Psychother Psychosom October 2006 PMID 16636630

Financial ties between DSM-IV panel members and the pharmaceutical industry.

Lisa Cosgrove, Sheldon Krimsky, Manisha Vijayaraghavan, Lisa Schneider

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The discussions provide numerous examples, such as the mention that 56% of DSM panel members have financial ties to pharma and that certain diagnostic categories may be shaped by industry interests, with tone emphasizing concern and distrust. Words like 'corruption,' 'conflict of interest,' and phrases like 'financial ties' highlight the critical stance and urgency of addressing these issues, emphasizing the significant influence of corporate interests on mental health frameworks.

AgreementStrong agreement

Most discussions strongly agree that there are significant financial conflicts of interest influencing the development of mental health classifications.

InterestHigh interest

Posts show high interest by critically analyzing the influence of pharmaceutical funding and its implications for mental health diagnoses.

EngagementHigh engagement

Discussions exhibit deep engagement through detailed references to studies, specific data points, and callouts of conflicts of interest, indicating active critical analysis.

ImpactHigh impact

The circulation of these discussions raises awareness about industry influence, possibly influencing public opinion, policy, and clinical practices in mental health.

Abstract in brief

  • Many members of the DSMIV diagnostic panels have significant financial ties to pharmaceutical companies, with 56% of the 170 members studied having such relationships.
  • These ties are particularly strong among panel members involved in Mood Disorders and Schizophrenia, where 100% had industry financial connections, mainly through research funding, consultancies, and speaking engagements.
  • The findings suggest a need for full disclosure of these financial relationships to address potential conflicts of interest in how mental health diagnoses are developed and revised.]

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Kim Castenmiller
@kimcastenmiller · X

Het is een misverstand dat hetgeen dat van de APA afkomstig is, dat dat de status van de wetenschappelijke consensus in de psychologie weerspiegelt. Lees dan voor de ‘grap’ over de DSM (belangrijkste uitgave APA) in Psychiaters te koop, DSM-5 voorbij, of: https://t.co/XAgWVRCFyQ

Aug 28, 2022 · 5 likes · 2 shares · 2,622 followers View post →
Andy D’Alessio
@sash_andy · X

Just a reminder @bmj_latest @ptsafetyNHS @gmcuk @C4Dispatches @hrw that psychiatry plays down it’s conflict of interest, whilst demonstrating strong financial ties between industry and the holy disciples of the DSM. Sounds legit https://t.co/TVk7kigQZY

Feb 19, 2021 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 3,951 followers View post →
Denise
@SurphSide · X

@wdunlap @RobSchneider They fund the DSM too from which new symptoms are added that their drugs can "treat". : https://t.co/bC6yHKcVRg

Feb 24, 2025 · 3 likes · 196 followers View post →
nellalou.txt
@NellaLou · X

Who's in the middle? The prescribers of psych meds and those who delineate conditions for which such drugs would be prescribed have an interest there. Financial ties between DSM-IV panel members and the pharmaceutical industry. https://t.co/KifgjFzU8Q

Dec 17, 2020 · 2 likes · 635 followers View post →
Denise
@SurphSide · X

@AlexBerenson 56% of DSM panel members had 1 or more financial assoc. w pharm companies. "One hundred percent of the members of the panels on 'Mood Disorders' and 'Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders' had financial ties to drug companies." https://t.co/KGkbo0Xdjl.

Jun 19, 2024 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 196 followers View post →
Adam Rowland MSc
@oneadds · X

@jonathanstea The DSM and corruption that’s another story… Created to sell big pharmas drugs https://t.co/xC8v0cc8Fz https://t.co/wEEupaA2Ft. https://t.co/AHXhBGq8jU https://t.co/9QLKrPdRxa

Apr 8, 2024 · 1 like · 32,389 followers View post →

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Anu Lall
@anulall · X

@TBhambane @TimesNow @MoHFW_INDIA Pharma industry defines depression in the DSM - Diagnostic and Statistical Manual. 70% of DSM members received money from pharma. Practicing doctors use these definitions to diagnose depression and other conditions.

