Christopher Lane Author
@christophlane.bsky.social
Writer on Side Effects @psychologytoday.com | Prof Emeritus of #MedHum at Northwestern | Medicine & politics; mental health & public health. #Medsky. 🏳️🌈
Website: https://www.christopherlane.org
Website: https://www.christopherlane.org
“When Healing Harms,” Eric Caplan’s riveting new book on a landmark ruling, raises big questions about institutional failure and the mistreatment of patients by American psychiatry.
My review @psychologytoday.com
tinyurl.com/mr3wn7hp
#standardofcare #freedomfromdrugs #informedconsent
My review @psychologytoday.com
tinyurl.com/mr3wn7hp
#standardofcare #freedomfromdrugs #informedconsent
Medical Negligence or Psychiatric Malpractice?
A new book takes a fresh look at a landmark ruling that changed the path of American psychiatry.
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October 6, 2026 at 5:22 PM
“When Healing Harms,” Eric Caplan’s riveting new book on a landmark ruling, raises big questions about institutional failure and the mistreatment of patients by American psychiatry.
My review @psychologytoday.com
tinyurl.com/mr3wn7hp
#standardofcare #freedomfromdrugs #informedconsent
My review @psychologytoday.com
tinyurl.com/mr3wn7hp
#standardofcare #freedomfromdrugs #informedconsent
Shyness didn't become a disorder by accident.
In SHYNESS, Christopher Lane traces its redefinition as treatable, with Paxil/Seroxat sold as the answer — positioned as "safe + effective" while the cost of stopping the drug was whitewashed away.
Book history, not medical advice.
In SHYNESS, Christopher Lane traces its redefinition as treatable, with Paxil/Seroxat sold as the answer — positioned as "safe + effective" while the cost of stopping the drug was whitewashed away.
Book history, not medical advice.
October 2, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Shyness didn't become a disorder by accident.
In SHYNESS, Christopher Lane traces its redefinition as treatable, with Paxil/Seroxat sold as the answer — positioned as "safe + effective" while the cost of stopping the drug was whitewashed away.
Book history, not medical advice.
In SHYNESS, Christopher Lane traces its redefinition as treatable, with Paxil/Seroxat sold as the answer — positioned as "safe + effective" while the cost of stopping the drug was whitewashed away.
Book history, not medical advice.
What happens when a “major issue” gets published as “well-tolerated”?
Christopher Lane looked at the paroxetine archive — the documents where internal and external accounts of drug withdrawal sharply divide.
He exposes all of the whitewash in SHYNESS: HOW NORMAL BEHAVIOR BECAME A SICKNESS
Christopher Lane looked at the paroxetine archive — the documents where internal and external accounts of drug withdrawal sharply divide.
He exposes all of the whitewash in SHYNESS: HOW NORMAL BEHAVIOR BECAME A SICKNESS
October 1, 2026 at 5:30 PM
What happens when a “major issue” gets published as “well-tolerated”?
Christopher Lane looked at the paroxetine archive — the documents where internal and external accounts of drug withdrawal sharply divide.
He exposes all of the whitewash in SHYNESS: HOW NORMAL BEHAVIOR BECAME A SICKNESS
Christopher Lane looked at the paroxetine archive — the documents where internal and external accounts of drug withdrawal sharply divide.
He exposes all of the whitewash in SHYNESS: HOW NORMAL BEHAVIOR BECAME A SICKNESS
How did shyness become a diagnosis that needs a pill?
In SHYNESS: HOW NORMAL BEHAVIOR BECAME A SICKNESS, Lane exposes the paper trail - including paroxetine (Paxil/Seroxat) reactions described as a "major issue" internally vs. "generally well-tolerated" in pubs.
Book history, not medical advice.
In SHYNESS: HOW NORMAL BEHAVIOR BECAME A SICKNESS, Lane exposes the paper trail - including paroxetine (Paxil/Seroxat) reactions described as a "major issue" internally vs. "generally well-tolerated" in pubs.
Book history, not medical advice.
September 30, 2026 at 8:01 PM
How did shyness become a diagnosis that needs a pill?
In SHYNESS: HOW NORMAL BEHAVIOR BECAME A SICKNESS, Lane exposes the paper trail - including paroxetine (Paxil/Seroxat) reactions described as a "major issue" internally vs. "generally well-tolerated" in pubs.
