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title: "Unveiling Ethical Psychopharmacology: Examining Transparency, Marketing, and Informed Consent"
description: Join us for a live webinar on Ethical Psychopharmacology with Dr. Belinda Novik. Learn about drug approval processes, the influence of money in diagnoses, and how to empower informed consent. Register now for this insightful session on May 17th, 2024.
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## [Unveiling Ethical Psychopharmacology: Examining Transparency, Marketing, and Informed Consent](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/ethical-psychopharmacology)
Apr 16, 2024 8:00:00 AM / by [Brooke Kochanski](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/author/brooke-kochanski)
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Ethical Psychopharmacology is a look at several different aspects of how psychoactive drugs are evaluated, marketed, and promoted by prescribers by looking at issues of transparency, research data, conflict of interest, funding sources and their interests, and informed consent. I will describe the drug approval process through the FDA, history of the DSM and how the diagnostic process has been influenced by money, big Pharma, and conflict of interest. We will look at some clever marketing messages and the difference between marketing and science.
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**Live Webinar**
**May 17th, 2024**
### Objectives
- Describe process of drug development at the FDA.
- Discuss how the DSM diagnoses have increased and how it influences prescribing.
- Identify common marketing myths ‘in the wild’.
- Provide compassion for those on psychoactive drugs, empower informed consent, to question their effectiveness, and to understand the risk/benefit of their use.
- Identify ways in which money and influence have altered the scientific process.
- Use learned vocabulary to ask questions, do background research, and gain confidence in their ability to understand the area.
### Speaker
- Belinda Novik, MD, Ph.D, MSCP
### Audience
This workshop will be beneficial to behavioral health and human service practitioners, including psychologists, social workers, counselors, marriage and family therapists, substance use and addictions professionals, clinicians and all others interested in this topic.
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- [history (2)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/history)
- [homeless (2)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/homeless)
- [hosa (2)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/hosa)
- [housing (2)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/housing)
- [hrsa (2)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/hrsa)
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- [insurance (2)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/insurance)
- [leadership (2)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/leadership)
- [masculinity (2)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/masculinity)
- [medications (2)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/medications)
- [memory (2)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/memory)
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- [support staff (2)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/support-staff)
- [women's health (2)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/womens-health)
- [#syphilis (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/syphilis)
- [AI (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/ai)
- [Agriculture (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/agriculture)
- [Alzheimers (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/alzheimers)
- [CHW (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/chw)
- [CIP (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/cip)
- [Case Management (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/case-management)
- [EHR (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/ehr)
- [Free and Charitable Clinics (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/free-and-charitable-clinics)
- [Heart Health Now (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/heart-health-now)
- [Insider (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/insider)
- [Medicare advantage (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/medicare-advantage)
- [Medication assisted treatment (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/medication-assisted-treatment)
- [NC Medical Society (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/nc-medical-society)
- [NC health department (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/nc-health-department)
- [NCA&T (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/ncat)
- [Otolaryngology (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/otolaryngology)
- [Quality Improvement (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/quality-improvement)
- [Relief Fund (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/relief-fund)
- [TPM (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/tpm)
- [Tailored Plans (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/tailored-plans)
- [Uninsured (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/uninsured)
- [adoption (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/adoption)
- [alexander county (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/alexander-county)
- [ashe county (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/ashe-county)
- [boone (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/boone)
- [claims (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/claims)
- [climate change (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/climate-change)
- [clinical supervisor (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/clinical-supervisor)
- [cognitive impairment (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/cognitive-impairment)
- [conversation (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/conversation)
- [copyright (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/copyright)
- [criminal justice (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/criminal-justice)
- [critical care (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/critical-care)
- [death (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/death)
- [demographics (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/demographics)
- [design (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/design)
- [disaster recovery (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/disaster-recovery)
- [exercise (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/exercise)
- [financial assistance (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/financial-assistance)
- [forensic (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/forensic)
- [forsyth tech (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/forsyth-tech)
- [global health (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/global-health)
- [growth (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/growth)
- [harm reduction (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/harm-reduction)
- [health literacy (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/health-literacy)
- [hemp (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/hemp)
- [human trafficking (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/human-trafficking)
- [law enforcement (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/law-enforcement)
- [lung cancer (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/lung-cancer)
- [measles (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/measles)
- [medical examiner (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/medical-examiner)
- [medicare (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/medicare)
- [medication adherence (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/medication-adherence)
- [nccare360 (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/nccare360)
- [nurse practitioners (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/nurse-practitioners)
- [occupational therapy (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/occupational-therapy)
- [ophthalmology (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/ophthalmology)
- [outcomes (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/outcomes)
- [pain management (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/pain-management)
- [pharmacotherapy (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/pharmacotherapy)
- [preceptor (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/preceptor)
- [project see (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/project-see)
- [psoriasis (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/psoriasis)
- [racial disparities (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/racial-disparities)
- [referral (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/referral)
- [salvation army (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/salvation-army)
- [shelter (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/shelter)
- [skin cancer (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/skin-cancer)
- [skincare (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/skincare)
- [suicide (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/suicide)
- [surry county (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/surry-county)
- [transgender (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/transgender)
- [unsheltered (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/unsheltered)
- [vagus nerve (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/vagus-nerve)
- [water quality (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/water-quality)
- [wilkes county (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/wilkes-county)
- [workforce developement (1)](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/blog/tag/workforce-developement)
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# About Us
The Northwest Area Health Education Center of Wake Forest University School of Medicine provides and supports educational activities and services with a focus on primary care in rural communities and those with less access to resources to recruit, train and retain the workforce needed to create a healthy North Carolina.
[Learn More](https://school.wakehealth.edu/Education-and-Training/Continuing-Professional-Education/Northwest-AHEC)
# Links
- [Course Catalog](http://nwahec.org/)
- [Join Our Email List](https://share.hsforms.com/16F72ZaBBRBqAda7M--9l9w4ewk6)
- [About Northwest AHEC](https://school.wakehealth.edu/education-and-training/continuing-professional-education/northwest-ahec)
- [Continuing Education Services](https://school.wakehealth.edu/education-and-training/continuing-professional-education/northwest-ahec/continuing-professional-development)
- [Contact Support](https://go.northwestahec.wakehealth.edu/support)
# Contact Us
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