Early Intervention – A Fraud with a Hidden Agenda
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.”...DSM V: Laughingstock of Scientific Thinkers
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...Mental Health America, Obamacare and the Destruction of Artists
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...Time for Parents to Question Mental Health Disorders and Diagnoses
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...Johnson & Johnson Asked to Help Obamacare
Kathleen Sebelius, Secretary of Health and Human Services, recently phoned up Johnson & Johnson, a large drug maker, asking them to help get more people enrolled in the Affordable Care Act health insurance program. According to the New York Times, she also rang up...The Reason for Teenscreen’s Termination
Why Teenscreen National Center, headquartered at Columbia University, terminated its psychiatric screening services at the end of last year still remains a mystery to a large extent. Teenscreen directors and spokespeople are absolutely mum on what happened exactly,...Why is ADHD Rampant Only in the United States?
It is all too common these days that a child who can’t sit still in class or can’t focus on his school work will be diagnosed with ADHD and put on psychotropic drugs as treatment. At least nine percent of American school children have been given such a diagnosis and...NIMH Casts Aside DSM V
The National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) is the federal agency that conducts and supports research that seeks to understand, treat, and prevent mental illness. NIMH recently dismissed the long awaited DSM V manual as being unworthy of NIMH’s future research and...Toddlers Labeled with Internet Addiction Disorder
Internet addiction disorder is a controversial psychiatric label placed on people who spend a lot of time in a variety of internet activities. These have included visiting gambling and pornography websites, spending too much time playing online games or constantly...DSM-V Shows Insanity of Psychiatry
The latest version of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-V) is due to be released this month. It has been published by the American Psychiatric Association (APA) since 1952. Its purpose is to identify and classify “mental disorders.” In...Involuntary incarceration isn’t solution for personal, social ills
National tragedies like the student massacres in Columbine, Colorado; Blacksburg, Virginia; and Newtown, Connecticut tend to revive state and national debates and legislation on mental health reforms. This often heated political discussion involves the involuntary...Putting Children on Antipsychotics Is Unconscionable
Antipsychotics are dangerous mind-altering psychiatric drugs that are usually prescribed for schizophrenia and bipolar. They are increasingly being prescribed for disruptive behavior “disorders” in children. These drugs have enough alarming potential side effects so...Going to Sleep with Benzodiazepines Carry Huge Risks
Benzodiazepines tranquilizers first appeared in 1960 with the introduction of Librium followed in 1963 by Valium. This class of drug was originally intended for anxiety but since they made people drowsy, they also started being prescribed as a sleep aid. These two...Insomnia is More Desirable Than Side Effects of Halcion
Halcion is a psychiatric drug used to treat insomnia and sometimes to reduce anxiety before dental work. It is a benzodiazepine which means it is a sedative hypnotic. It basically makes your central nervous system go into low gear so that you can go to sleep or be...Contact CCHR Florida
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