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Professor Peter Gøtzsche

2025

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00:05:35

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THE PROBLEM WITH MEDICAL JOURNALS
THE PROBLEM WITH MEDICAL JOURNALS

Professor emeritus Peter C Gøtzsche explains that the main problems with medical journals are the editors’ personal beliefs and the widespread corruption. Broken Medical Science Episode 17.

2025

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01:16:51

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"BIG PHARMA IS ORGANIZED CRIME" - WHISTLEBLOWER PETER C. GØTZSCHE REVEALS PHARMA’S DIRTY SECRETS
"BIG PHARMA IS ORGANIZED CRIME" - WHISTLEBLOWER PETER C. GØTZSCHE REVEALS PHARMA’S DIRTY SECRETS

The PBD Podcast, hosted by Patrick Bet-David. Patrick sits down with whistleblower and author Dr. Peter C. Gøtzsche, who reveals why he calls Big Pharma “organized crime,” exposing the industry’s bribery, corruption, and dangerous practices hidden behind prescription drugs and corporate power.

2025

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00:26:02

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EPISODE 15. WHY DID COCHRANE EXPEL PETER GØTZSCHE?
EPISODE 15. WHY DID COCHRANE EXPEL PETER GØTZSCHE?

Professor John Ioannidis from Stanford University became involved in Cochrane early on. Peter C Gøtzsche interviews John about what was so unique about Cochrane; how their expulsion of one of their best-known researchers after a secret show trial was very unfair and damaging for the organisation; and if the organisation can regain people's trust.

2025

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00:10:15

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EPISODE 11. THE SCANDAL ABOUT STAR*D AND ANTIDEPRESSANTS
EPISODE 11. THE SCANDAL ABOUT STAR*D AND ANTIDEPRESSANTS

Professor emeritus Peter C Gøtzsche explains in ten minutes with filmmaker Janus Bang why the biggest study of antidepressants ever financed by the US National Institute of Mental Health was a total fraud and that the institute and the psychiatrists don't care but continue to cite it as if it were true.

2024

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00:22:23

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EPISODE 10. WHY ELECTROSHOCK WILL LIKELY BECOME ABANDONED
EPISODE 10. WHY ELECTROSHOCK WILL LIKELY BECOME ABANDONED

Peter C Gøtzsche interviews Professor of clinical psychology, John Read, University of East London about why ECT will likely become abandoned. It is far more dangerous than people realise and the benefit is doubtful.

2024

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00:33:52

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EPISODE 09. BEING ABUSED BY PSYCHIATRY, LIES IN COURT, AND WINNING LAWSUITS TO PREVENT FORCED DRUGGING
EPISODE 09. BEING ABUSED BY PSYCHIATRY, LIES IN COURT, AND WINNING LAWSUITS TO PREVENT FORCED DRUGGING

Lawyer Jim Gottstein has a personal brief experience as a patient with acute psychosis. He has won important lawsuits at the Alaska Supreme Court to prevent forced drugging, thereby defending the basic human rights of psychiatric patients.

2024

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00:04:17

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EPISODE 08. SHOULD I TAKE AN ANTIDEPRESSANT?
EPISODE 08. SHOULD I TAKE AN ANTIDEPRESSANT?

Professor emeritus Peter C Gøtzsche explains what the effects are of depression drugs on depression, the risk of suicide and people's sex lives.

2024

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00:41:10

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EPISODE 07. HOW CAN PATIENTS BE SAFELY WITHDRAWN FROM THEIR PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS?
EPISODE 07. HOW CAN PATIENTS BE SAFELY WITHDRAWN FROM THEIR PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS?

Peter C Gøtzsche interviews Mark Horowitz who gives practical advice about how to taper psychiatric drugs in a hyperbolic fashion. He also recounts his personal experience of horrific withdrawal symptoms when he tried to withdraw a depression drug.

2024

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00:48:11

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EPISODE 05. THE RISE AND DEMISE OF THE COCHRANE COLLABORATION
EPISODE 05. THE RISE AND DEMISE OF THE COCHRANE COLLABORATION

Peter C Gøtzsche and Alan Cassels discuss why the most important organisation established in healthcare in the last 100 years seems to have collapsed. Is there hope that somehow a new Cochrane will rise out of the ashes?