Book history, not medical advice.
In SHYNESS: HOW NORMAL BEHAVIOR BECAME A SICKNESS, Lane exposes the paper trail - including paroxetine (Paxil/Seroxat) reactions described as a "major issue" internally vs. "generally well-tolerated" in pubs.
Book history, not medical advice.
Same ghostwritten deck. 3 cities. 3 different experts presenting it as their own.
Consensus or plagiarism?
That's the KOL machine. "You'll see this in your patients" didn't come from clinical experience. It was delivered to it — to sell the chemical imbalance narrative.
#KOLMachine
Consensus or plagiarism?
That's the KOL machine. "You'll see this in your patients" didn't come from clinical experience. It was delivered to it — to sell the chemical imbalance narrative.
#KOLMachine
September 26, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Same ghostwritten deck. 3 cities. 3 different experts presenting it as their own.
Consensus or plagiarism?
That's the KOL machine. "You'll see this in your patients" didn't come from clinical experience. It was delivered to it — to sell the chemical imbalance narrative.
#KOLMachine
Consensus or plagiarism?
That's the KOL machine. "You'll see this in your patients" didn't come from clinical experience. It was delivered to it — to sell the chemical imbalance narrative.
#KOLMachine
A crucial distinction Lane recovers from the archives: a result can be produced that may be statistically significant yet clinically negligible.
The question in Chapters 7-8 is what happens when that distinction is lost in translation — when a p-value becomes a promise.
#EvidenceBasedMedicine
The question in Chapters 7-8 is what happens when that distinction is lost in translation — when a p-value becomes a promise.
#EvidenceBasedMedicine
September 25, 2026 at 9:01 PM
A crucial distinction Lane recovers from the archives: a result can be produced that may be statistically significant yet clinically negligible.
The question in Chapters 7-8 is what happens when that distinction is lost in translation — when a p-value becomes a promise.
#EvidenceBasedMedicine
The question in Chapters 7-8 is what happens when that distinction is lost in translation — when a p-value becomes a promise.
#EvidenceBasedMedicine
Ch. 7-8 of SHYNESS: Lane shows how APA archives & classified pharma memos reveal how KOLs, industry symposia & CME turned a negligible drug-placebo difference into a "major" clinical outcome.
Video #3: THE KOL MACHINE
The data didn't change. The delivery system did.
#SocialAnxiety #Shyness #DSM
Video #3: THE KOL MACHINE
The data didn't change. The delivery system did.
#SocialAnxiety #Shyness #DSM
September 25, 2026 at 5:02 PM
Ch. 7-8 of SHYNESS: Lane shows how APA archives & classified pharma memos reveal how KOLs, industry symposia & CME turned a negligible drug-placebo difference into a "major" clinical outcome.
Video #3: THE KOL MACHINE
The data didn't change. The delivery system did.
#SocialAnxiety #Shyness #DSM
Video #3: THE KOL MACHINE
The data didn't change. The delivery system did.
#SocialAnxiety #Shyness #DSM
How does a negligible difference become dogma?
Ghostwritten slides, lectures, CME. The same graph on tour. The same line: "You'll see this in your patients."
Not a new study. Just repetition — until it became what every doctor thought they understood.
Full timeline in Shyness by Christopher Lane.
Ghostwritten slides, lectures, CME. The same graph on tour. The same line: "You'll see this in your patients."
Not a new study. Just repetition — until it became what every doctor thought they understood.
Full timeline in Shyness by Christopher Lane.
September 19, 2026 at 9:01 PM
How does a negligible difference become dogma?
Ghostwritten slides, lectures, CME. The same graph on tour. The same line: "You'll see this in your patients."
Not a new study. Just repetition — until it became what every doctor thought they understood.
Full timeline in Shyness by Christopher Lane.
Ghostwritten slides, lectures, CME. The same graph on tour. The same line: "You'll see this in your patients."
Not a new study. Just repetition — until it became what every doctor thought they understood.
Full timeline in Shyness by Christopher Lane.
Media coverage of SSRI overprescribing is sharply polarized.
Some outlets present with nuance, detailing what isn’t known.
Others talk of a “war” against antidepressants.
My latest @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side...
#SSRIs #MediaBias #PolarizedAccounts
Some outlets present with nuance, detailing what isn’t known.
