Iser's Disbandment of Research on Treatment for Mental Illness

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Companies like iser essentially disbanded their research on treatment for mental illness. They say, we've suffered reputational damage because we messed with a research around these drugs. And they found other areas that are much more lucrative from their commercial point of view. But that leaves them, at leal in this very unsatisfactory situation.

Despite our efforts, we seem to be no better at treating mental illness than we were hundreds of years ago. Desperate Remedies author Andrew Scull joins Adam to explain why, on the way touching on the history of lobotomization, the collapse of psychoanalysis, and why our current regime of pharmaceutical intervention might not be all it’s cracked up to be. You can purchase Andrew's book here: https://factuallypod.com/books Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.