Oct 11, 2025 · 8,487 followers View post →
Cole the Sociologist
@CSociologi36361 · X

Financial ties between DSM-IV panel members and the pharmaceutical industry. Cosgrove L, Krimsky S, Vijayaraghavan M, Schneider L. Psychother Psychosom. 2006;75(3):154-60. doi: 10.1159/000091772. PMID: 16636630

May 28, 2025 · 202 followers View post →
Denise
@SurphSide · X

@wdunlap @RobSchneider They fund the DSM too from which new symptoms are added that their drugs can "treat". : https://t.co/bC6yHKcVRg

Feb 24, 2025 · 3 likes · 196 followers View post →
Denise
@SurphSide · X

@GordTulk @hmschoolmelissa @ThomasSowell Also Big Pharma finances the board members and the DMS which is a HUGE conflict of interest: https://t.co/bC6yHKcVRg

Feb 24, 2025 · 1 like · 196 followers View post →
Mel
@letters_1234 · X

RT @SurphSide: @AlexBerenson 56% of DSM panel members had 1 or more financial assoc. w pharm companies. "One hundred percent of the members…

Jun 19, 2024 · 2 shares · 1,484 followers View post →
OhioPatriot24
@OhioPatriot24 · X

RT @SurphSide: @AlexBerenson 56% of DSM panel members had 1 or more financial assoc. w pharm companies. "One hundred percent of the members…

Jun 19, 2024 · 2 shares · 1,428 followers View post →
Denise
@SurphSide · X

@AlexBerenson 56% of DSM panel members had 1 or more financial assoc. w pharm companies. "One hundred percent of the members of the panels on 'Mood Disorders' and 'Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders' had financial ties to drug companies." https://t.co/KGkbo0Xdjl.

Jun 19, 2024 · 2 likes · 2 shares · 196 followers View post →
Adam Rowland MSc
@oneadds · X

@jonathanstea The DSM and corruption that’s another story… Created to sell big pharmas drugs https://t.co/xC8v0cc8Fz https://t.co/wEEupaA2Ft. https://t.co/AHXhBGq8jU https://t.co/9QLKrPdRxa

Apr 8, 2024 · 1 like · 32,389 followers View post →
Flying Lady Doctor Says
@Yanastarda · X

@teachbk @mcsmjohn Also the DSM4+5 review boards lacked consensus on basic diagnoses+had major conflicts of interest. https://t.co/jCQosRwfy2 https://t.co/7TzHAWSczh https://t.co/hryq6K5c2o https://t.co/p7RQEEE3XC

Nov 26, 2023 · 372 followers View post →
Max Neusmithe
@MaxNeusmithe · X

@SugahPlumInc @Vet0917 @Staggr_ @EndWokeness https://t.co/MXEUaCcyqY

Mar 29, 2023 · 996 followers View post →
Sebastián®
@nabiunkula · X

@OrlandoMejaRiv1 La industria ha diseñado capítulos de la nosología en salud mental que tienen que ser revisados. https://t.co/kw849CXSLM

Dec 15, 2022 · 1 like · 1,608 followers View post →
Coach Amber
@AmberJHartman · X

Financial ties between DSM-IV panel members and the pharmaceutical industry - PubMed https://t.co/UkMhSWqADT

Oct 11, 2022 · 2,097 followers View post →
BronxBrownsBacker
@Mz_Informashun · X

@Leftylockdowns1 In addition, the authors of the DSM, who have financial interests in continually expanding the definition of "mental illness." source: https://t.co/XbmzjVma1d

Sep 21, 2022 · 367 followers View post →
Chris Leenders
@Chrisleenders1 · X

RT @kimcastenmiller: Het is een misverstand dat hetgeen dat van de APA afkomstig is, dat dat de status van de wetenschappelijke consensus i…

Aug 28, 2022 · 2 shares · 1,792 followers View post →
brit_borg
@brit_borg · X

RT @kimcastenmiller: Het is een misverstand dat hetgeen dat van de APA afkomstig is, dat dat de status van de wetenschappelijke consensus i…

Aug 28, 2022 · 2 shares · 1,963 followers View post →
Kim Castenmiller
@kimcastenmiller · X

Het is een misverstand dat hetgeen dat van de APA afkomstig is, dat dat de status van de wetenschappelijke consensus in de psychologie weerspiegelt. Lees dan voor de ‘grap’ over de DSM (belangrijkste uitgave APA) in Psychiaters te koop, DSM-5 voorbij, of: https://t.co/XAgWVRCFyQ

Aug 28, 2022 · 5 likes · 2 shares · 2,622 followers View post →
Jorrit
@Jorrits73 · X

@JasonErvD @_where_to_start @PieterOmtzigt 'medici' dan? https://t.co/LKsOspjtdg 'Extra reden om niks te zeggen' want N=1? Ik merk dat dit bij jou nogal gevoelig ligt terwijl ik nergens lees dat Omtzigt beweert dat je 'zomaar even puberteitsremmers krijgt' in NL. Wetenschap is ook (academische) discussie.

