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Help stop psychiatric harm and abuse of children
Help stop psychiatric harm and abuse of children. · Sign the pledge Email your Senators and Representative. · Find who they are PLACING OUR CHILDREN IN THE HANDS OF PSYCHIATRY Wednesday, August 5, 2009 Subcommittees in the House and Senate … Continue reading
MedWatch
MedWatch Written by Mental Health Advocate and Executive Director of The Citizens Commission on Human Rights of Florida Laurie Anspach Psychiatry would have us believe that children can be justifiably used as guinea pigs for their experimental use of mind-altering … Continue reading
Child-welfare panel: Drugs misused on foster kids
Florida’s mental health system for foster kids relies far too often on drugs, with little oversight, according to a draft report on the suicide of 7-year-old Gabriel Myers. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/southflorida/story/1183698.html BY CAROL MARBIN MILLER cmarbin@MiamiHerald.com Admitting for the first time what … Continue reading
Regarding Florida Foster Care children, 2009
Many of you may have been watching the Florida newspapers recently and seen the article that spoke about two parents who just adopted two children. They came forward on the day that Governor Crist was talking about adoption. The two … Continue reading
Gov. Charlie Crist urged to stop 'chemical restraint' of foster kids
Gov. Charlie Crist urged to stop ‘chemical restraint’ of foster kids http://ping.fm/7ho8j A pair of adoptive parents are urging Gov. Charlie Crist and lawmakers to stop the `chemical restraint’ of children in state care. BY MARC CAPUTO Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau … Continue reading
Drug issue arises at Crist’s adoption roundtable
Drug issue arises at Crist’s adoption roundtable http://ping.fm/QW1JF The kickoff for Gov. Charlie Crist’s “Explore Adoption Day,” celebrating what the governor’s office calls record-breaking adoption rates in Florida, didn’t go quite as planned. Crist and Lt. Gov. Jeff Kottkamp—both running … Continue reading
Don't bend the law when giving foster kids drugs
The Department of Children & Families’ (DCF) study about the lackadaisical use of medication for children shows the agency is taking seriously its mission to protect kids. It should follow through with hefty sanctions for those who ignored the law. … Continue reading
Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities has its own psychotropic drug problem
Sun Sentinel Florida Agency for Persons with Disabilities has its own psychotropic drug problem July 1, 2009 By: Howard M. Talenfeld and Maria E. Abate The use of dangerous prescription medications for children and adults in residential and group home … Continue reading
Study: Florida’s psych drug rules for foster kids ignored
Miami Herald 07.07.09 A new state study found that child-welfare doctors and case workers aren’t following the rules when it comes to the drugging of 6- and 7-year-olds in state care. BY MARC CAPUTO Herald/Times Tallahassee Bureau TALLAHASSEE — Child-welfare … Continue reading