by CCHR Florida | Apr 1, 2013 | DSM, Fraud, Psychiatric Abuse, Rights
DSM-5, the 5th and latest edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders published by the American Psychiatric Association is scheduled to appear in May 2013. It continues the tradition of creating new psychiatric disorders on a totally...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 1, 2013 | Alternatives, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Psychiatric drugs such as Xanax and Valium are pretty much on the same level of notoriety as Prozac and Zoloft. However, Xanax and Valium are not antidepressants but are benzodiazepines. Benzodiazepines have sedative and hypnotic effects. They are widely...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 21, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
A new study followed children diagnosed with ADHD into adulthood. It claims that ADHD is not just a childhood disorder but can continue into adulthood. It claims that children diagnosed with ADHD were more likely to develop at least one other psychiatric disorder. ...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 15, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Stimulant drugs are routinely prescribed these days for children who can’t sit still in class or who can’t concentrate and focus on their work. Many doctors will be overly quick to diagnose ADHD and write a prescription. If this wasn’t bad enough, it has now gone...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 12, 2013 | Psychiatric Drugs
Back in the day, it seems like there were only a few drugs used that fall under substance abuse. Going as far back as the sixties, LSD, heroin, valium, and cocaine are names that most people are familiar with. Today, in addition to these drugs, there are many new...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 7, 2013 | Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Oxazepam is in the benzodiazepine family of drugs. Benzodiazepines are known as central nervous system depressants, which are medicines that slow down the nervous system. In Sweden enough of it is being prescribed that the quantity of the drug passing through human...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 7, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Play therapy is defined as a form of therapy “used with children to help them express or act out their experiences, feelings, and problems by playing with dolls, toys, and other play material, under the guidance or observation of a therapist.” Play therapy is...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 5, 2013 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Too many young adults are “sharing” their prescription drugs, without any real knowledge of the potentially fatal consequences. It’s vital to raise awareness of the FDA warnings on mental health meds in order to guarantee the future of our youth....
by CCHR Florida | Mar 1, 2013 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Drugs
New 5 minute video. https://youtube.com/watch?v=yyyhSXH4I_g%3Flist%3DUU-iw0HrAGH65H-N6_e6C8EQ
by CCHR Florida | Feb 18, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, DSM, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
An article in CNN Health, of January 21st, 2013, suggests that ADHD is on the rise, with 5.6% of America’s white children being diagnosed in 2010 and a marked increase of some 69.6% of African-American children diagnosed with the so-called disease between 2001 and...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 18, 2013 | Alternatives, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Drugs
School massacres have been happening for almost fifteen years now if one regards Columbine in 1999 as the first one of note. Mass shootings and murder-suicides date back much earlier. It certainly appears that massacres by young men have been occurring in increasing...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 15, 2013 | Mental Illness, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Drugs
by CCHR Florida | Feb 14, 2013 | Military & Veterans
Experiments trying out ecstasy effects on soldiers labeled with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) were promoted in an article in the military newspaper “Stars and Stripes” on Nov 20th. Ecstasy (or MDMA) is a party drug popular in the 1980’s and 1990’s and...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 14, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
There are early symptoms of autism that parents are told to watch for in a baby or toddler. Some of them are: Does not respond with a smile if you smile at him or her Will not respond to a familiar voice or to his name Won’t reach to you to be picked up Doesn’t wave...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 14, 2013 | Alternatives, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Of course no one wants another school massacre like the one that just occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary a couple of months ago. So how do we prevent such a tragedy from happening again? Some think having armed guards at schools will protect our kids. Others think...