Antidepressants and Violence: The Clear Connection
The idea that antidepressants cause violent behavior has been a concern for years. A study published late last year in Sweden found convincing evidence that this concern is warranted. The evidence showed that young adults from 15 to 24 years old who were currently on...
Psychiatrists Still Love Their Electroconvulsive Therapy
At the most recent annual meeting of the American Psychiatric Association two leading practitioners and promoters of electroconvulsive therapy (the modern name for applying electric shocks to a person’s brain using 225 to 450 volts) held a session to educate general...
Is the Oregon Massacre Psychiatry’s Fault?
Innocent lives have been lost to yet another madman with a gun, this time at a community college in Oregon. As rational people, we know there has to be a reason for the proliferation of school shootings and other mass murders. Some, including President Obama, have...
The Legalization of Marijuana Part 1 of 2
If you live here in Florida it’s not too early to be thinking about the 2016 election. Not the excitement of the well-publicized presidential race but the stealth movement working behind the scenes to legalize marijuana in the state of Florida. For sure, there...
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...
Could Your Child’s Psychological Disorder be a Food Allergy?
When you think of allergies, you probably think of sneezing fits and itchy eyes. It might surprise you to know that there could be other, more dramatic symptoms. Nutritional consultant, Tarilee Cornish, advises that food allergies can create a host of apparent...
Warning: Your Pediatrician is now Encouraged to Look for Mental Health Disorders in Your Child
Mental health disorders in a child are being diagnosed with more frequency than ever. The American Academy of Pediatrics states “Developmental screening is a regular part of comprehensive pediatric care, but physicians should routinely expand on that model to include...
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,...Contact CCHR Florida
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