Texas PTSD Spin Clinic Spun Story

Clinic that got public funds for questionable PTSD study alters its account
Dallas Morning News
By Sue Ambrose and Scott Gordon
Published: 06 October 2015

Cerebrum also said this week that Padilla had resigned from his job at the clinic but was still providing “limited” medical oversight.

An Irving clinic that spent $2 million in taxpayer funds on questionable PTSD research on veterans has a new name.

It now says the doctor it identified as its medical director really wasn’t.

And it has changed the way it describes the services it offers.

The Dallas Morning News and KXAS-TV (NBC5) on Sept. 23 reported on their joint five-month investigation into a state-funded project that tested whether a spinning chair could help veterans suffering from PTSD. Medical experts criticized the research project, saying it wasn’t scientifically sound.

The clinic, registered as a chiropractic facility, changed its name from Carrick Brain Centers to Cerebrum Health Centers. It sought to trademark that name in June.

A clinic spokeswoman said early this week that Dr. Marlon Padilla was not medical director as it had claimed when answering questions for the investigation. The clinic also said this week that it had used the term “medical director” to indicate that Padilla, a physician, was the most senior medical staff member at the center. read more here

This editorial pretty much sums up what is going on all over the country. Folks want to help so they will just fall for anything claiming to work then never bother to check claims against facts, or even demand proof afterwards.


Why did taxpayers fund millions for a gyrating chair?

That’s how Texas taxpayers were bamboozled into funding a $2.2 million study by the Irving-based Carrick Brain Centers that experts say shows no scientific merit for the treatments its advocates assert.