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Informed Consent and Psychiatric Drugging

Informed Consent and Psychiatric Drugging

by CCHR Florida | May 21, 2013 | Alternatives, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

All 50 states now require an informed consent document be signed before medical treatment of either a physical or mental nature. A psychiatrist, like a medical doctor, is required to tell his patient of any benefits, risks and alternatives to his proposed treatment....
Informed Consent and Psychiatric Drugging

DSM-V Shows Insanity of Psychiatry

by CCHR Florida | May 17, 2013 | Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

The latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) is due to be released this month.  It has been published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) since 1952.  Its purpose is to identify and classify “mental disorders.”  In...
Informed Consent and Psychiatric Drugging

Putting Children on Antipsychotics Is Unconscionable

by CCHR Florida | May 7, 2013 | Children and Teens, DSM, Fraud, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

Antipsychotics are dangerous mind-altering psychiatric drugs that are usually prescribed for schizophrenia and bipolar.  They are increasingly being prescribed for disruptive behavior “disorders” in children.  These drugs have enough alarming potential side effects so...
Informed Consent and Psychiatric Drugging

Mental Disorder Test Must Include Physical Exam

by CCHR Florida | Apr 30, 2013 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

Any mental disorder test should be accompanied by a physical exam. Since the psychiatric profession admits there is no mental disorder test to determine which of their many labeled mental diseases a person may have, it is important to look elsewhere for a cause. For...
Informed Consent and Psychiatric Drugging

Mitochondrial Disease and Psychiatric Disorders

by CCHR Florida | Apr 29, 2013 | Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

Mitochondrial disease is a physical disease, not a mental one. The condition results from the failure of the mitochondria, which are specialized parts in almost every cell of the body. The mitochondria create over 90% of the body’s energy; energy which is required to...
CCHR Florida on Bay News 9

CCHR Florida on Bay News 9

by CCHR Florida | Apr 22, 2013 | Children and Teens, Disabled Persons, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

CCHR Florida’s Television Commercial Thanks to the help of Bay News 9 and thanks to Dr. Richard Wallace at Bayside Urgent Care CCHR Florida’s commercial has now started airing all week long on Bay News 9! Take a look and pass it along!   CCHR Florida has a...
Informed Consent and Psychiatric Drugging

What is Anorexia? Mental Treatment vs. Physical Causes

by CCHR Florida | Apr 17, 2013 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

What is anorexia? The free online medical dictionary defines anorexia nervosa as “an eating disorder usually occurring in adolescent females, characterized by refusal to maintain a normal minimal body weight, fear of gaining weight or becoming obese, disturbance of...
Informed Consent and Psychiatric Drugging

Can Anxiety Attack Symptoms Be Caused by Food Allergies?

by CCHR Florida | Apr 11, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

Many doctors and nutritionists are finding that anxiety attack symptoms and some types of depression are the result of food allergies. Correct the diet and the person’s unwanted mental and emotional symptoms disappear. This research flies in the teeth of...
Informed Consent and Psychiatric Drugging

Long-Term Study on ADHD Lacking and Misleading

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. ...
Informed Consent and Psychiatric Drugging

Prescribing ADHD Drugs to Children as a Study Aid is Unethical

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...
Informed Consent and Psychiatric Drugging

Benzodiazepine Cause Anti-Social Behavior in Fish

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...
Informed Consent and Psychiatric Drugging

Play Therapy; OneWay to Treat Mental Health or Behavioral Health Symptoms?

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...
Informed Consent and Psychiatric Drugging

ADHD–News Update

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...

What is PTSD? Today’s Latest Military Tragedy

by CCHR Florida | Feb 4, 2013 | Mental Health Screening, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Disorders

Looking into what is PTSD is revealing. PTSD (Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder) is defined on the U.S. National Library of Medicine website as a potentially debilitating anxiety disorder triggered by exposure to a traumatic experience. War veterans often have it....
Informed Consent and Psychiatric Drugging

Disruptive Behavior Disorder and Psychiatric Drugs

by CCHR Florida | Jan 29, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

Disruptive behavior disorder is often diagnosed when a child disrupts activities or otherwise acts out when being told “no.” Parents may feel helpless when this behavior becomes consistent, especially when there are other children in the family affected by his or her...
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