Furious Seasons

December 30, 2009

Most Popular Posts Of 2009

I'm far too exhausted from traveling yesterday and from writing the much-ignored post on Sen. Debbie Stabenow--which one reporter friend predicts will be ripped off by a major paper any day now--to write anything original for this morning. I'll save that for later in the day.

For now, I thought I'd share 2009's 10 most popular posts based on hits of posts authored in 2009. (There are some older posts that remain quite popular too.)

1. Perhaps not surprisingly, this post from April on an experimental homeless housing program in Seattle addressing chronic street drunks took top spot.

2. My January rant on being used by a Rolling stone author got more attention than it deserved.

3. Not sure why my limited thoughts on a New York Times article on psychosis interested so many, but they did.

4. A May post on boys taking Risperdal growing breasts....Well, of course, that would be popular.

5. Adverse events and Pristiq. Say no more.

6. One of my posts on admissions by Jani's dad got hits all over the place after Oprah dida show on her.

7. Everyone wanted to know about a Harvard doc falsifying a sleep apnea study.

8. And placebo outperforming Seroquel in a teen bipolar depression study is always good for hits.

9. Placebo scores again with psychiatrists trying to explain away the huge placebo effect in child depression studies.

10. Although it got few comments, this post on a study of anti-depressants causing mania in bipolar disorder had many readers.

And that's the year that was.

Posted by Philip Dawdy at December 30, 2009 12:03 AM

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Comments

General public does not understand the fine print details of most government actions, nor do they care.

The corruption, the fact that private industry (pharma) is SO heavily involved in health reform, is why people should care, but no one does.

The agencies that supposedly care for mental health labeled people don't care, they are disconnected, lack funding, and seriously how many more junk programs such as "centers for depression" will we tolerate before we put money where it is needed?

Why am I bankrupt? as a citizen of the US caring for a disabled child harmed by pharma company drugs? why did my child get signed up for Medicaid while on private insurance at a private hospital in her teens, a hospital that receives state money for payment per person admitted?

PROFIT. Not care.

This article has passed by many people because apathy runs this country!

Posted by: Stephany at December 30, 2009 09:53 AM