Aug 21, 2022 · 1 like · 1 followers View post →
#KeithDavisJrIsFree
@sleepfreeparent · X

@bottom_market Yeah, it's corporate capture like everything else: In hospitals, doctors are controlled by administrators, who fire them if they step out of line. Doctors elsewhere required to use diagnostic & statistical manual, which is largely controlled by big pharma https://t.co/Cnbq9C0Nks https://t.co/4DJkGscAcN

Jul 18, 2022 · 350 followers View post →
tojo
@mojogottojo · X

@StopMotioncool https://t.co/WmDaiRzjAL https://t.co/Q8T6Sna7G2 https://t.co/9FI0wrrw4u

Feb 18, 2022 · 1 like · 1,058 followers View post →
OtheIrony
@TheIronynj · X

@TheVonnRussell @stclairashley Financial ties between DSM-IV panel members in the pharmaceutical industry https://t.co/9WzYUZs8AW

Jan 12, 2022 · 1 like · 287 followers View post →
CareMo
@caring_mobile · X

RT @MonyaMyms: 'Financial ties between DSM-IV panel members and the pharmaceutical industry.' Read on #BigPharma #Mhealth https://t.co/VkE…

Jan 9, 2022 · 1 share · 6,045 followers View post →
Monya
@MonyaMyms · X

'Financial ties between DSM-IV panel members and the pharmaceutical industry.' Read on #BigPharma #Mhealth https://t.co/VkEdUIGeRI

Jan 9, 2022 · 1 share · 2,744 followers View post →
ulises
@ulisesldlr · X

@Annamaekawaa https://t.co/qsr8qVUFvH De aquí puedes abrir el general y seguir las referencias para verlo

Sep 22, 2021 · 87 followers View post →
kissmyasthma99
@jsnrb · X

@skye_daddy https://t.co/PmuivbNGyL

Aug 17, 2021 · 135 followers View post →
recovery&renewal
@recover2renew · X

RT @sash_andy: Just a reminder @bmj_latest @ptsafetyNHS @gmcuk @C4Dispatches @hrw that psychiatry plays down it’s conflict of interest, whi…

Feb 19, 2021 · 2 shares · 4,168 followers View post →
JD
@jill_d35 · X

RT @sash_andy: Just a reminder @bmj_latest @ptsafetyNHS @gmcuk @C4Dispatches @hrw that psychiatry plays down it’s conflict of interest, whi…

Feb 19, 2021 · 2 shares · 4,376 followers View post →
Informed Consent
@Ireland2020 · X

RT @sash_andy: Just a reminder @bmj_latest @ptsafetyNHS @gmcuk @C4Dispatches @hrw that psychiatry plays down it’s conflict of interest, whi…

Feb 19, 2021 · 2 shares · 15,289 followers View post →
Andy D’Alessio
@sash_andy · X

Just a reminder @bmj_latest @ptsafetyNHS @gmcuk @C4Dispatches @hrw that psychiatry plays down it’s conflict of interest, whilst demonstrating strong financial ties between industry and the holy disciples of the DSM. Sounds legit https://t.co/TVk7kigQZY

Feb 19, 2021 · 3 likes · 2 shares · 3,951 followers View post →
OtheIrony
@TheIronynj · X

@nikkitierney27 @tango161 @declanoscanlon @joepennacchio @JonBramnick @tomkean @gerrycardinale @senatenj @NJGOP @senatortesta Hahah! Financial ties between DSM-IV panel members in the pharmaceutical industry https://t.co/9WzYUZs8AW

Feb 12, 2021 · 287 followers View post →
nellalou.txt
@NellaLou · X

Who's in the middle? The prescribers of psych meds and those who delineate conditions for which such drugs would be prescribed have an interest there. Financial ties between DSM-IV panel members and the pharmaceutical industry. https://t.co/KifgjFzU8Q

Dec 17, 2020 · 2 likes · 635 followers View post →