Psychotropics Archives – Citizens Commission on Human Rights, CCHR

ABC NEWS: New Study Shows U.S. Government Fails to Oversee Treatment

by CCHR Florida | Dec 1, 2011 | Children and Teens, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

Children in foster care are more likely to take multiple antipsychotic medications for longer periods of time than any other group of children By DR. MARK ABDELMALEK, BRINDA ADHIKARI, SARAH KOCH, JOSEPH DIAZ and CLAIRE WEINRAUB Nov. 30, 2011 The federal government...

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by CCHR Florida | Nov 30, 2011 | Children and Teens, Disabled Persons, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

“More than 8% of children in foster care have received antipsychotic medication, and just over one quarter of those in foster care who also receive disability benefits take these drugs, according to a recent studyin the journal Pediatrics… The numbers...

Action Alert and News Update on the psychotropic drugging of Foster Care children

by CCHR Florida | Nov 30, 2011 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights

In a letter to State Officials (across the U.S), written by three different divisions of Health and Human Services, it states: “Children in foster care represent only three percent of children covered by Medicaid,yet, based on a study of pharmacy claims in 16...

MedWatch

by CCHR Florida | Aug 14, 2009 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Drugs

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...