[Commpsych] VU Psychology Colloquium - Paxil: A story about politicians, pharmacological corporations, academics and other corrupt bastards - Fri 31 July 12-1pm @ VU Footscray L203

[Heather Gridley]

VICTORIA UNIVERSITY

FACULTY OF 

ARTS,

EDUCATION &

HUMAN DEVELOPMENT

Invites you to a Colloquium

 

Paxil:  A story about politicians, pharmacological corporations, 

academics and other corrupt bastards 

 

Presented by Paul Duckett

Manchester Metropolitan University, UK 

When:               Friday 31st July            Time: 12.00 - 1.00pm

Where:              L203, Victoria University Footscray Park Campus
(Ballarat Rd)

The Presenter

Dr Paul Duckett is a community psychologist who works in the fields of
disability, mental health and unemployment. Paul is presently working at
Manchester Metropolitan University in the Department of Psychology and
Social Change, where he teaches community psychology and critical
psychology.

 

Abstract

Paul will describe the work of the Seroxat and SSRI User Group in the
UK. This group is fighting a multinational pharmaceutical corporation -
GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) - the UK government, regulatory agencies and the
medical and allied professions to secure social justice and social
support for people harmed by the psycho-pharmaceutical industry.  GSK
manufactures and markets the drug Paroxetine - a Selective Serotonin
Reuptake Inhibitor (SSRI) used in the treatment of, inter alia,
'depression' and 'anxiety disorders'. The drug is marketed under the
brand names 'Seroxat' in the UK and 'Paxil' in Australia and the USA. In
2003, GSK were found to have withheld clinical trial data on Paroxetine
that showed the drug was clinically ineffective and increased the risk
of suicide in children and adolescents. GSK had, for at least five
years, withheld the trial data for commercial reasons - to reduce any
negative impact upon sales. In the UK GSK has survived criminal
prosecution attempts, protected by the UK government's impotence, the UK
regulatory body's incompetence and the academic community's improbity.
There is now evidence to suggest that Paroxetine is clinically
ineffective and potentially toxic for adults as well as children. In
spite of this, it remains one of the world's best selling prescription
drugs, and children are still being prescribed the drug (e.g., in
Australia during 2008, 4000 children under 10years of age were
prescribed Paxil and other SSRI medications). Paul will describe how the
UK political system, the medical profession, and the university sector
have colluded with the pharmaceutical industry to promote GSK
shareholder profits at the expense of public health and explain why
Paxil is prescribed by our physicians rather than proscribed by our
politicians.

 

PLEASE NOTE THAT A LIGHT LUNCH WILL BE PROVIDED.

 

RSVP:  9919 4673 or email Maureen_E_Ryan at vu.edu.au 

 

Heather Gridley

School of Social Sciences and Psychology

Footscray Park Campus (Monday & Friday)

Victoria University 

PO Box 14428 

Melbourne VIC 8001 

Australia

 

TEL +61 3 9919 5224

FAX +61 3 9919 4324

MOBILE: 0419 113 731

Email: heather.gridley at vu.edu.au

 

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