Cumberlege review: It’s not only drugs and medical devices that can cause harm

The recent Cumberlege report, First Do No Harm,12 does not consider potential harms to patients from behavioural and psychosocial treatments.

Clinical researchers often have vested interests in the success of interventions they are investigating. They may have already convinced themselves and their peers of their merit. They may have also convinced funders, regulators, policy makers, and insurance companies too. One of the most …