Professor Lisa Cosgrove, PhD—clinical psychologist and professor at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
In the period between 2010 and 2015, she worked as a research fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Centre for Ethics, Harvard University. She also served as a consultant to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health.
She has published more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific papers and co-authored the book ‘Psychiatry Under the Influence: Institutional Corruption, Social Injury, and Prescriptions for Reform’, which analyses the pressure of the pharmaceutical industry on psychiatry and proposes reforms. Her research has substantially contributed to the understanding of how financial interests may shape psychiatric diagnosis and Professor Lisa Cosgrove, PhD—clinical psychologist and professor at the University of Massachusetts, Boston.
In the period between 2010 and 2015, she worked as a research fellow at the Edmond J. Safra Centre for Ethics, Harvard University. She also served as a consultant to the United Nations Special Rapporteur on the Right to Health.
She has published more than 50 peer-reviewed scientific papers and co-authored the book ‘Psychiatry Under the Influence: Institutional Corruption, Social Injury, and Prescriptions for Reform’, which analyses the pressure of the pharmaceutical industry on psychiatry and proposes reforms. Her research has substantially contributed to the understanding of how financial interests may shape psychiatric diagnosis and treatment guidelines, an issue which has far-reaching implications for public policy and patient rights protection....more