by CCHR Florida | Sep 20, 2013 | DSM, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
The new president of the American Psychiatric Association, Dr. Jeffrey Lieberman, has been very vocal in the past few months since he took office. He has written several articles attempting to shoot down critics of psychiatry and to promote his profession. He fails...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 13, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, DSM, Fraud, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Florida Medicaid is in the news again as a new investigation into the over prescription of atypical antipsychotic drugs for treating symptoms in very young children was just launched at the Federal level by the Inspector General’s Office at the Department of Health...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 6, 2013 | Psychiatric Drugs
It was just a few days ago one of my patients commented to me about the video we were playing in our office. It was a documentary highlighting the outright fraud perpetuated today by the psychiatric profession, as well as the children and families being destroyed by...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 3, 2013 | Children and Teens, DSM, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
The profession of psychiatry has successfully established themselves as “experts” in the field of mental health and matters of the mind over the past thirty of forty years. They have also made the public think that “mental disorders” are just like any real...
by CCHR Florida | Aug 21, 2013 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Drugs
If Paxil or Zoloft are being recommended, you might want to form your own second opinion by reading some testimonials written by those going through Paxil or Zoloft withdrawal. Psychiatrists and doctors have done only a small amount of research into exploring what...
by CCHR Florida | Aug 12, 2013 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
In a New York Times article published in March of 2019, the serious side effects of those coming off psychiatric SSRI drugs is explored. Apparently, doctors have been downplaying horrific symptoms lasting from months to years. Symptoms such as these: Insomnia Surges...
by CCHR Florida | Jul 19, 2013 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
A recent article in the health section of BBC News details the latest Citalopram side effect story from a UK mom who had taken the SSRI antidepressant during her pregnancy. Ann Wilson had been taking Citalopram (Celexa) for 4 years at the urging of her General...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 28, 2013 | Elderly, Fraud, Legislation, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Physical exam forms are now a requirement for every American with the implementation of Obamacare. There are stories popping up of people who have been told they MUST get this “free wellness check.” One Florida resident said the following regarding her doctor’s...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 21, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, DSM, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
It is good news that a conference was just held in the Vatican to discuss why psychotropic drugs are being increasingly prescribed to young children and whether the clinical trials support this increase. This conference was sponsored by the Pontifical Council...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 21, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Early intervention into the mental and emotional lives of children was given governmental go ahead by Connecticut state lawmakers recently with the passage of Bill 972 “An Act Concerning the Mental, Emotional and Behavioral Health of Youths.”...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 21, 2013 | DSM, Fraud, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
DSM V, psychiatry’s Bible of mental disorders, has been published to an array of ridicule from within and without the psychiatric community. This latest edition of the DSM has concocted mental disorders such as Skin Picking Disorder, Hypersexual Disorder, Compulsive...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 11, 2013 | Children and Teens, Legislation, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Mental health in America is ramping up. President Obama’s goal is to increase depression screenings for adults and behavioral assessments for kids. This is despite psychiatry’s dismal record of treatment and increased incidents involving school violence and other...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 11, 2013 | DSM, Fraud, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
It is estimated that fifteen percent of all children have at least one “mental health disorder” per the criteria in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders). Fifty or so years ago, “mental disorders” were virtually unheard of and psychiatry...
by CCHR Florida | May 29, 2013 | Disabled Persons, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Hyperactivity supposedly causes weight gain. According to a study recently conducted on two groups of men aged 41, it was discovered that those who had been diagnosed as ADHD carried almost 20 extra pounds, compared to those men free of the psychiatric label. But...
by CCHR Florida | May 21, 2013 | Elderly, Fraud, Mental Illness, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Depression in elderly patients is commonly treated with the use of psychiatric drugs, especially when these seniors live in assisted living situations or nursing homes. The rate of depression, one might assume, would increase when the elderly are far from family and...