Yes I also agree
Gopfert, Michael wrote:
>
> Very happy to support this but it would have to represent the
> organisation in a way that makes it clear that it is inclusive of a
> wide range of professions including psychiatrists (even if it is only
> the odd one…).
>
> Michael.
>
> *From:* The UK Community Psychology Discussion List
> [mailto:[log in to unmask]] *On Behalf Of *Harriet
> Radermacher
> *Sent:* 22 November 2007 22:05
> *To:* [log in to unmask]
> *Subject:* Re: urgent support needed for SUG
>
> Very happy to contribute in any way I can
> Harriet
>
>
>
> > Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2007 19:02:50 +0000
> > From: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: [COMMUNITYPSYCHUK] urgent support needed for SUG
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> >
> > Likewise
> > M
> >
> > Mark Rapley, PhD,
> > Professor of Clinical Psychology,
> > Programme Director - Doctoral Degree in Clinical Psychology,
> > School of Psychology,
> > University of East London,
> > London, E15 4LZ,
> > U.K.
> >
> > Tel: +44 (0)208 223 6392 (Direct)
> > Tel: +44 (0)208 223 4567 (Messages)
> > Tel: +44 (0)7951 908409 (Mobile)
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List on behalf of David
> Fryer
> > Sent: Thu 22-Nov-07 18:16
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: Re: urgent support needed for SUG
> >
> > I am certainly in favour of the list issuing a short statement of
> > solidarity/support and happy to play a role in drafting one
> >
> > David
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: The UK Community Psychology Discussion List
> > [mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Paul@home
> > Sent: 22 November 2007 17:57
> > To: [log in to unmask]
> > Subject: urgent support needed for SUG
> >
> > Dear network,
> > I have previously mentioned the Seroxat SSRI User Group (SUG)
> > [http://www.seroxatusergroup.org.uk/] to this list. I am asking as a
> matter
> > of urgency (before 28th Nov) whether our community psychology network
> could
> > offer support and solidarity to SUG by endorsing the organisation (at the
> > very least) or coming up with a short statement of solidarity/support
> (at the
> > very most). SUG have a meeting with Prime Minister Gordon Brown next
> week to
> > put their case forward. To have a statement of support from a
> collective of
> > psychologists and users of psychological services might help them.
> Here are
> > some of the aims of SUG:
> >
> > SUG are seeking social justice through holding to account:
> >
> > * GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) for criminal activities related to the
> withholding
> > of, on commercial grounds, clinical trial data that showed GSK's drug
> Seroxat
> > (an SSRI anti-depressant medication prescribed to people diagnosed with,
> > inter alia, depression, anxiety disorders and sexual dysfunction) lacked
> > efficacy and was unsafe
> >
> > * GSK in particular and the pharmaceutical industry in general for
> the social
> > harm caused by the over-medicalisation of social problems and for putting
> > drug profit before public health
> >
> > * the government for failing to implement the recommendations of the
> House of
> > Commons Health Committee Report into the Influence of the Pharmaceutical
> > Industry (2005). Among other things, the report recommended that the
> > pharmaceutical industry in the UK be more tightly regulated and to move
> > responsibility for representing and protecting the interests of the
> > pharmaceutical industry out of the Department of Health and into the
> > Department of Trade and Industry (at present the Dept of Health has the
> > responsibility both to protect public health AND protect/promote the
> economic
> > interests of the pharmaceutical industry).
> >
> > * the medical and allied professions for not ensuring that their
> members are
> > adequately trained to ensure:
> > ~ they recognise adverse drug reactions in patients;
> > ~ properly judge clinical trial data on drug efficacy and safety so
> > that they are not duped by drug company marketing practices;
> > ~ deal with drug company professionals in a way commensurate with
> > protecting public health
> > ~ coroners are made aware and make use of clinical data that shows
> > the risk of death from taking SSRI medication.
> >
> > SUG is simultaneously trying to offer support to all those who have been
> > harmed by taking SSRI medication. This includes, among other things,
> > providing information and advice on how to seek legal redress against the
> > pharmaceutical industry and on how to cope with and withdraw from SSRI
> > medication.
> >
> > SUG is doing all of this on a budget of around £200 per year!
> >
> > This network proved to be very keen in taking a stance against the use of
> > CBT. Has our network the courage to go much further than this and to
> be as
> > keen to support SUG's fight against the power and might of the
> pharmaceutical
> > industry? I hope so ...
> >
> > The pharmaceutical industry knows how to play dirty and how to
> protect it's
> > corporate interests. Of course, that industry may be too powerful or
> we may
> > be too weak to offer any protection or support for SUG. I hope not....
> >
> > p
> >
> > Paul Duckett
> > Division of Psychology and Social Change Manchester Metropolitan
> University
> > England Phone +44 161 247 2552 Fax +44 161 247 6364
> > email: [log in to unmask]
> >
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