by CCHR Florida | Dec 24, 2013 | Children and Teens, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Drugs
Drug induced psychosis can be a direct result of ingesting a product known as bath salts. No, these are not your grandmother’s bath salts. These are drugs manufactured by street chemists under such names as “Ivory Wave,” “Purple Wave,” Vanilla...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 25, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
A book published in 2013 has revealed how psychiatrists and drug companies using the labels “bipolar children” and “attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD have caused unimaginable harm to children while reaping great profits for themselves. Author...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 22, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Vyvanse side effects are well known to Shire Pharmaceutical, the manufacturer. In fact, Shire was sent an official warning letter by the FDA for withholding important information on this drug’s dangers in 2011. According to the FDA, a promotional magnet was used to...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 12, 2013 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Apparently, it is common for “mentally ill” patients to not take their psychiatric meds as often as recommended. However, a recent study published in the British Medical Journal has shown that severely “mentally ill” patients take their meds more often when given a...
by CCHR Florida | Oct 31, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, DSM, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Diagnosing children with hyperactivity symptoms has become a lucrative practice for the pharmaceutical industry. Shire Pharmaceuticals is one such company with big plans for our children. Spokesmen for this multi-billion dollar industry propose that a child’s...
by CCHR Florida | Oct 15, 2013 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Synthetic drugs, sold under the euphemistic term “bath salts” and “incense” have caused an endless array of psychotic behavior. According to psychiatrist Daniel Bober, these substances are stimulants. Users have experienced psychosis, paranoia and agitation. Those...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 20, 2013 | DSM, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Mental disorder tests have been designed and streamlined to quickly find citizens who can be given a diagnosis of “depression” and then a prescription for one or more antidepressant drugs. The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reports that one in ten...
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 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 | Sep 3, 2013 | Elderly, Fraud, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Since 2004 a group called the American Psychiatric Foundation has been promoting and marketing mental health awareness in high schools and middle schools using its trademarked educational program called Typical or Troubled? Claiming that one in four Americans will...
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 22, 2013 | Children and Teens, Disabled Persons, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Low income families have learned that they can boost their household income by getting their children’s normal behavior labeled as a mental disability and receive a monthly check from SSI. SSI (Supplemental Security Income) is a Federal income supplement program run...
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 | May 29, 2013 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Drugs
Bath salts, now illegal in the U.S., aren’t in the same category as other FDA-approved medications prescribed by psychiatrists, but both groups of drugs share some startling similarities. One might even go as so far as to say they’re cousins under the same family...
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...