by CCHR Florida | May 5, 2014 | Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
A Boston University School of Medicine researcher, Clifford Knapp, PhD, associate professor of psychiatry, got some press recently by claiming that Potiga, a GlaxoSmithKline drug used as an anti-convulsant to suppress partial epileptic seizures in patients, might be...
by CCHR Florida | May 2, 2014 | Alternatives, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Drugs
No one will argue that being in the military, especially during deployment is extremely stressful. During times of war, soldiers see and do things that they just can’t forget. Many come home and are not the same as when they left. Injuries, trauma and brain...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 11, 2014 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
It’s been about sixteen months since the tragic Sandy Hook shooting. Following the unnecessary deaths of twenty children, aged six and seven years old, plus six adults, one would think that something would have been done by now to prevent another similar incident. ...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 9, 2014 | Fraud, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
Another shooting incident happened this week at the Army base in Ft. Hood, Texas. A US soldier named Ivan Lopez age34 shot and killed three fellow soldiers and wounded 16 others before killing himself. In early press reports officials revealed that last month Lopez...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 3, 2014 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, DSM, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, Suicide
A diagnosis of hyperactive as a legitimate disorder was something Dr. Keith Conners, a psychologist and professor emeritus at Duke University worked hard for. Today, with 15% of all high school children supposedly affected by ADHD, one would expect this man to...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 24, 2013 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
A report just came out from the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development stating that many of the world’s depressed or unhappy people live in developed countries where antidepressant use has skyrocketed. This poses the question, why would people who live...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 24, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
In a recent article Consumer Reports explained how too many USA kids are taking antipsychotic medication for no good reason. Consumer Reports has been around since 1936 when mass media advertising began. As an independent, non-profit organization their mission is to...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 6, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Whatever your age, it’s most likely you are familiar with bullies. There is always one in every class picking on someone and causing trouble, thus explaining how the phrase ‘pick on someone your own size’ came to be. Despite the existence of bullies since time...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 22, 2013 | Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
The side effects of Paxil, a popular prescribed anti-depressant drug, are well known. They include insomnia, anxiety, seizures, hallucinations and suicidal thoughts. Paxil withdrawal is a clinically recognized condition for those wishing to stop taking the drug; it’s...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 12, 2013 | Alternatives, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Military & Veterans, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Researchers at Yale School of Medicine recently reported in the American Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry that 30% of the veterans given psychotropic drugs had not been diagnosed with any mental health problem. The lead author of the study, psychiatrist Ilse Wiechers,...
by CCHR Florida | Oct 28, 2013 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, Suicide
Most people would agree that social media has made the world a different place. Twitter and Facebook can be useful tools for communication. Like most anything, both have good points and bad points. It is fun for many to get to know their favorite celebrities via...
by CCHR Florida | Oct 18, 2013 | Fraud, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Remember the old doctor’s saying, take two aspirin and call me in the morning? Today, the saying has become take an antidepressant and see me in three weeks. Whether you are depressed or not, antidepressants are prescribed readily. Antidepressants are dangerous...
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 | Oct 15, 2013 | Fraud, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Miram Carey, a dental hygienist who lived in Stamford, Conn., was shot to death in her car by Washington D.C. law enforcement personnel on Oct. 3rd 2013 following a high speed chase along streets leading from the White House to the Capitol Building. Her one year old...
by CCHR Florida | Oct 4, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Millions of American children have been labeled with ADHD because of their inattentive, impulsive and hyperactive behavior. Approximately twenty million children are taking mind-altering drugs like Ritalin. Has anyone stopped to wonder how so many kids could have...