I just learned, via a James C. Coyne blog, of the following (see bolded bit) in the BJ Psychiatry's "Instructions for authors"
(http://bjp.rcpsych.org/site/misc/ifora.xhtml):
I also just read the following Br J Psychiatry paper which is free at:
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/193/2/91.long :
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The paper is only two pages long, and doesn't require any mathematical or scientific knowledge, so should be fairly accessible.
I have got frustrated that some people have only brought up financial conflicts of interest as a possible problem in the ME and CFS field.
(http://bjp.rcpsych.org/site/misc/ifora.xhtml):
Declaration of interest
All submissions to the Journal (including editorials and letters to the
Editor) require a declaration of interest. This should list fees and grants from, employment by, consultancy for, shared ownership in, or any close relationship with, at any time over the preceding 36 months, an organisation whose interests may be affected by the publication of the paper. It should also list any non-financial associations or interests (personal, professional, political, institutional, religious, or other) that a reasonable reader would want to know about in relation to the submitted work. This pertains to all the authors of the study, their spouses or partners and their children (aged under 18). We recommend use of the disclosure form developed by the International Committee of Medical Journal Editors for this purpose.
I also just read the following Br J Psychiatry paper which is free at:
http://bjp.rcpsych.org/content/193/2/91.long :
Non-financial conflicts of interests in psychiatric research and practice.
Br J Psychiatry. 2008 Aug;193(2):91-2. doi: 10.1192/bjp.bp.108.049361.
Maj M.
Abstract
Not all conflicts of interests affecting psychiatry are financial in nature.
Our field is vulnerable to some varieties of nonfinancial conflicts of interests.
Examples include the possible conflict between a researcher's allegiance to a school of thought and the integrity of psychotherapy research, or between a psychiatrist's political commitment and patients' welfare.
PMID: 18669986 [PubMed - indexed for MEDLINE] Free full text
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The paper is only two pages long, and doesn't require any mathematical or scientific knowledge, so should be fairly accessible.
I have got frustrated that some people have only brought up financial conflicts of interest as a possible problem in the ME and CFS field.