Award-winning psychiatrist Dr. Frederick Goodwin has been called down by Senator Chuck Grassley and others for possible drug-industry conflicts. Dr. Goodwin has spoken about a number of big issues in psychiatry on his NPR program "The Infinite Mind," including a program where he said there was "no credible evidence" linking antidepressant use and suicide. But according to recently released records, Goodwin made at least $1.3 million from 2000 to 2007 giving marketing lectures for drugmakers....
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