SHOCKER: Panel members for new psychiatric ‘bible’ received more than $14M from industry, analysis finds. “Sixty percent of US physicians serving as panel and task force members for the American Psychiatric Association’s official manual of psychiatric disorders received payments from industry totaling $14.24m, finds a study published by The BMJ. Because of the enormous influence of diagnostic and treatment guidelines, the researchers say their findings ‘raise questions about the editorial independence of this diagnostic manual.'”