The rule has to stay, said Dr. Paul Appelbaum, to protect people "who are the subject of our statements ... who might be harmed by our blind speculation."
"The whole issue of these barriers to utilization is shameful, and it's embarrassing to the field and the psychiatric profession," said Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman.
“You want to have the right information,” says Dr. Robert Klitzman, "...the soap opera could have mentioned the company’s drug as an option alongside other treatments."
The Goldwater Rule protects “the integrity of our profession from members who are willing to draw judgments on the basis on information that’s incomplete,” said Dr. Paul Appelbaum.
Suicide has proven to be a "stubbornly difficult threat to health," writes Dr. Mark Olfson. "Despite prevention efforts, the suicide rate in the United States has increased over the past decade.”
