# Stephen Barrett

> Stephen Joel Barrett is an American retired psychiatrist, author, and consumer advocate best known for his work combatting health fraud and promoting evidence-based medicine. He founded Quackwatch, a network of websites that critiques unproven or questionable medical practices, and co-founded the National Council Against Health Fraud. A longtime critic of pseudoscience and alternative medicine, Barrett has written extensively on medical misinformation and served as an advisor to several scientific and health advocacy organizations. His work has earned him both praise from scientific communities and criticism from proponents of alternative health practices.

*American psychiatrist*

**Canonical URL:** https://fame.am/person/stephen-barrett

## Identity
- **Country:** United States
- **Born:** 1933
- **Status:** living
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
- **Popularity score:** 45.8 / 100
- **Momentum:** 1.0 / 100  (trend: STABLE)
- **Historical depth:** 8.8 / 100
- **Now attention:** 0.0 / 100
- **Source confidence:** 60.0 / 100
- **Profile completeness:** 55.0 / 100

## Platforms
- **WEBSITE**: http://www.quackwatch.org/

## Sources
- [史蒂芬·巴雷特](https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E5%8F%B2%E8%92%82%E8%8A%AC%C2%B7%E5%B7%B4%E9%9B%B7%E7%89%B9)
- [ستيفن باريت (طبيب نفسي)](https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%8A))
- [ستيفن باريت (طبيب نفسى من امريكا)](https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%8A%D9%81%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D8%B7%D8%A8%D9%8A%D8%A8_%D9%86%D9%81%D8%B3%D9%89_%D9%85%D9%86_%D8%A7%D9%85%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%83%D8%A7))
- [Stephen Barrett](https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Barrett)
- [Stephen Barrett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Barrett)
- [Stephen Barrett](https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Barrett)
- [استفان بارت (روان‌پزشک)](https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D8%A7%D8%B3%D8%AA%D9%81%D8%A7%D9%86_%D8%A8%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AA_(%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%A7%D9%86%E2%80%8C%D9%BE%D8%B2%D8%B4%DA%A9))
- [Stephen Barrett](https://ig.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Barrett)
- [Stephen Barrett](https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_Barrett)
- [Баррет, Стивен](https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%91%D0%B0%D1%80%D1%80%D0%B5%D1%82%2C_%D0%A1%D1%82%D0%B8%D0%B2%D0%B5%D0%BD)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3486852)

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