Psychiatric Drugs: Caught in the Web of Psychiatry
Forty or so years ago, it would be safe to say no kids were on any psychiatric drugs. ADHD and bipolar disorder in kids was unheard of and most other children’s mental illness labels were nonexistent. Depending on your source, six to seven million children are now on...Psychiatric Treatment Scam
Psychiatric treatment as practiced by the infamous Dr. Biederman and Dr. Timothy E. Wilens of Harvard University has done nothing to improve this profession’s ever dwindling credibility. Gardiner Harris and Benedict Carey state in their NY Times article: “A...Teen Stress Could Lead to Labels
Could stress with your teen lead to false psychiatric labeling? Jeromie Williams, in an article for the, Canada Pop Culture Examiner reports that “Research and records are showing that children and young adults are being diagnosed at higher rates every year with...
Did you know–Children can be taken to a psychiatric ward from school–Action alert
Over 3000 separate incidences of children being escorted from school grounds to a psychiatric receiving facility and held in a secured ward, separate from their parents, and without parental consent, in one year. More than 3 children out of every 1000 Florida...The Future for CCHR Florida!
CCHR Florida Youth Group Saturday’s Youth Group Event This week at CCHR Florida we launched our first CCHR Florida Youth Group Event, which included The Trinity Gospel Choir, WDHAN (Music group) Alycia Britt (Dancer) , Elaine Graham, Marina Young (singer...
Creating Juvenile Zombies, Florida-Style
Miami Herald Creating juvenile zombies, Florida-style May 28, 2011 By Fred Grimm They’re children of the new Florida ethic. Zombie kids warehoused on the cheap in the state’s juvenile lock-ups. Kept quiet, manageable and addled senseless by great dollops...TIME Magazine Slams Psychiatric Drugging of Children and Elderly
Drugging the Vulnerable: Atypical Antipsychotics in Children and the Elderly By Maia Szalavitz Thursday, May 26, 2011 | 59 Comments Pharmaceutical companies have recently paid out the largest legal settlements in U.S. history – including the largest criminal...Juvenile Delinquency and Antipsychotic Drugging
Juvenile delinquency is a troubling phenomenon, made all the more challenging by the current trend to treat at risk kids with dangerous antipsychotic drugs. In an article by John Kelly written for YouthToday , this alarming information was reported, “A...Help Children Succeed in School Event–Music and Games for the Entire Family
Help Children Succeed In School Event Saturday, June 4rth, 2011 11am-4pm Music, Games and Fun for the Entire Family Address of the Event: 305 North Fort Harrison Ave Clearwater, Florida 33755 Bake Sale–Lemonade Sale–Music–Fun for the...State Hired Psychiatrists Paid by Drug Companies
Palm Beach Post Dosed in juvie jail: Drug firms pay state-hired doctors By Michael LaForgia Monday May 23, 2011 In Florida’s juvenile jails, psychiatrists entrusted with diagnosing and prescribing drugs for wayward children have taken huge speaker fees from drug...Florida Orders Sweeping Review of Psychiatry's "Big Guns"
“the head of Florida’s Department of Juvenile Justice ordered a sweeping review of the department’s use of antipsychotic medications” Palm Beach Post Huge doses of potent antipsychotics flow into state jails for troubled kids By Michael...Stay Tuned: Pharma Funded Florida Psychiatrists Turning kids into "Zombies"
Palm Beach Post Post investigation: Anti-psychotics in juvie jails Saturday, May 21, 2011 For some girls in custody at a state camp in Okeechobee, medications made the bookends of the day: Risperdal and trazadone and pills whose names were so long and complicated that...2011 Lake Wales Vigil-In the name of Gabriel Myers and the Right to Informed Consent
The Candlelight Vigil in Lake Wales was Organized by CCHR Florida ally, Pastor John Donaldson and his wife, Cheryl Donaldson. Pastor Donaldson gave a moving speech about parents and children’s rights to be fully informed. Other speakers included Pastor Melvin...Suicide, Mental Health Counseling and Parental Consent
Could Hope Witsell’s suicide have been prevented? The mental health counseling she received without her parent’s knowledge is an example of the dangers inherent in leaving parents out of the picture. Hope’s story is an excruciating tale of bullying by her...Contact CCHR Florida
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