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The Marketing of Mental Illness: Drug Profits Soar
A half a decade ago, mental illness was relatively rare, found mostly in mental institutions or out-patient clinics, not in the mainstream. A radically different scene exists today. Millions of school children, previously considered bored or unruly, are now considered...
Senior Abuse
Once people have aged to the point that they can no longer take care of themselves independently, it is commonly thought that it is time to move into an assisted living facility or a nursing home. One would think that one could confidently enjoy one’s golden years...
Troubled Psychiatrists Hired to Treat Children In State Custody
Dosed in juvie jail: Troubled doctors hired to treat kids in state custody Palm Beach Post By Michael LaForgia Sunday, June 19, 2011 By the time Florida started paying Dr. Gold Smith Dorval to counsel and medicate jailed children, the Pembroke Pines psychiatrist...
Mental Illness Symptoms in Celebrities
Mental illness symptoms have been assigned to celebrities throughout the past two centuries, at least. Recently, singer Stevie Nicks described her horrific experience at the hands of a psychiatrist in a Newsweek article. She states, “The biggest mistake I ever made...
Refined Sugar Plays a Role in Mental Illness
In a study published by the British Journal of Psychiatry, a strong correlation was found between consumption of refined sugar and mental illness. Specifically, it was found that a higher incidence of schizophrenia and depression was predictable based on high...
Did you know–Children can be taken to a psychiatric ward from school–Action alert
Over 3000 separate incidences of children being escorted from school grounds to a psychiatric receiving facility and held in a secured ward, separate from their parents, and without parental consent, in one year. More than 3 children out of every 1000 Florida...
The Dangers of Antipsychotics
Antipsychotics (also known as neuroleptics) are psychiatric drugs used to control psychosis such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Thorazine and Haldol are brand names from “the old days” but Zyprexa and Risperdal are the common brand names we see advertised...
Where Mental Illnesses Originate
Mental illness has been growing by leaps and bounds. Psychiatrist Irwin Savodnik declares, “The original diagnostic manual [DSM-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders] appeared in 1952 and contained 107 diagnoses and 132 pages, by my count. “…in 1994,...
3 Patients Sue Jail Psychiatrist
Another suit filed against embattled jail psychiatrist By TONY HOLT | Hernando Today Published: June 7, 2011 She was offended, violated and wasn't going to take it anymore, she said. The former Hernando County jail inmate reported the alleged sexual harassment by her...
The Future for CCHR Florida!
CCHR Florida Youth Group Saturday's Youth Group Event This week at CCHR Florida we launched our first CCHR Florida Youth Group Event, which included The Trinity Gospel Choir, WDHAN (Music group) Alycia Britt (Dancer) , Elaine Graham, Marina Young (singer and...
Creating Juvenile Zombies, Florida-Style
Miami Herald Creating juvenile zombies, Florida-style May 28, 2011 By Fred Grimm They're children of the new Florida ethic. Zombie kids warehoused on the cheap in the state's juvenile lock-ups. Kept quiet, manageable and addled senseless by great dollops of...
TIME Magazine Slams Psychiatric Drugging of Children and Elderly
Drugging the Vulnerable: Atypical Antipsychotics in Children and the Elderly By Maia Szalavitz Thursday, May 26, 2011 | 59 Comments Pharmaceutical companies have recently paid out the largest legal settlements in U.S. history - including the largest criminal fines...
Antidepressant Drugs Scam Revealed
Are antidepressant drugs a scam? Gwen Olsen is a former representative for Big Pharma. She reveals the truth behind the pharmaceutical industry’s drug promotion in her new book Confessions of an RX Drug Pusher.1 In this Washington Times interview, Ms. Olsen states “…I...
Walking for Mental and Physical Health
Simply taking a walk can be a powerful pill for mental, as well as physical health, say many authorities. When one considers the benefits, walking does make sense. After all, they allow us to view the beauty of nature, to encounter other members of the human race, to...
An Epidemic of Psychiatric Drugs Not Mental Illness
Just as the polio vaccine pretty much wiped out any further cases of the disease, you would think depression and other mental ailments would disappear when Prozac and other “wonder drugs” came on the market more than twenty years ago. This is not the case. In fact,...
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