Psych Observer – Exposing Bad Psychiatry

New York psychiatrist Jeffrey Lieberman has heard Johnson & Johnson’s (JNJ) sales pitch for the new anti-schizophrenia drug Invega, but he’s not too impressed.

Problem is, Invega isn’t much different than one of J&J’s best-selling drugs, the antipsychotic Risperdal. In late June, Risperdal is scheduled to lose its U.S. patent protection, clearing the way for competing generic copies that are cheaper than Invega, which could further diminish Invega sales, already characterized as a disappointment by J&J.

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A Canadian study has found that prescribing antipsychotic drugs for elderly people may be dangerous.

Antipsychotic therapy is widely used to manage behavioural problems such as aggression which is sometimes associated with dementia; they are often prescribed prior to admission to a nursing home.

They are commonly used to treat psychosis with conditions such as schizophrenia, bipolar disorder, mania and delusional disorder.

The researchers from the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences (ICES) in Ontario say elderly patients who are given antipsychotic drugs are at an increased risk of having an event that is serious enough to lead to hospitalization or death within a month of starting the therapy.

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The jury at an inquest into the death of a man from Swansea has heard he died while being restrained by four members of staff at a psychiatric hospital.

Kurt Howard, 32, who had been detained under the Mental Health Act, died in 2002 at the city’s Cefn Coed Hospital.

In the weeks before his death, Mr Howard claimed he was in the SAS, that he was a barrister and a gynaecologist, the inquest jury was told.

The coroner said a probe into the death had taken “a considerable time”.

This was why the inquest was taking place six years after Mr Howard’s death, added Swansea coroner Philip Rogers.

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