ADHD Research Proves Movement Helps Kids Think
Children who have been diagnosed with ADHD are often medicated to keep them from fidgeting. But a new study of youngsters in the pre-teen and teen years showed that those who moved the most exhibited much better cognitive performance. In fact, the more intensely and...
Psychosurgery Today – Lobotomy Dead but not Buried
Lobotomy, the brutal amputation and mangling of brain tissue, still has a place in modern psychiatry. The rampant public outcry against this practice as typified by Dr. Walter Freeman in the mid 20th century (some likened Freeman’s brutal operations as having a...
Facebook Envy Depression and Nomophobia Heading to DSM V
Nomophobia and Facebook Envy Depression are a couple of relatively new conditions dreamed up or “discovered” by psychologists and social scientists. Psychiatrists are eager to validate these newcomers and perhaps vote them into existence as “official disorders” worthy...Children and Families
Children typically are raised within their family setting. This has been true for centuries yet it is changing without notice.Upon analysis of all the mental health programs, within the state of Florida, and some outside of Florida, a pattern of intervention between...Florida School Children Learning Disabilities
False Labeling & Parental ConsentChildren are being placed in “Special Education” under a number of different categories. The Federal regulation, that determines who gets placed in Special Education classes and what type of education they are entitled to, is the...
Abuse of Florida Involuntary Commitment Law – Baker Act
Personal Story of One Person’s Nightmare! Please Watch. Abuse of the Florida involuntary commitment law-the Baker Act- is rampant and what is consistent with each case of abuse, is a misunderstanding, by those who initiate the commitment, as to what the law...
Does Psychiatry Offer Cures?
When it comes to curing anyone of a mental disorder, psychiatrists and psychologists are shameless in admitting failure. Eminent psychologist Tyrone D. Cannon, Ph.D and professor of psychology at Yale University openly states: “Many people wonder whether psychiatric...Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT) Resurgence Despite Brain Damage
ECT seems to be enjoying a renaissance of use. Perhaps those in the “mental health” industry are hedging their bets for the future, when outraged adults (having been assaulted with psychiatric pharmaceuticals during childhood) choose to sue for damages. After all,...
Big Pharma and Psychiatrists Are Bad Medicine
The truth about the actual business model of big pharma and psychiatrists has been researched and documented at a new level of detail by a well respected physician and scientist from Denmark. Peter C Gøtzsche, is Professor of Clinical Research Design and Analysis, and...The End of Psychiatry: Drugging VS. Understanding
Even mental health professionals admit the death nell of their profession is near. Decades of using drugs to treat invented mental illnesses has created skepticism within their own ranks. For example, Dr. Robert Berezin, a practicing psychotherapist, has this to say...Monitoring the Mental Health of the Elderly
It is very common to hear about someone getting on in years and developing dementia or going senile. Many say the mind is the first thing to go. It’s long been considered just to be a part of aging. Though this can be true in some cases, these days there are...ADHD Medications Proven Harmful in Three Separate National Studies
ADHD medications are detrimental to the mental and emotional health of the children taking them. The conclusion that ADHD drugs have dubious results was reached in studies funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the NIMH (National Institute of Mental...The Mental Illness and Criminality Connection
Convicted felons are diagnosed as mentally ill at a rate 2-4 times that of the non-criminal population. It would be easy to make the supposition that anyone who commits a crime is in some degree mentally ill. And not many would argue. But criminal behavior does not...Are Mass Shootings on the Rise?
Recently, there has been some debate about whether mass shootings are on the rise or not. Studies have been done using different kinds of criteria thus resulting in different answers. One study includes gang killings and shootings in the home due to domestic...Contact CCHR Florida
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