Benzodiazepines Can Cause Dementia and Other Serious Side Effects
Psychiatric drugs such as Xanax and Valium are pretty much on the same level of notoriety as Prozac and Zoloft. However, Xanax and Valium are not antidepressants but are benzodiazepines. Benzodiazepines have sedative and hypnotic effects. They are widely...Prescribing ADHD Drugs to Children as a Study Aid is Unethical
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...New Video: Youth and Xanax
Too many young adults are “sharing” their prescription drugs, without any real knowledge of the potentially fatal consequences. It’s vital to raise awareness of the FDA warnings on mental health meds in order to guarantee the future of our youth....ADHD–News Update
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...Early Symptoms of Autism and Psychiatric Drugs
There are early symptoms of autism that parents are told to watch for in a baby or toddler. Some of them are: Does not respond with a smile if you smile at him or her Will not respond to a familiar voice or to his name Won’t reach to you to be picked up Doesn’t wave...Schools Should Not Have Programs to Detect Mental Illness
Of course no one wants another school massacre like the one that just occurred at Sandy Hook Elementary a couple of months ago. So how do we prevent such a tragedy from happening again? Some think having armed guards at schools will protect our kids. Others think...Disruptive Behavior Disorder and Psychiatric Drugs
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...Americans and Depression
New Video: http://www.youtube.com/user/CCHRflorida?feature=mhee Most people are unaware that the leading cause of Depression is an underlying thyroid problem. The FDA places severe warnings on Antidepressants, including suicidal and homicidal thoughts.What is Mental Health? – A Look at Psychiatric Drugs, Guns and Mass Killers
An answer to what is mental health appeared on January 16th in President Obama’s proposals to reduce gun violence in the United States. It could strongly be argued it is the wrong answer. First he calls for closing background check loopholes to try to keep guns out of...Chemical Imbalance and ADHD Myths
There is a relationship between the chemical imbalance theory and ADHD myths. The drugs are not “correcting chemical imbalances.” These are psychoactive drugs that cause an altered physical and mental state. Psychiatrist Dr. Peter Breggin, a staunch critic of...Know your rights as a patient!
New Video that demonstrates your rights in regards to the mental health...Psychiatric Meds and Criminality
A recent article published in “Smart KIDS Learning Disabilities”, claiming that ADHD medication reduces criminal behavior is, without a doubt, a scandalous conscious effort to advocate the taking of psychiatric drugs, especially among young adults. Not only are the...Helping Children with Depression
Some feel the only way of helping children with depression is the prescribing of barely tested and dangerous drugs, many of which are not recommended for children in the first place. These drugs may have disastrous results, as has been proven again and again. It seems...Mass Shootings Can Be Explained with Logical Answers
If you look at the timeline of when mass shootings and murder-suicides started on the upswing, it is at the same time as when the field of mental health introduced psychiatric drugs as a solution to behavior problems such as children’s inattentiveness, depression, and other undesirable conditions. The late eighties were when Prozac was introduced as a panacea pill and became a household name. Other antidepressants, antipsychotics and stimulants came into being. That is the only change in the past thirty-something years