2023

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00:48:57

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EPISODE 04. THE MYTHS OF THE CHEMICAL IMBALANCE AND THE CHEMICAL CURE FOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS
EPISODE 04. THE MYTHS OF THE CHEMICAL IMBALANCE AND THE CHEMICAL CURE FOR PSYCHIATRIC DISORDERS

Peter C Gøtzsche discusses with Professor Joanna Moncrieff what critical psychiatry is about; why psychiatric drugs are much overused and based on false premises; and how the disease centred and the drug centred model for psychiatric drugs can help explain the predicament we are in.

2023

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01:01:06

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EPISODE 01. BIG PHARMA, THE CORRUPTION OF SCIENCE, AND MILLIONS OF UNNECESSARY DEATHS
EPISODE 01. BIG PHARMA, THE CORRUPTION OF SCIENCE, AND MILLIONS OF UNNECESSARY DEATHS

Professor emeritus Peter C Gøtzsche explains big pharma's business model of organised crime; that prescribed drugs are the third leading cause of death worldwide; the broken drug approval system; that deaths are missing from published reports; the destruction of the once trusted scientific organisation The Cochrane Collaboration; censorship in medical publishing; and why Cochrane now seems to be a slowly dying institution.

2022

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01:02:47

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ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE PSYCHIATRIC AND DRUG INDUSTRY ~ PETER GØTZSCHE #98
ORGANIZED CRIME IN THE PSYCHIATRIC AND DRUG INDUSTRY ~ PETER GØTZSCHE #98

2020

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00:01:45

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MAJOR MEDICAL JOURNALS CORRUPTED BY BIG PHARMA - PETER GOTZSCHE, M.D.
MAJOR MEDICAL JOURNALS CORRUPTED BY BIG PHARMA - PETER GOTZSCHE, M.D.

2020

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00:01:25

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HOW DRUG COMPANIES INFLUENCE MEDICAL SCHOOLS: PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.
HOW DRUG COMPANIES INFLUENCE MEDICAL SCHOOLS: PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.

2020

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00:02:45

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HOW DRUG COMPANIES BUY DOCTORS - PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.
HOW DRUG COMPANIES BUY DOCTORS - PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.

2020

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00:01:10

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THE IMPORTANCE OF PLACEBO IN ANTIDEPRESSANT TRIALS: PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.
THE IMPORTANCE OF PLACEBO IN ANTIDEPRESSANT TRIALS: PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.

2020

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00:02:17

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MOST PSYCHIATRISTS DON'T KNOW HOW TO WITHDRAW PATIENTS FROM PSYCH DRUGS: DR. PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.
MOST PSYCHIATRISTS DON'T KNOW HOW TO WITHDRAW PATIENTS FROM PSYCH DRUGS: DR. PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.

2020

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00:02:29

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ANTIDEPRESSANTS CAN CAUSE SUICIDE AND HOMICIDE - PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.
ANTIDEPRESSANTS CAN CAUSE SUICIDE AND HOMICIDE - PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.

2020

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00:02:23

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ANTIDEPRESSANT & STIMULANT SIDE EFFECTS OFTEN LABELED AS PSYCHOTIC & BIPOLAR: DR. PETER GØTZSCHE
ANTIDEPRESSANT & STIMULANT SIDE EFFECTS OFTEN LABELED AS PSYCHOTIC & BIPOLAR: DR. PETER GØTZSCHE

2020

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00:02:33

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PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSES ARE NOT BASED ON SCIENCE: PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.
PSYCHIATRIC DIAGNOSES ARE NOT BASED ON SCIENCE: PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.

2020

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00:01:15

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FDA UNDERREPORTS SUICIDES FROM ANTIDEPRESSANTS: PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.
FDA UNDERREPORTS SUICIDES FROM ANTIDEPRESSANTS: PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.

2019

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00:01:37

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BIG PHARMA SHOULD NOT BE FINANCING ITS OWN DRUG TRIALS - PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.
BIG PHARMA SHOULD NOT BE FINANCING ITS OWN DRUG TRIALS - PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.

