a Manager

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

An informal poll of my network found that most people I know have never been asked for this, and this is the first time I have been asked. We’re a pharmaceutical company, in case diseases seems odd to non-pharma types.). Am I right to raise an eyebrow at this? Or is it common? No, it’s not normal. It’s actually quite weird.

Pharmaceutical

Mad in America

DECEMBER 6, 2023

2024 Around-America Tour For almost two decades, my “True Crime” story has, sadly, been my unique contribution to challenging the powerful influence that the pharmaceutical industry has on the global healthcare system.

Legal

Mad in America

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

They were with MindFreedom International’s (MFI) Shield program , describing itself as “a volunteer-driven mutual aid network through which we organize public campaigns to advocate for the rights of individuals who are being subjected to psychiatric intervention without consent.” the origin of the majority of Shield requests.

Legal

Mad in America

AUGUST 5, 2024

The main current perpetrators of these reprehensible attitudes and practices are frequently named as the UK Critical Psychiatry Network, and specifically Joanna Moncrieff; James Davies; Sami Timimi; Lucy Johnstone; Peter Kinderman; and Mad in America, ‘a popular online publication closely aligned with critical psychiatry leaders ’.

Networking

Mad in America

DECEMBER 13, 2023

You sent some great questions and on this and our next podcast, we will be talking with Bob about Mad in America, the biopsychosocial model, the history of psychiatry, pharmaceutical marketing, and issues with psychiatric treatments including psychiatric drugs and electroconvulsive therapy.

Problem-Solving

Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 10, 2015

For example, they might say, “We’re a bank,” or “We make office furniture,” or “We’re in the pharmaceutical business.” Here are some questions to ask yourself: What special skills, know-how, and experience does our company (or our value network) possess? This is quite understandable. What strategic assets—i.e.,

Retail

Mad in America

MAY 15, 2024

His passion for teaching and learning has led to the creation of the True Psychiatry Network and the development of a mentoring program designed to address the most frequent challenges related to psychiatric training. Siem: You don’t serve the pharmaceutical company who might be paying you on the side. You serve the patient.

Interviewing

Work Life

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Dr. Charlotte Jones-Burton is founder and president of Women of Color in Pharma (WOCIP) and a seasoned pharmaceutical executive with significant experience leading clinical trial development for multiple medicines.

Healthcare

Mad in America

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Naturally I was buoyant to be back home, but I had always been regarded as “the patient” in isolation from my social and family networks. By then, all our children were teenagers —and our eldest daughter had already left home to start her new career as a dancer.

Security

Mad in America

OCTOBER 22, 2024

Support groups are a common element, including specialized support group formats like the Hearing Voices Network. While these are sometimes understood as the “common factors” of psychotherapy, Van Os and colleagues point out that this also applies to pharmaceutical interventions.

Government

Mad in America

OCTOBER 12, 2023

They will learn advocacy skills, and they will be introduced to and encouraged to support and learn from a network of similarly educated family groups in different locations. For too long, the biochemical model has failed to fulfill its promises and has blocked the emergence and development of creative community-based services.

Training

Mad in America

JANUARY 6, 2024

On one side are academics who conduct randomized controlled trials (RCTs), the same approach pharmaceutical companies use to establish whether drugs are effective. Practices like this have led critics to contend that the service is driven more by growth and profit motives than providing mental health services.

Insurance

Mad in America

OCTOBER 2, 2023

135 One should never start psychiatric drug treatment without having a tapering plan, but no one taught doctors how to stop the drugs, whereas they have learned from their professors and the pharmaceutical industry when to start them and always to blame the disease for untoward symptoms, ignoring the troubles they have caused.

Advertising

McKensey

JULY 24, 2025

For example, an integrated electricity player that divests its (regulated) transmission and/or distribution network business and keeps a portfolio of generation and supply units will have a higher risk profile after the divestiture and, consequently, a lower debt capacity and corresponding value from tax shields.

Pharmaceutical

Mad in America

OCTOBER 25, 2023

She is also an award-winning chef and Food Network Chopped Champion. So I just thought that maybe I needed to change pharmaceuticals, not change who I was and my perspective. Her work on antidepressant withdrawal has appeared in The Washington Post , the New York Post , Psychology Today , and many more.

Interviewing

Success

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

Her knowledge of the area paired with her extensive network of locals lends her team a competitive advantage, and her love for Central Florida translates into a blessed experience for everyone. She is now a top earner in the direct sales/network marketing industry as well as an internationally certified John C.

Real Estate

Mad in America

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The Bay Area Hearing Voices Network started in 2014 as a small group of family members, clinicians, and those with lived experiences. We struggled a lot because we were creating a new, unique, and empowered model network composed of voice hearers, family members, and clinicians. We found it was important we to look at our language.

Networking

Mad in America

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Together, we have created a movement that rejects coercion, force, and pharmaceutical propaganda and embraces informed consent, individual choice, and alternative ways to deal with distress. JAMA Network Open , 7 (6), e2418383. Macleod, U., Gilbody, S., Dewar-Haggart, R., Geraghty, A. link] Lewis, G., Marston, L., Freemantle, N.,

Pharmaceutical

Success

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

The women we honor through the Women of Influence campaign are building networks of support and collaboration that empower others to succeed. Through Women STEM Mentorship, she created a platform that advances women in STEM through advising, networking and educational workshops.

Influencing

McKensey

JUNE 20, 2025

“Diagnosing the decline in pharmaceutical R&D efficiency,” 2012, Nature Reviews Drug Discovery , Volume 11, Number 3. But a recent discovery found that it is possible to repurpose the neural network technology developed for AI systems to train models that can act as proxies for more computationally intensive physics-based models.

Computer

McKensey

JUNE 17, 2025

Emerging markets already integrated into these networks stand to gain, but those outside remain on the sidelines. For example, Europe, advanced Asian economies, and the United States export a lot of pharmaceuticals and transport equipment that emerging markets will increasingly need as they grow.

Manufacturing