by CCHR Florida | Jan 4, 2012 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
Child psychiatry in the state of Florida has an unpleasant history. Juvenile delinquents and foster children alike have been the victim of misdiagnosis and over prescription by child psychiatrists with sometimes shady pasts. Dr. Dorval, a child psychiatrist hired to...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 23, 2011 | Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
The latest methods of and new definition for “psychiatry”, have changed. The “modern” bio-chemical psychiatrists rely on seeing patients for a mere ten minutes or so, deciding which meds to prescribe, and sending them on their way. this leaves the patient, searching...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 6, 2011 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
A diagnosis of depression for kids is a large moneymaker for the pharmaceutical industry. Shockingly, more than one out of every 10 US citizens over age 12 now takes an antidepressant. A diagnosis of depression for kids is thus included in that statistic....
by CCHR Florida | Dec 6, 2011 | Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
ADHD is one of the many disorders psychiatrists have developed today. It stands for “Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.” There is no actual proof ADHD is real, it’s just an “illness” created by psychiatrists by which they give...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 5, 2011 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
A thyroid disorder can lead to depression. It is unfortunate that this side effect has been misdiagnosed by so many psychiatrists. How well do psychiatric practitioners know their medical facts? Would they recognize a thyroid disorder when one is presented? Apparently...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 5, 2011 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Come help us to decorate our tree at Winter Wonderland, Sat. Dec. 10 at 4pm.Each ornament represents one child saved from psychiatric harm and abuse. The CCHR Florida Youth Group will be decorating our X-Mas tree from 4-5pm. Celebrate the X-mas season with our team...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 1, 2011 | Children and Teens, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Children in foster care are more likely to take multiple antipsychotic medications for longer periods of time than any other group of children By DR. MARK ABDELMALEK, BRINDA ADHIKARI, SARAH KOCH, JOSEPH DIAZ and CLAIRE WEINRAUB Nov. 30, 2011 The federal government...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 30, 2011 | Children and Teens, Disabled Persons, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
“More than 8% of children in foster care have received antipsychotic medication, and just over one quarter of those in foster care who also receive disability benefits take these drugs, according to a recent studyin the journal Pediatrics… The numbers...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 30, 2011 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
In a letter to State Officials (across the U.S), written by three different divisions of Health and Human Services, it states: “Children in foster care represent only three percent of children covered by Medicaid,yet, based on a study of pharmacy claims in 16...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 28, 2011 | Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
The use of psychiatric drugs for treating depression recently came under scrutiny, when results of past drug trials were found to be misinterpreted and not fully disclosed to the public. A study done in the year 2002, testing over 340 people showed that...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 17, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
Antidepressants have been known to cause violent and suicidal thoughts, There have been countless school shootings in the past ten years that ended up to be massacres. In ninety percent of all the school shootings, the shooters either were on or had taken psychotropic...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 17, 2011 | Fraud, Psychiatric Drugs
In an email message, Grassley said states need to use their own records to search for trouble. “High numbers of prescriptions can indicate a busy medical practice with complicated patient needs, or they can indicate a problem,” he said. The government has...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 7, 2011 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
The subject of child mental health has become a world-wide tragedy. The vested interests of both the psychiatric profession and big pharmaceutical companies have co-opted child mental health into a money-making proposition. There are documented dangers to flooding a...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 4, 2011 | Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Ritalin is one of the most common medications to treat ADHD and ADD in children. It is also one of the most deadliest! “Stimulant products and atomoxetine should generally not be used in patients with serious heart problems, or for whom an increase in...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 3, 2011 | Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
In September, the American Academy of Pediatrics demanded increased FDA warnings about psychotropic drugs causing diabetes and other health problems in children. Despite the contradiction, the American Academy of Pediatrics just now approved testing even more...