by CCHR Florida | May 11, 2015 | DSM, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Psychiatry is performing a balancing act with blinders on. With every new addition of the DSM, their absurdist theories on mental disorders steer them toward a resounding crash. Joachim Hagopian, a practicing licensed psychotherapist for over 25 years, has made some...
by CCHR Florida | May 11, 2015 | Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
The American Psychiatric Association online newspaper, “Psychiatric News” proudly reported on April 16th, 2015 that “Psychotropics Lead List for Youth-Related Drug Poisoning Calls.” And indeed they do top the list. But the APA probably overlooked the fact they were...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 28, 2015 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Mental health disorders in a child are being diagnosed with more frequency than ever. The American Academy of Pediatrics states “Developmental screening is a regular part of comprehensive pediatric care, but physicians should routinely expand on that model to include...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 28, 2015 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders
Lobotomy, the brutal amputation and mangling of brain tissue, still has a place in modern psychiatry. The rampant public outcry against this practice as typified by Dr. Walter Freeman in the mid 20th century (some likened Freeman’s brutal operations as having a...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 28, 2015 | DSM, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders
Nomophobia and Facebook Envy Depression are a couple of relatively new conditions dreamed up or “discovered” by psychologists and social scientists. Psychiatrists are eager to validate these newcomers and perhaps vote them into existence as “official disorders” worthy...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 21, 2015 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Looking at a Questionable Treatment in a New Light Some astute researchers hypothesize youngsters’ creativity is being extinguished by Ritalin. Jeffrey Zaslow, reporter for The Wall Street Journal asks “whether the Ritalin Revolution will sap tomorrow’s work...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 21, 2015 | DSM, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
When it comes to curing anyone of a mental disorder, psychiatrists and psychologists are shameless in admitting failure. Eminent psychologist Tyrone D. Cannon, Ph.D and professor of psychology at Yale University openly states: “Many people wonder whether psychiatric...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 12, 2015 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
On March 24, 2015 a Germanwings Airbus A320 owned by Lufthansa crashed in the French Alps instantly killing all 144 passengers and 6 crew. The true story has slowly developed and is still evolving but here are some facts that have been revealed by the investigators...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 12, 2015 | Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
Part 2 of a 2 Part Series The first part of this series explored the suspension of psychiatric drug trials at the University of Minnesota due to the unethical and factually criminal behavior on the part of psychiatrists handling the program. But why did the university...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 4, 2015 | Baker Act, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
Part 1 of a 2 Part Series On March 19th, 2015 psychiatric drug trials at the University of Minnesota were finally halted over a case that began in May of 2004 when Dan Makingson, participating in a test of a schizophrenia drug, committed suicide. The Minnesota State...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 31, 2015 | Baker Act, ECT, Elderly, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Rights
ECT seems to be enjoying a renaissance of use. Perhaps those in the “mental health” industry are hedging their bets for the future, when outraged adults (having been assaulted with psychiatric pharmaceuticals during childhood) choose to sue for damages. After all,...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 24, 2015 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Rights
Parents never quite know what might happen when they send their child off for a routine day of public schooling here in Florida. Alishia Montelongo went off to classes at Wolfson High School in the Duval County School District in Jacksonville, Fl. on Monday, March...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 12, 2015 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders
SalusCare Inc. is just another mental health care arm stretching tentacles into an unsuspecting community, fishing for consumers. With a purpose couched in “help,” prospective clients are reeled in, fed psychiatric propaganda, diagnosed with one or several...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 29, 2015 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
The truth about the actual business model of big pharma and psychiatrists has been researched and documented at a new level of detail by a well respected physician and scientist from Denmark. Peter C Gøtzsche, is Professor of Clinical Research Design and Analysis, and...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 26, 2015 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Elderly, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, Suicide
Even mental health professionals admit the death nell of their profession is near. Decades of using drugs to treat invented mental illnesses has created skepticism within their own ranks. For example, Dr. Robert Berezin, a practicing psychotherapist, has this to say...