Others talk of a “war” against antidepressants.
My latest @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side...
#SSRIs #MediaBias #PolarizedAccounts
New Battlelines Are Drawn Over Antidepressants
Recent efforts to deprescribe SSRI antidepressants are raising flags over conflicting evidence, leading to polarized reports.
www.psychologytoday.com
September 18, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Media coverage of SSRI overprescribing is sharply polarized.
Some outlets present with nuance, detailing what isn’t known.
Others talk of a “war” against antidepressants.
My latest @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side...
#SSRIs #MediaBias #PolarizedAccounts
Some outlets present with nuance, detailing what isn’t known.
Others talk of a “war” against antidepressants.
My latest @psychologytoday.com
www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/side...
#SSRIs #MediaBias #PolarizedAccounts
Playbook: A tiny statistical difference becomes a big promise on the KOL circuit. Hide negatives, ghostwrite, pay KOLs for CME. "You'll see it in patients." Repetition > data.
Book: Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness — Lane
#shynessbook #mentalhealthhistory #kolmachine #clinicaldogma
Book: Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness — Lane
#shynessbook #mentalhealthhistory #kolmachine #clinicaldogma
September 17, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Playbook: A tiny statistical difference becomes a big promise on the KOL circuit. Hide negatives, ghostwrite, pay KOLs for CME. "You'll see it in patients." Repetition > data.
Book: Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness — Lane
#shynessbook #mentalhealthhistory #kolmachine #clinicaldogma
Book: Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness — Lane
#shynessbook #mentalhealthhistory #kolmachine #clinicaldogma
Same slide, same line. Different city every week.
That's how the consensus was made.
A tiny effect became a "chemical imbalance" via KOL leaders + a paid CME tour.
Repetition turned hype into dogma.
The paper trail is found in "Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness" by Christopher Lane
That's how the consensus was made.
A tiny effect became a "chemical imbalance" via KOL leaders + a paid CME tour.
Repetition turned hype into dogma.
The paper trail is found in "Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness" by Christopher Lane
September 16, 2026 at 9:01 PM
Same slide, same line. Different city every week.
That's how the consensus was made.
A tiny effect became a "chemical imbalance" via KOL leaders + a paid CME tour.
Repetition turned hype into dogma.
The paper trail is found in "Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness" by Christopher Lane
That's how the consensus was made.
A tiny effect became a "chemical imbalance" via KOL leaders + a paid CME tour.
Repetition turned hype into dogma.
The paper trail is found in "Shyness: How Normal Behavior Became a Sickness" by Christopher Lane
The part no ad mentions: most people on placebo improve. Some on a drug also improve.
Everyone gets care, attention, expectation.
Hide the trials where placebo does just as well, and a fractional edge looks like a breakthrough.
That's a billion-dollar editing trick. Lane gives the unedited cut.
Everyone gets care, attention, expectation.
Hide the trials where placebo does just as well, and a fractional edge looks like a breakthrough.
That's a billion-dollar editing trick. Lane gives the unedited cut.
September 11, 2026 at 4:30 PM
The part no ad mentions: most people on placebo improve. Some on a drug also improve.
Everyone gets care, attention, expectation.
Hide the trials where placebo does just as well, and a fractional edge looks like a breakthrough.
That's a billion-dollar editing trick. Lane gives the unedited cut.
Everyone gets care, attention, expectation.
Hide the trials where placebo does just as well, and a fractional edge looks like a breakthrough.
That's a billion-dollar editing trick. Lane gives the unedited cut.
The loophole isn't that they hid negative trials. They reported them to the FDA, as required by law.
The loophole: reporting to the FDA is mandatory. Publishing in a journal is not.
Negatives went in a file drawer, not your doctor's library.
That's publication bias from inflated efficacy.
The loophole: reporting to the FDA is mandatory. Publishing in a journal is not.
Negatives went in a file drawer, not your doctor's library.
That's publication bias from inflated efficacy.
September 10, 2026 at 7:46 PM
The loophole isn't that they hid negative trials. They reported them to the FDA, as required by law.
The loophole: reporting to the FDA is mandatory. Publishing in a journal is not.
Negatives went in a file drawer, not your doctor's library.
That's publication bias from inflated efficacy.
The loophole: reporting to the FDA is mandatory. Publishing in a journal is not.
Negatives went in a file drawer, not your doctor's library.
