Conflicts of Interest Should be Prohibited Among the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders Panel and Task Force Members

L Cosgrove, BMJ 2024;384:q36

Abstract:
When the DSM-5 text revision was published in 2022, we identified the amount and type of payments received by DSM panel members—a task made possible by the development of the Open Payments database. We hoped that there would be a decrease in financial conflicts of interest. As with DSM-IV and DSM-5, however, conflicts of interest among the panel members for the DSM-5 text revision were prevalent. Of the 92 panel members who met inclusion criteria, 55 (60%) received payments from industry. Collectively, these panel members received $14.2m. Read more