2019

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00:02:14

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ANTIDEPRESSANT WITHDRAWAL MISLABELED AS DISEASE: PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.
ANTIDEPRESSANT WITHDRAWAL MISLABELED AS DISEASE: PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.

2019

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00:01:19

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'IT'S EASIER TO GET OFF HEROIN THAN PSYCH DRUGS': PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.
'IT'S EASIER TO GET OFF HEROIN THAN PSYCH DRUGS': PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.

2019

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00:01:37

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SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION & SUICIDE AS SIDE EFFECTS OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS: PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.
SEXUAL DYSFUNCTION & SUICIDE AS SIDE EFFECTS OF ANTIDEPRESSANTS: PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.

2019

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00:03:01

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PSYCHIATRIC DRUGGING OF CHILDREN IS A 'CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY' - PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.
PSYCHIATRIC DRUGGING OF CHILDREN IS A 'CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY' - PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.

2019

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00:02:21

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TRICKS BIG PHARMA USES TO GET NEW DRUGS APPROVED BY THE FDA: PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.
TRICKS BIG PHARMA USES TO GET NEW DRUGS APPROVED BY THE FDA: PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.

2019

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00:02:12

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BIG PHARMA MANIPULATES CLINICAL DRUG TRIALS - PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.
BIG PHARMA MANIPULATES CLINICAL DRUG TRIALS - PETER GØTZSCHE, M.D.

2019

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01:06:56

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DEATH OF A WHISTLEBLOWER AND COCHRANE'S MORAL COLLAPSE
DEATH OF A WHISTLEBLOWER AND COCHRANE'S MORAL COLLAPSE

In this talk, delivered as part of a CrossFit Health event at CrossFit Headquarters on June 8, 2019, Gøtzsche shares the research that led to his fallout with The Cochrane Collaboration — research related to antidepressants and other pharmaceuticals, mammograms, and more — as well as his firsthand experiences as he witnessed what he characterizes as Cochrane’s moral collapse.

2018

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01:31:06

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WE NEED A REVOLUTION IN PSYCHIATRY, THE ONLY MEDICAL SPECIALTY THAT DOES MORE HARM THAN GOOD
WE NEED A REVOLUTION IN PSYCHIATRY, THE ONLY MEDICAL SPECIALTY THAT DOES MORE HARM THAN GOOD

Prof. MD. Peter C. Gøtzsche is Co-founder of the Cochrane Collaboration and director of Nordic Cochrane Centre.

2018

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00:59:06

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HOW TO SURVIVE IN AN OVERMEDICATED WORLD?
HOW TO SURVIVE IN AN OVERMEDICATED WORLD?

In How to Survive in an Overmedicated World Peter Gøtzsche is providing patients some tools to identify reliable information in the labyrinth of different interests, facts, opinions and good intentions from doctors, aid workers and the pharmaceutical industry. Peter Gøtzsche will engage in a conversation led by Natasja van den Berg with Rob Dijkstra (Head of the Dutch College of General Practitioners) and former doctor and epidemiologist Dick Bijl.

2018

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00:15:27

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ABOUT COCHRANE
ABOUT COCHRANE

Professor Peter C Gøtzsche: Why did we get a Cochrane Collaboration and what is it like today? What has gone wrong since a new CEO was appointed in 2012? Nordic Cochrane Centre's 25th Anniversary Research Symposium, 12 October 2018. The talk was not filmed at the symposium but at a repetition the next day, without an audience.

2018

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00:15:24

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THE MORAL MELTDOWN OF THE COCHRANE COLLABORATION
THE MORAL MELTDOWN OF THE COCHRANE COLLABORATION

Interview with Peter C Gøtzsche, 3 October 2018, about his expulsion from the Cochrane Collaboration after a show trial.

2018

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00:26:28

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WITHDRAWAL OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS
WITHDRAWAL OF PSYCHOTROPIC DRUGS

Research seminar about depression pills in Copenhagen in June 2018. Arranged by the Nordic Cochrane Centre. With Professor Peter Gøtzsche, psychiatric survivor Laura Delano, pharmacist Bertel Rüdinger & psyhologist and PhD student Anders Sørensen.