That's publication bias from inflated efficacy.
How shyness got a billing code:
Before 1980: no diagnosis.
After the vote: 300.23.
Code = market. Market = 6-8 week trials.
FDA saw all the data. You didn't.
Lane put it back in SHYNESS.
christopherlane.org
Before 1980: no diagnosis.
After the vote: 300.23.
Code = market. Market = 6-8 week trials.
FDA saw all the data. You didn't.
Lane put it back in SHYNESS.
christopherlane.org
September 8, 2026 at 6:01 PM
How shyness got a billing code:
Before 1980: no diagnosis.
After the vote: 300.23.
Code = market. Market = 6-8 week trials.
FDA saw all the data. You didn't.
Lane put it back in SHYNESS.
christopherlane.org
Before 1980: no diagnosis.
After the vote: 300.23.
Code = market. Market = 6-8 week trials.
FDA saw all the data. You didn't.
Lane put it back in SHYNESS.
christopherlane.org
El voto de 1980 no se quedó en la consulta, se metió en tu navegador.
Tras los anuncios del 99 vinieron los test de 3 min: — "¿Te sonrojas? ¿Miedo a fiestas?"
3 sí = "habla con tu médico."
Parecían médicos, eran ganchos de las farmacéuticas.
Tras los anuncios del 99 vinieron los test de 3 min: — "¿Te sonrojas? ¿Miedo a fiestas?"
3 sí = "habla con tu médico."
Parecían médicos, eran ganchos de las farmacéuticas.
September 3, 2026 at 8:16 PM
El voto de 1980 no se quedó en la consulta, se metió en tu navegador.
Tras los anuncios del 99 vinieron los test de 3 min: — "¿Te sonrojas? ¿Miedo a fiestas?"
3 sí = "habla con tu médico."
Parecían médicos, eran ganchos de las farmacéuticas.
Tras los anuncios del 99 vinieron los test de 3 min: — "¿Te sonrojas? ¿Miedo a fiestas?"
3 sí = "habla con tu médico."
Parecían médicos, eran ganchos de las farmacéuticas.
Para fuera: "¿Alérgico a la gente?" "1 de cada 8 lo padece."
Para dentro, memo de Glaxo: "nueva enfermedad" "crear necesidad" "convencerlos que están enfermos."
Si Paxil ganaba, se publicaba. Si no, engavetado.
El 80 abrió la puerta. Paxil en el 99 metió a millones por ella.
Para dentro, memo de Glaxo: "nueva enfermedad" "crear necesidad" "convencerlos que están enfermos."
Si Paxil ganaba, se publicaba. Si no, engavetado.
El 80 abrió la puerta. Paxil en el 99 metió a millones por ella.
August 31, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Para fuera: "¿Alérgico a la gente?" "1 de cada 8 lo padece."
Para dentro, memo de Glaxo: "nueva enfermedad" "crear necesidad" "convencerlos que están enfermos."
Si Paxil ganaba, se publicaba. Si no, engavetado.
El 80 abrió la puerta. Paxil en el 99 metió a millones por ella.
Para dentro, memo de Glaxo: "nueva enfermedad" "crear necesidad" "convencerlos que están enfermos."
Si Paxil ganaba, se publicaba. Si no, engavetado.
El 80 abrió la puerta. Paxil en el 99 metió a millones por ella.
El voto del 80 dejó cobrarlo. El anuncio te hizo pedirlo.
Paxil '99: "¿alérgico a la gente?" $92M
Zoloft '03: "¿penosa o ansiedad?" +31%
Pa'l 2005: $2.4B en anuncios pa' eso.
El DSM abrió la puerta, la farma entró con billete de Super Bowl.
¿Te enteraste por el médico o por el comercial?
Paxil '99: "¿alérgico a la gente?" $92M
Zoloft '03: "¿penosa o ansiedad?" +31%
Pa'l 2005: $2.4B en anuncios pa' eso.
El DSM abrió la puerta, la farma entró con billete de Super Bowl.
¿Te enteraste por el médico o por el comercial?
August 26, 2026 at 7:30 PM
El voto del 80 dejó cobrarlo. El anuncio te hizo pedirlo.
Paxil '99: "¿alérgico a la gente?" $92M
Zoloft '03: "¿penosa o ansiedad?" +31%
Pa'l 2005: $2.4B en anuncios pa' eso.
