> So these folks are implying that the rework of the DSM-4 into DSM-5 was tainted in some way by association of the authors with pharma or other industries?
Yes
This has been known to economists for a long time
Medicine generally has had its progress (as a general good) held back by misaligned incentives for a long time
Yes
This has been known to economists for a long time
Medicine generally has had its progress (as a general good) held back by misaligned incentives for a long time
See "neglected tropical diseases"
As true in psychiatry as anything else