No advertising
PsychiatryRx carries no advertising. There are no display ads, no sponsored posts, and no paid placements anywhere on the site. The medication guides, comparisons, and class pages exist to inform you, and nothing in them is paid for by a third party.
Books by our medical editor
PsychiatryRx features books written by its medical editor, Shariq Refai, MD, MBA. Those books are published by shrinkMD Publishing, LLC, which is also the publisher of this site, so they are works by the same group that runs PsychiatryRx. The site presents them plainly as Dr. Refai's own books, and any link to buy a book is disclosed as exactly that. If a purchase link ever earns the publisher a commission, the site says so at that link.
Who publishes the site
PsychiatryRx is published by shrinkMD Publishing, LLC. It is editorially independent of any clinical practice.
The shrinkMD affiliation
The site's medical editor, Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, is the founder of shrinkMD, an independent multistate telepsychiatry practice. We state that plainly, because it matters.
Most pages on PsychiatryRx have nothing to do with shrinkMD. The medication guides, comparisons, and class pages discuss medications, not providers. Where a guide does touch on getting care, for example the guide about finding medication management, telepsychiatry providers including shrinkMD may be listed as one option among several. In those places PsychiatryRx does not recommend one provider over another, and it earns nothing whether or not you choose any of them.
Other things our medical editor is involved with
For full transparency, the medical editor of PsychiatryRx, Shariq Refai, MD, MBA, is also involved with the following:
- shrinkMD. Independent multistate telepsychiatry practice. Founder.
- shrinkMD Publishing, LLC. Publisher of this site, and of Dr. Refai's books. Founder.
- The Shrink Network. Umbrella name for a small group of independent psychiatrist-reviewed educational publications, including this site, AnxietyResource.org, DepressionResource.org, AnxietyResearch.org, and ShrinkDaily.com. Creator.
- shrinQ. A structured educational program for working through anxiety and related concerns. Creator.
- Unstuck (beunstuck.app). A wellness companion app. Creator.
- Books. Dr. Refai is the author of psychiatric self-help books, listed on the Books page, published by shrinkMD Publishing, LLC.
Where educational content on PsychiatryRx mentions any of these properties, it is identified as such, and PsychiatryRx does not earn a commission from clicks to them. Editorial content is written to remain independent and evidence-based regardless of the property being mentioned.
Why we handle it this way
A medication resource is only useful if you can trust it, and trust depends on knowing where the information comes from, who stands behind it, and what the site has to gain. Disclosing the shrinkMD affiliation, the related network properties, and the editor's books openly, rather than burying them, is how the site stays worth reading. If you ever feel a page crosses the line from informing you into selling to you, tell us at support@psychiatryrx.org.