El DSM abrió la puerta, la farma entró con billete de Super Bowl.
¿Te enteraste por el médico o por el comercial?
Paxil '99: "¿alérgico a la gente?" $92M
Zoloft '03: "¿penosa o ansiedad?" +31%
Pa'l 2005: $2.4B en anuncios pa' eso.
El DSM abrió la puerta, la farma entró con billete de Super Bowl.
¿Te enteraste por el médico o por el comercial?
En 1980, 15 psiquiatras colaron la timidez en el DSM-III como 300.23.
Un voto abrió 3 puertas cerradas:
1) Seguro: a cobrar por "miedo a fiestas" o congelación social
2) Farma: a vender pastillas pa' eso
3) Identidad: 15M con diagnóstico.
La conducta existía. Las 3 industrias antes, no.
Un voto abrió 3 puertas cerradas:
1) Seguro: a cobrar por "miedo a fiestas" o congelación social
2) Farma: a vender pastillas pa' eso
3) Identidad: 15M con diagnóstico.
La conducta existía. Las 3 industrias antes, no.
August 17, 2026 at 5:01 PM
En 1980, 15 psiquiatras colaron la timidez en el DSM-III como 300.23.
Un voto abrió 3 puertas cerradas:
1) Seguro: a cobrar por "miedo a fiestas" o congelación social
2) Farma: a vender pastillas pa' eso
3) Identidad: 15M con diagnóstico.
La conducta existía. Las 3 industrias antes, no.
Un voto abrió 3 puertas cerradas:
1) Seguro: a cobrar por "miedo a fiestas" o congelación social
2) Farma: a vender pastillas pa' eso
3) Identidad: 15M con diagnóstico.
La conducta existía. Las 3 industrias antes, no.
It was not awareness. It was acquisition — distributed by vote, then by ad, then by browser.
This isn’t anti-therapy. It’s pro-transparency.
Sources: Lane, Shyness, 2007. DTC web archives.
The damage from the vote didn’t stop at the doctor’s office.
It showed up in a browser.
ChristopherLane.org
This isn’t anti-therapy. It’s pro-transparency.
Sources: Lane, Shyness, 2007. DTC web archives.
The damage from the vote didn’t stop at the doctor’s office.
It showed up in a browser.
ChristopherLane.org
August 15, 2026 at 5:01 PM
It was not awareness. It was acquisition — distributed by vote, then by ad, then by browser.
This isn’t anti-therapy. It’s pro-transparency.
Sources: Lane, Shyness, 2007. DTC web archives.
The damage from the vote didn’t stop at the doctor’s office.
It showed up in a browser.
ChristopherLane.org
This isn’t anti-therapy. It’s pro-transparency.
Sources: Lane, Shyness, 2007. DTC web archives.
The damage from the vote didn’t stop at the doctor’s office.
It showed up in a browser.
ChristopherLane.org
Millions of teens took them. Alone. In school computer labs. On dial-up.
The 1980 vote gave us code 300.23.
The 1999 ads gave us TV spots.
The 2000s gave us quizzes.
This isn’t anti-help. It’s pro-history.
Sources: Archived DTC sites, 2000-2006.
Did you take one of those quizzes at 14?
The 1980 vote gave us code 300.23.
The 1999 ads gave us TV spots.
The 2000s gave us quizzes.
This isn’t anti-help. It’s pro-history.
Sources: Archived DTC sites, 2000-2006.
Did you take one of those quizzes at 14?
August 14, 2026 at 6:53 PM
Millions of teens took them. Alone. In school computer labs. On dial-up.
The 1980 vote gave us code 300.23.
The 1999 ads gave us TV spots.
The 2000s gave us quizzes.
This isn’t anti-help. It’s pro-history.
Sources: Archived DTC sites, 2000-2006.
Did you take one of those quizzes at 14?
The 1980 vote gave us code 300.23.
The 1999 ads gave us TV spots.
The 2000s gave us quizzes.
This isn’t anti-help. It’s pro-history.
Sources: Archived DTC sites, 2000-2006.
Did you take one of those quizzes at 14?
In 1980: a vote created a code.
In 1999: TV ads told adults to ask about it.
The 2000s: websites told kids "Do you blush? Fear parties?" 3 yes = "You may have Social Anxiety. Talk to your doctor."
