Conflicts of Interest in Psychopharmacology Textbooks

While most medical journals require disclosures of industry payments to authors and editors, there is no requirement for textbooks. In this study we evaluated nine well-known psychopharmacology textbooks to identify payments to their writers and editors. Two-thirds of the textbooks had at least one...

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Published in:Community mental health journal 2022-05, Vol.58 (4), p.619-623
Main Authors: Cosgrove, Lisa, Herrawi, Farahdeba, Shaughnessy, Allen F.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Community and Environmental Psychology
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Conflicts of interest
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Humans
Medical journals
Medicine
Medicine & Public Health
Mental health care
Money
Payments
Pharmaceutical industry
Psychiatry
Psychopharmacology
Textbooks
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Summary:While most medical journals require disclosures of industry payments to authors and editors, there is no requirement for textbooks. In this study we evaluated nine well-known psychopharmacology textbooks to identify payments to their writers and editors. Two-thirds of the textbooks had at least one editor or author who received personal payments from one or more pharmaceutical companies, for a total of 11,021,409 USD paid to 11 of 21 editors/authors over a seven-year period. Much of this money was paid to a single author but 24% of the writers received over 75,000 USD each over this time period. There are several psychopharmacology textbooks authored by writers without apparent financial conflicts of interest. Just as with medical journals, medical textbooks should be transparent about payments made to their authors and editors.
ISSN:0010-3853
1573-2789
DOI:10.1007/s10597-021-00906-6