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Psychiatric Drugs and Violence
Is there a link between psychiatric medicine and violent behavior? This connection was reported in our post Psychiatric Drugs Do Cause Harm: “Of the 1937 total case reports of violence toward others, there were 387 cases of homicide, 404 physical assaults, 27...
Chemical Restraints to Control the Elderly in Nursing Homes
A recent article from The American Lawyer Academy discusses the continued unethical and dangerous use of psychotropic drugs on seniors. Rather than providing seniors with the care and compassion one would expect, such “care” often takes the form of strong psychiatric...
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATE AND CONSTITUTIONAL ATTORNEY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE HARM TO CHILDREN FROM UNWARRANTED DRUGGING
INTERNATIONAL CIVIL RIGHTS ADVOCATE AND CONSTITUTIONAL ATTORNEY TO SPEAK ABOUT THE HARM TO CHILDREN FROM UNWARRANTED DRUGGING Attorney and author John Whitehead will address the public about the right to Informed Consent during the annual statewide...
Action Alert: Protect your rights to decline mental health screening
Information: Florida has a chance to opt out of the mandatory requirements of the Federal Health Care Bill. This Federal Bill has many mandatory mental health screening programs: click here to learn more about those programs...
International Civil Rights Advocate: Constitutional Attorney John W. Whitehead to speak at Candlellight Vigil
International Civil Rights Advocate: Constitutional Attorney John W. Whitehead to speak at the Clearwater Candlelight Vigil in memory of Gabriel Myers and the Right to Informed Consent John Whitehead is an attorney and author who has written, debated and...
Agranulocytosis Can Kill – Dangerous Side Effect of Psychiatric Drugs
What is agranulocytosis? “Agranulocytosis is a condition that results from failure of an individual's bone marrow to produce a sufficient quantity of white blood cells, or increased destruction of the white blood cells. As a result, the white blood cell count will be...
Statewide Candlelight Vigil-In memory of Gabriel Myers and the Right to Informed Consent
This year's Florida's statewide candelight vigil in memory of Gabriel Myers and the right to Informed Consent information may be found below. Please join us in Clearwater! When: April 16, 2011; 7:30pm - 9pm Where: At the bridge from Clearwater...
Medicating the Military Backfires
Recent military deaths are not all the result of what one would expect - violent combat - but, in an increasing number of cases, from medications being prescribed to “help” soldiers. The NY Times article of Feb 12, 2011, By James Dao, Benedict Carey and Dan...
Tegretol: Dangerous Treatment for Bipolar Disorder
Carbamazepine, marketed as Tegretol, is an anti-seizure medication sometimes used to treat Bi-polar Disorder. Tegretol side effects can be extremely dangerous and life-threatening. When used to prevent epileptic seizures, this drug’s benefit was thought to outweigh...
Medicating the Military Backfires
Recent military deaths are not all the result of what one would expect - violent combat - but, in an increasing number of cases, from medications being prescribed to “help” soldiers. The NY Times article of Feb 12, 2011, By James Dao, Benedict Carey and Dan Frosch,...
Dr. John Breeding- Speaks about the FDA Hearing on the ECT Device
Dr. John Breeding speaks about the FDA hearing on the ECT Device A Final Tribute and Final Word My work is challenging psychiatric oppression. One source of my education on oppression theory is the Re-evaluation Counseling Community. From them I learned...
CCHR Florida- Current Project To Prevent Child Suicide
If there is one thing that I believe we can all agree on, it's that children committing suicide due to psychotropic medication is unacceptable and must stop. CCHR Florida has been meeting with many Florida families to get this important message to them. ...
FDA panel advises more testing of 'shock-therapy' devices
FDA panel advises more testing of 'shock-therapy' devices By David Brown Washington Post Staff Writer Friday, January 28, 2011; 10:10 PM An expert panel advising the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) decided Friday that electroconvulsive therapy (ECT)...
Feds make more arrests in major Medicare fraud case
A widening federal investigation into a Miami-based company accused of Medicare fraud netted the arrest of several doctors along with more than a dozen other defendants. BY JAY WEAVER February 15, 2011 A trio of doctors altered the diagnoses and...
Review of Psych Drugs on Foster Children will Save Millions of Dollars
"House Bill 23 hits a rare political sweet spot. The proposal to create an independent clinic review of the drugs foster children are given has support from Democrats and Republicans because of its efforts to protect the vulnerable - and projections that it will save...
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