by CCHR Florida | Jan 29, 2014 | Alternatives, Mental Illness, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
What is PTSD and how is it treated? PTSD, or post traumatic stress syndrome, is defined by The Mayo Clinic as “a mental health condition that’s triggered by a terrifying event. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 22, 2014 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
The danger of Florida sex offenders has become a money-maker for psychiatrists. At taxpayer’s expense, mental health “experts” like psychiatrists and psychologists charge Floridians an enormous sum every time they testify. Due to a law passed in 1999 to keep mentally...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 3, 2014 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, DSM, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, Suicide
A diagnosis of hyperactive as a legitimate disorder was something Dr. Keith Conners, a psychologist and professor emeritus at Duke University worked hard for. Today, with 15% of all high school children supposedly affected by ADHD, one would expect this man to...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 24, 2013 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
A report just came out from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development stating that many of the world’s depressed or unhappy people live in developed countries where antidepressant use has skyrocketed. This poses the question, why would people who live...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 24, 2013 | Children and Teens, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Drugs
Drug induced psychosis can be a direct result of ingesting a product known as bath salts. No, these are not your grandmother’s bath salts. These are drugs manufactured by street chemists under such names as “Ivory Wave,” “Purple Wave,” Vanilla...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 24, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
In a recent article Consumer Reports explained how too many USA kids are taking antipsychotic medication for no good reason. Consumer Reports has been around since 1936 when mass media advertising began. As an independent, non-profit organization their mission is to...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 6, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Whatever your age, it’s most likely you are familiar with bullies. There is always one in every class picking on someone and causing trouble, thus explaining how the phrase ‘pick on someone your own size’ came to be. Despite the existence of bullies since time...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 25, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
A book published in 2013 has revealed how psychiatrists and drug companies using the labels “bipolar children” and “attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD have caused unimaginable harm to children while reaping great profits for themselves. Author...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 12, 2013 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Apparently, it is common for “mentally ill” patients to not take their psychiatric meds as often as recommended. However, a recent study published in the British Medical Journal has shown that severely “mentally ill” patients take their meds more often when given a...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 12, 2013 | Alternatives, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine recently reported in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry that 30% of the veterans given psychotropic drugs had not been diagnosed with any mental health problem. The lead author of the study, psychiatrist Ilse Wiechers,...
by CCHR Florida | Oct 28, 2013 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
A company named SACCADE Diagnostics has developed a new eye movement testing procedure called SaccScan which claims to diagnosis schizophrenics by studying their eye movements. Their spokesman is Mr Madhu Nair, a technology entrepreneur experienced in developing...
by CCHR Florida | Oct 15, 2013 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Synthetic drugs, sold under the euphemistic term “bath salts” and “incense” have caused an endless array of psychotic behavior. According to psychiatrist Daniel Bober, these substances are stimulants. Users have experienced psychosis, paranoia and agitation. Those...
by CCHR Florida | Oct 7, 2013 | Mental Illness, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
The high suicide statistics found among our military is alarming. The fact that soldiers are traumatized by committing acts of war is not surprising. Who among us could kill and watch one’s fellow soldiers killed without consequences to his peace of mind? But the...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 20, 2013 | DSM, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Mental disorder tests have been designed and streamlined to quickly find citizens who can be given a diagnosis of “depression” and then a prescription for one or more antidepressant drugs. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that one in ten...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 13, 2013 | Fraud, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
Dissatisfied with their less-than-lion’s share of mental care profits, psychiatrists in the 1960s decided to step up their infiltration of society. In a strategically-planned (and secretly documented) ploy, they willfully moved in on the media, education and health...