2018

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00:49:42

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SUMMER INSTITUTE 2018 - SURVIVAL OF A WHISTLEBLOWER - PETER C. GØTZSCHE
SUMMER INSTITUTE 2018 - SURVIVAL OF A WHISTLEBLOWER - PETER C. GØTZSCHE

The 2018 Summer Institute on Bounded Rationality took place on June 19 – 27, 2018, at the Max Planck Institute for Human Development in Berlin, Germany.

2018

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00:51:54

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APA COUNTER-CONFERENCE 2018
APA COUNTER-CONFERENCE 2018

Protesting the American Psychiatric Association from May 6 - 9, 2018. Peter Gøtzsche is the Director of the Nordic Cochrane Center in Copenhagen and a professor of research design and analysis at University of Copenhagen. Peter is co-founder of the Cochrane Collaboration, formed in 1993, which conducts the world's most thorough independent analysis of healthcare research.

2017

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00:37:31

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PSYCHIATRIC MEDS WITHDRAWAL + Q & A
PSYCHIATRIC MEDS WITHDRAWAL + Q & A

Why is it so difficult to quit psychotropics and why are so many doctors unwilling to help? How should it be done? The speakers discuss these issues and give practical advice about slow tapering. Prof. Peter Gøtzsche's short summary is followed up by a Q&A with all the speakers: Psychiatrist Lisbeth Kortegaard, pharmacists Birgit Toft and Bertel Rüdinger, and psychologist Olga Runciman. "Safe Withdrawal from Psychiatric Medications" Conference 2017, at Bethesda in Copenhagen.

2017

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00:40:08

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ANTIDEPRESSANT WITHDRAWAL
ANTIDEPRESSANT WITHDRAWAL

Safe Withdrawal from Antidepressants - Dr. Peter Gøtzsche. Why is it so difficult to quit psychotropics? Have you tried to help someone or tried, yourself to withdraw from psychiatric medications without success? Do you want to find out how to safely withdraw from these drugs and avoid the very worst abstinence symptoms? "Safe Withdrawal from Psychiatric Medications" Conference 2017, at Bethesda in Copenhagen.

2017

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02:10:41

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"PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD"
"PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS DO MORE HARM THAN GOOD"

Professor Peter Gøtzsche, a world-renowned medical researcher, who has spearheaded the critical appraisal of many of our most common medical practices, such as mammography and preventive medications. In this video, prof. Götzsche “transilluminates” our current psychiatric practices. FICEBO - Finnish Centre for Evidence-Based Orthopaedics.

2016

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02:10:30

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ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUGS PRODUCE MORE HARM THAN GOOD
ANTIDEPRESSANT DRUGS PRODUCE MORE HARM THAN GOOD

Conferencia-coloquio de Peter Gøtzsche en Madrid el 19 de septiembre de 2016. Organizado por la Asociación Madrileña de Salud Mental (AMSM).

2016

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00:18:06

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PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH
PRESCRIPTION DRUGS ARE THE THIRD LEADING CAUSE OF DEATH

Peter Gøtzsche presents at Evidence Live 2016 CEBM Oxford - Centre for Evidence-Based Medicine at the University of Oxford, June 22-24 2016.

2016

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01:50:06

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DR. PETER GØTZSCHE: FORCED PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT MUST BE ABOLISHED
DR. PETER GØTZSCHE: FORCED PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT MUST BE ABOLISHED

Dr. Peter Gøtzsche's June 2, 2016, talk in Anchorage, Alaska: 'Forced Admission and Treatment in Psychiatry are Violations of Basic Human Rights and Must be Abolished'.

2015

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01:17:17

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52nd MAUDSLEY DEBATE: MORE HARM THAN GOOD?
52nd MAUDSLEY DEBATE: MORE HARM THAN GOOD?

The long term use of psychiatric medications is causing more harm than good.' Chair: Professor Til Wykes. For - Professor Sami Timimi, Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist; Professor Peter Gøtzsche, Director, The Nordic Cochrane Centre, Denmark. Against - Professor Allan Young, Professor of Mood Disorders, IoPPN; Mr John Crace, Journalist, The Guardian.

2015

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00:01:13

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THE BMJ -  PSYCHIATRIC INDUSTRY DRUG TRIALS
THE BMJ - PSYCHIATRIC INDUSTRY DRUG TRIALS

Published since 1840, the BMJ is among the most influential and widely read peer-reviewed medical journals in the world.

