Why Few Patients Benefit from Psychiatric Medications
About this course
Peter C. Gøtzsche is a Danish physician, medical researcher, and leader of the Nordic Cochrane Center at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark. He co-founded and has written numerous reviews within the Cochrane collaboration. In this course, he reviews unbiased research on the risks vs. benefits of prescribing psychiatric medications.
Note: This lecture does not currently provide continuing education.
Course fee
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Your Instructor
Peter Gøtzsche is a Danish physician, medical researcher, and leader of the Nordic Cochrane Center at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark. He co-founded, and has written numerous reviews within the Cochrane collaboration. Among his research findings are that many meta-analyses have data extraction errors. He has been critical of the research methods and interpretations of other scientists using meta-analysis of the data from multiple studies. Using meta-analysis he has criticized the widespread of use of antidepressants and other psychiatric drugs.
"Thank you for this invaluable combination of presentations. I have studied and practised medicine for some 48 years. The last four plus years, almost entirely psychopharmacology and psychotropic drug toxicology. These are amongst the most brilliantly prepared, researched and delivered expert lectures that I have studied. Powerful, precise and highly regarded learning experience."
- Retired Consultant Physician