Clay: You’ve remarked that Charlie Nemeroff has some (vast) amount of talent as a practicing clinician, which — though both interesting and quite wonderful for you –really has diddly-squat to do with the issues of non-disclosure of $$$ from Pharma or COI (conflict of interest). Given this remarkable skill, perhaps he ought to limit to working directly one-on-one with patients.

For a newbie ‘too busy for the boards’ you seem to be practiced in the obvious ways of the debunkers aka trolls.

You shouldn’t have any trouble connecting with Precious, he voluntarily stepped down-more time to spend with his family and his patients he practices on/with.

As for the “overwhelming evidence”…..overwhelming to whom? Not to me. Just because Sen. Grassley issues statements and publishes what he says is proof of Dr. N’s perfidy doesn’t mean I buy into his accusations, much less find myself overwhelmed by them. I am not appointing myself jury, judge, and executioner; instead, I prefer to wait until both sides have presented all their evidence, had it minutely examined and evaluated, and only then will I reach my decision on Dr. N’s financial dealings.

And as for “expanding my definitions” : Nope, I value high standards, sound ethics, and solid character, and if the time comes when I can’t find a skilled physician who also meets these criteria, then I’ll know it’s time to stop going to doctors.

Finally, I just have to ask: Why do folks like you and all the other bloggers on this site, except for Jay McMahon, choose not to sign off with your first and last names? I only belong to one webring, but we sign our names when we send in our posts and do not obscure our identities with initials, partial names, or “nicknames”. Why won’t you and the others stand up (so to speak), speak your piece, and sign your correct name to it?

Clay Terry

Then I can understand why this overwhelming evidence must be very hard for you. However, you may need to expand your definitions. For your sake, I hope he doesn’t stop practicing.

In short (ha! not one of my strong points), I believe there are plenty of competent doctors just doing there jobs and then there are the few phenomenal healers who regularly and successfully deal with the absolute worst cases within their specialty. Charlie Nemeroff is among the latter. While you view him as a “top-level conniver swindler con artist” (seems like you harbor a mighty deep dislike, verging on hatred, for Dr. N…..have you considered therapy to help you deal with these feelings??), I and the countless other folks he has helped view him as the “doc of last resort” for resolving our debilitating mental health issues. Is it too much for those of you who are competent doctors/therapists to acknowledge that there are a few exceptionally gifted healers who can help the seemingly hopeless cases?

Regardless, my short-lived venture into blogging has been interesting, informative, and invigorating! I don’t have the time to be a regular blogger, but congratulations to those of you who do.

Clay Terry aka Tay Clerry

You discovered a doc that was able to provide treatment for your depression.

Please, at this moment, as we all finally discover what we suspect and/or know has been ungoing, extensive corruption, please tell us the miracles worked by Dr. Nemeroff on your behalf.

But first: let me make this note: it is no amazing feat to make a diagnosis of depression: many of us are able to detect depression day in and day out. If any mental health clinician cannot detect depression, then it is time to get some non-Pharma-sponsored CME and get some book-larnin’. Depression is often referred to as the ‘common cold’ of psychiatry. Therefore, to have a doc diagnose a case of depression is not a big deal. Second: what amazing treatment did he offer? Docs across the nation routinely start with an SSRI. Many are comfortable in switching to any one of several meds if the first does not work. Docs are also very familiar with augmenting and/or doing some polypharmacy, however you want to describe it.

This is no magic. It is bread and butter of depression treatment. So, bottom line: many of us are familiar with mental health, treatment, and science. To you, as a person with depression, I understand that the guy who brought you some cure is a great guy, in your eyes. But chances are he was just a doc doing his job. Unless you can share something here that will reveal some magic done by the doc.

Did he augment with some samE? Did he do some Reiki? Please tell us so we can know what insight he had that was so different from mainstream psychiatry, as you have asserted. Otherwise the rest of us will carry on with our grateful amazement that for once a top-level conniver swindler con artist has been caught.