The IoP has invited Charles Nemeroff to give the inaugural lecture at the Centre of Affective Disorders in spite of the fact that he lied to Emroy University, where he was a professor about millions of dollars he received from pharmaceutical companies.

The

New York Times

gives the details.

Members of the Critical Psychiatry Network have written to IoP asking them to reconsider this descision.

Letter to IoP

Derek Summerfield also covers the issue in a rapid response in the

BMJ

and this will be published in the paper version in a few weeks.