Many quizzes were pharma-funded lead generators. Not diagnosis.
#Medicalization
In 1999: TV ads told adults to ask about it.
The 2000s: websites told kids "Do you blush? Fear parties?" 3 yes = "You may have Social Anxiety. Talk to your doctor."
Many quizzes were pharma-funded lead generators. Not diagnosis.
#Medicalization
August 5, 2026 at 12:25 AM
In 1980: a vote created a code.
In 1999: TV ads told adults to ask about it.
The 2000s: websites told kids "Do you blush? Fear parties?" 3 yes = "You may have Social Anxiety. Talk to your doctor."
Many quizzes were pharma-funded lead generators. Not diagnosis.
#Medicalization
In 1999: TV ads told adults to ask about it.
The 2000s: websites told kids "Do you blush? Fear parties?" 3 yes = "You may have Social Anxiety. Talk to your doctor."
Many quizzes were pharma-funded lead generators. Not diagnosis.
#Medicalization
What happened to negative Paxil studies? If it outbeat placebo: Published. If not: Filed. GSK goal: Turn shyness into illness. 1980 vote + 1999 approval + sealed data = their narrative. Now unsealed. Not anti-science—pro-ALL-science. Sources: Turner 2008, Lane 2007. #PublicationBias #PaxilPapers
July 31, 2026 at 6:01 PM
What happened to negative Paxil studies? If it outbeat placebo: Published. If not: Filed. GSK goal: Turn shyness into illness. 1980 vote + 1999 approval + sealed data = their narrative. Now unsealed. Not anti-science—pro-ALL-science. Sources: Turner 2008, Lane 2007. #PublicationBias #PaxilPapers
Public, 1999: "Imagine being allergic to people."
Private: "New disease entity." "Create a need for treatment."
Same company. Same year.
1980: code 300.23 created. 1999: plan to monetize it.
Not conspiracy. Correspondence.
Src: GSK memos unsealed '04 / Lane 2007
#PaxilPapers
Private: "New disease entity." "Create a need for treatment."
Same company. Same year.
1980: code 300.23 created. 1999: plan to monetize it.
Not conspiracy. Correspondence.
Src: GSK memos unsealed '04 / Lane 2007
#PaxilPapers
July 29, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Public, 1999: "Imagine being allergic to people."
Private: "New disease entity." "Create a need for treatment."
Same company. Same year.
1980: code 300.23 created. 1999: plan to monetize it.
Not conspiracy. Correspondence.
Src: GSK memos unsealed '04 / Lane 2007
#PaxilPapers
Private: "New disease entity." "Create a need for treatment."
Same company. Same year.
1980: code 300.23 created. 1999: plan to monetize it.
Not conspiracy. Correspondence.
Src: GSK memos unsealed '04 / Lane 2007
#PaxilPapers
Never supposed to leave Glaxo.
1999: Paxil for Social Anxiety.
Public: "Allergic to people"
Private: "Create a need"
Beat placebo = published.
Didn't = filed.
Christopherlane.org #PaxilPapers
1999: Paxil for Social Anxiety.
Public: "Allergic to people"
Private: "Create a need"
Beat placebo = published.
Didn't = filed.
Christopherlane.org #PaxilPapers
July 27, 2026 at 3:03 PM
Never supposed to leave Glaxo.
1999: Paxil for Social Anxiety.
Public: "Allergic to people"
Private: "Create a need"
Beat placebo = published.
Didn't = filed.
Christopherlane.org #PaxilPapers
1999: Paxil for Social Anxiety.
Public: "Allergic to people"
Private: "Create a need"
Beat placebo = published.
Didn't = filed.
Christopherlane.org #PaxilPapers
It was not education. It was acquisition.1980 vote gave Pharma code 300.23. Ads gave them patients.1999: Paxil. 2003: Zoloft.Behavior existed before 1980; the $2.4B ad market did not.One vote opened the door. Ad budgets walked 15M people through it.Pro-transparency, not anti-therapy.
July 24, 2026 at 3:15 PM
It was not education. It was acquisition.1980 vote gave Pharma code 300.23. Ads gave them patients.1999: Paxil. 2003: Zoloft.Behavior existed before 1980; the $2.4B ad market did not.One vote opened the door. Ad budgets walked 15M people through it.Pro-transparency, not anti-therapy.