Tag Archives: Drugs

Newspaper Says Will Expand Investigation of Psychiatrists

Posted on July 5, 2011 by CCHR Florida

Check up on DJJ doctors The Palm Beach Post June 27, 2011 Anyone with an Internet connection can go online and see that Dr. Gold Smith Dorval is on probation with the Florida Board of Medicine and that his medical … Continue reading →

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Brilliant Plan to Get Respect for Psychiatry and You on Drugs

Posted on July 5, 2011 by CCHR Florida

For ages psychiatry was associated with Freud and all your problems were thought to be rooted in your childhood or from your mother. Psychiatric drugs came on the scene in the 1950’s and psychiatrists shifted away from talk therapy to … Continue reading →

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The Marketing of Mental Illness: Drug Profits Soar

Posted on July 1, 2011 by CCHR Florida

A half a decade ago, mental illness was relatively rare, found mostly in mental institutions or out-patient clinics, not in the mainstream. A radically different scene exists today. Millions of school children, previously considered bored or unruly, are now considered … Continue reading →

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Juvenile Delinquency and Antipsychotic Drugging

Posted on May 26, 2011 by CCHR Florida

Juvenile delinquency is a troubling phenomenon, made all the more challenging by the current trend to treat at risk kids with dangerous antipsychotic drugs. In an article by John Kelly written for YouthToday , this alarming information was reported, “A ground-breaking, … Continue reading →

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Chemical Restraints to Control the Elderly in Nursing Homes

Posted on March 28, 2011 by CCHR Florida

A recent article from The American Lawyer Academy discusses the continued unethical and dangerous use of psychotropic drugs on seniors.  Rather than providing seniors with the care and compassion one would expect, such “care” often takes the form of strong … Continue reading →

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Marketing Over Safety

Posted on October 28, 2010 by CCHR Florida

Did you know that drug companies make 14.6 BILLION dollars annually on just antipsychotics alone?  That’s more than any other class of drug.  It didn’t used to be that way.  Antipsychotics used to be prescribed only for the severely “mentally … Continue reading →

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Our Troops and Suicide

Posted on October 19, 2010 by CCHR Florida

Being in a foreign land, fighting for your country must be an experience none of us can fathom at any level, unless, of course, you have experienced it firsthand.  Our troops are facing the possibility of death daily since that … Continue reading →

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CCHR Florida In The News

Posted on October 6, 2010 by CCHR Florida

To read the full article, click here: http://youthtoday.org/view_article.cfm?article_id=4344   But doctors need not wait for FDA approval to prescribe a drug off-label, and when it came to poor children, they certainly did not wait for the FDA to approve atypical … Continue reading →

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Psychiatrists Question Their Own Sanity – The Glass House is Shattering from Within

Posted on August 3, 2010 by CCHR Florida

Leading mental health experts are concerned the new psychiatric bible scheduled for release sometime in 2013 will expose their fraud and bring into the light of day psychiatry’s practice of labeling normal behavior as mental illness and kill once and … Continue reading →

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Foster Kids lose

Posted on May 4, 2010 by CCHR Florida

Miami Herald OUR OPINION Foster kids lose Still subject to over use of psycho-tropic drugs May 1st, 2010   State Sen. Rhonda Storms, a Valrico Republican, put up a Herculean fight on behalf of Florida’s foster kids this week, but … Continue reading →

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