title: Effects of conflict-of-interest policies in psychiatry residency on antidepressant prescribing.
abstract: Concerns about the pharmaceutical industry's influence in academic medical centers and on medical education have led many medical schools and teaching hospitals to adopt conflict-of-interest (COI) policies. Although the restrictiveness of these policies differs, the goal is the same: to shield physicians-in-training from the persuasive aspects of pharmaceutical promotion. But do these policies work? This Issue Brief examines how COI policies affect the prescribing patterns of antidepressants, one of the most heavily promoted drug classes in the past decade. As such, it provides the first empirical evidence of the effects of COI policies in residency on the subsequent prescribing patterns of practicing physicians.
authors.affiliation: Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics, University of Pennsylvania, and Philadelphia VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
authors.forename: Andrew J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Epstein
authors.forename: David A
authors.initials: DA
authors.lastname: Asch
authors.forename: Colleen L
authors.initials: CL
authors.lastname: Barry
mesh_terms: D000329:Advertising; D000928:Antidepressive Agents / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D016265:Conflict of Interest; D004345:Drug Industry; D011307:Drug Prescriptions; D004501:Education, Medical; D006801:Humans; D007396:Internship and Residency; D010565:Persuasive Communication; D010818:Practice Patterns, Physicians'; D011570:Psychiatry / Q000193:education*; D014481:United States
chemical_list: D000928:Antidepressive Agents