2015

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00:06:19

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DR PETER C GØTZSCHE ON HOW PSYCHIATRY HAS GONE ASTRAY
DR PETER C GØTZSCHE ON HOW PSYCHIATRY HAS GONE ASTRAY

Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD is a Danish medical researcher, and leader of the Nordic Cochrane Center at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark. He has written numerous reviews within the Cochrane collaboration.

2015

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00:07:41

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DR PETER GØTZSCHE EXPOSES BIG PHARMA AS ORGANIZED CRIME
DR PETER GØTZSCHE EXPOSES BIG PHARMA AS ORGANIZED CRIME

Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD is a Danish medical researcher, and leader of the Nordic Cochrane Center at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark. He has written numerous reviews within the Cochrane collaboration

2015

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00:04:56

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DR PETER GØTZSCHE TALKS ABOUT HIS BACKGOUND AND EXPLANS THE COCHRANE COLLABORATION
DR PETER GØTZSCHE TALKS ABOUT HIS BACKGOUND AND EXPLANS THE COCHRANE COLLABORATION

Peter C. Gøtzsche, MD is a Danish medical researcher, and leader of the Nordic Cochrane Center at Rigshospitalet in Copenhagen, Denmark. He has written numerous reviews within the Cochrane collaboration

2015

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01:32:46

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OVERDIAGNOSED & OVERMEDICATED
OVERDIAGNOSED & OVERMEDICATED

Talk by Professor Peter Gøtzsche at the State Library of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia 11 February 2015. In his talk, Peter will discuss the various ways in which psychiatry may be harming rather than helping its patients, citing evidence from his latest book "Deadly Medicines and Organised Crime: How big pharma has corrupted healthcare".

2013

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00:15:44

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INTERVIEW WITH PETER GØTZSCHE
INTERVIEW WITH PETER GØTZSCHE

Interview with Peter Gøtzsche on the topic of his recently-released book "Deadly Medicines and Organized Crime: How Big Pharma has Corrupted Healthcare".

2013

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00:54:05

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DEADLY MEDICINE AND ORGANISED CRIME - HOW BIG PHARMA IS CORRUPTING HEALTHCARE
DEADLY MEDICINE AND ORGANISED CRIME - HOW BIG PHARMA IS CORRUPTING HEALTHCARE

Prescription drugs are the third leading cause of death after heart disease and cancer. In his latest ground-breaking book, Peter C. Gøtzsche exposes the pharmaceutical industries and their charade of fraudulent behavior, both in research and marketing where the morally repugnant disregard for human lives is the norm.

2012

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00:16:08

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HAI EUROPE - DR. PETER GØTZSCHE -WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL MEDICAL RESEARCH DATA
HAI EUROPE - DR. PETER GØTZSCHE -WHY IT IS SO IMPORTANT TO HAVE ACCESS TO ALL MEDICAL RESEARCH DATA

Dr. Peter Gøtzsche (Danish Cochrane Collaboration) speaking about why it is so important to have access to all data. The article "Why we need easy access to all data from all clinical trials and how to accomplish it" by Dr. Peter Gøtzsche is available here: http://bit.ly/UQ9azr

2012

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00:39:44

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HAI EUROPE - Q&A SESSION 2: ACCESS TO MEDICAL RESEARCH DATA IN THE EU
HAI EUROPE - Q&A SESSION 2: ACCESS TO MEDICAL RESEARCH DATA IN THE EU

Q&A Session two: Dr. Peter Gøtzsche (Nordic Cochrane Centre), Mr. Fergal O' Regan, (Office of the European Ombudsman), Dr. Hans-Georg Eichler (European Medicines Agency), Ms. Deborah Cohen (British Medical Journal), Ms. Teresa Leonardo Alves (La Revue Prescrire), Mr. Tamás Bereczky (European AIDS Treatment Group) and Ms. Irene Schipper (Centre for Research on Multinational Corporations, SOMO) Tom Jefferson (Cochrane Acute Respiratory Infections Group).

Danish physician, medical researcher and co-founder of the Cochrane Collaboration known for his work on pharmaceutical industry influence and medication safety.

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