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DSM 5 Outrages Mental Health Professionals

DSM 5 Outrages Mental Health Professionals

by CCHR Florida | Feb 13, 2012 | DSM, Psychiatric Disorders

DSM 5, the fifth edition of the influential Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, has gone a bit far, even for its own proponents. What human emotions and reactions have now been labeled mental illnesses in DSM 5, this latest edition of the psychiatric Bible? For one,...
DSM 5 Outrages Mental Health Professionals

No Benefits From ADHD Meds

by CCHR Florida | Feb 9, 2012 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Disorders

Over the past thirty years, the use of ADHD meds has increased twenty-fold so that three million children are taking these drugs today.  Innocently enough, someone could assume there must be a lot of kids out there that have ADHD and it’s good that they are getting...

Channel 10 News Report-Hard Drugs Given to Children

by CCHR Florida | Feb 7, 2012 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

 Channel 10 News Report Watch this short Video:  http://origin.tampabays10.com/investigators/article/236965/34/Dangerous-psychotropic-drugs-given-to-kids-in-foster-care TAMPA, Fla. — Mind-altering drugs for kids as young three years old? It’s a...
DSM 5 Outrages Mental Health Professionals

Mental Health First Aid a Dangerous Precedent

by CCHR Florida | Feb 6, 2012 | Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness

Philadelphia and other cities plan to train thousands to render mental health first aid. The plan is to conduct 12 hour courses for interested public, who will then take a certification test. Medical Doctors need to study for 8 years to become licensed physicians,...
DSM 5 Outrages Mental Health Professionals

Is Child Mental Illness Worsening Or Is the Definition Expanding?

by CCHR Florida | Jan 27, 2012 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Disorders

We would all agree that child mental health is an important issue in society.  Recent trends might lead us to believe that mental illness is on the rise, and that modern “science” is now properly labeling the countless “mental disorders” that children, adults and the...
DSM 5 Outrages Mental Health Professionals

Are Cats a Factor in Your Mental Health?

by CCHR Florida | Jan 27, 2012 | Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness

As silly as it sounds, psychiatrists would like you to believe that cats could have something to do with your mental health.  They have put forth information linking cats to schizophrenia which is based only on speculation and convenient correlations, not any...

Softened Sales Pitch Doesn’t Create Good Science

by CCHR Florida | Jan 25, 2012 | Psychiatric Drugs

In the Wall Street Journal’s Health Section on January 10th, 2012, Jonathon Rockoff explores the new sales techniques employed by the top manufacturers of psychiatric medications. In the report, he identifies what one company, Eli Lilly, has done to change their Hard...
DSM 5 Outrages Mental Health Professionals

Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Thicken Arteries

by CCHR Florida | Jan 25, 2012 | Alternatives, Psychiatric Drugs

Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the most commonly prescribed antidepressant medication. Their use has been associated with everything from worsening depression to homicidal or suicidal behavior. But yet another dangerous side effect of serotonin reuptake...
DSM 5 Outrages Mental Health Professionals

Medical Scientist Find Link between ADHD and Thyroid Conditions

by CCHR Florida | Jan 23, 2012 | Alternatives, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs

In Science Daily of March 12, 1997, a press release states medical researchers found a positive link between patients with ADHD and specific Thyroid levels. At the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Peter Hauser, Psychiatrist, warns “The correlation...
DSM 5 Outrages Mental Health Professionals

List of Adverse Side Effects for Antidepressants Grows.

by CCHR Florida | Jan 23, 2012 | Psychiatric Drugs

Researchers at the Emory School of Medicine have found real correlating data discovering that taking antidepressants, namely SSRIs, thicken the lining of your carotid arteries by 400 times normal. The carotid arteries are the arteries coming from your heart to your...
DSM 5 Outrages Mental Health Professionals

Child Mental Health—Parents Losing Control

by CCHR Florida | Jan 16, 2012 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Rights

Parents send their children off to school every day in hopes of them getting a good education and growing up to be mature responsible adults.  But what about child mental health?  Is that something you want addressed at your child’s school?  Are you aware of any sort...
DSM 5 Outrages Mental Health Professionals

Talking to Your Children about Synthetic Drugs

by CCHR Florida | Jan 16, 2012 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

Talking to children is a parent’s best defense against their child’s use of synthetic drugs. In a culture where psychiatry and Big Pharmaceutical companies have made drug use commonplace among our youth, it may be wise to take another look at the side effects not only...
DSM 5 Outrages Mental Health Professionals

Are Medicated People with ADHD at Risk for Heart Problems?

by CCHR Florida | Jan 9, 2012 | Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Disorders

An alarming report was issued by the FDA in 2007 regarding people with ADHD and possible cardiovascular risks. In February of 2007, the US Food and Drug Administration released a report to all drug manufacturers that were involved in the production of medication to...
DSM 5 Outrages Mental Health Professionals

Children Who Need AntiBiotics or ProBiotics Being Abused With Psychotropics

by CCHR Florida | Jan 6, 2012 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs

The latest ploy by psychiatrists, and drug companies wishing to increase profits, is to use psychotropic drugs to treat children with a lingering strep infection.  Absurd as this may sound, it is being done in some cases.  Recent scientific research reveals that a...
DSM 5 Outrages Mental Health Professionals

Child Psychiatry Damages Juvenile Delinquents

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...
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