Some weeks ago, following the publication of an article by Andrea Cipriani in their journal, Jim Gottstein and I wrote to the Frontiers in Psychiatry Bigwigs asking for the Cipriani article to be removed – Meta-Analytic SuperSpreader. They have since replied Vicariously through Elena Vicario. From: Editorial Office <editorial.office@frontiersin.org> Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2020 at […]

Meta-Analytic SuperSpreader outlined a disturbing sequence of events leading up to the publication of an article by Andrea Cipriani and colleagues effectively promoting the benefits of antidepressants.  Andrea and colleagues are part of an Oxford University Precision Psychiatry ‘lab’.  The idea that this article in some way helps move us toward a precision psychiatry is […]

In a recent post Infection Super-Spreaders, I outlined the disturbing publication of an article by Andrea Cipriani and colleagues that gives a green light to prescribing antidepressants to children.  Prescribing antidepressants to children could even be part of Precision Psychiatry – a new Oxford University brand to complement Evidence Based Medicine. Concerned about developments, Jim […]