Is Suicide Prevention Helpful or Harmful?

The idea of suicide prevention is a good thing as no one wants a fellow human being to take their life instead of getting the help they need. However, what prevention techniques are available that actually work? Hope Witsell, an eighth-grade student in Ruskin,...
State Hired Psychiatrists Paid by Drug Companies

Pablo Picasso-About Children

Just a quick quote and a link to a pledge to help in preventing to stop psychiatric harm and abuse of children.     “…We should say to each of them; Do you know what you are?   You are a marvel.   You are unique.   In all the years...
Can Fish Oil Fight Depression?

Can Fish Oil Fight Depression?

Consuming fish oil may fight depression. Current studies are encouraging, and began in earnest when scientists noted inhabitants of countries with high fish consumption had lower rates of depression.     According to an ABC News report, “At Sheffield...
State Hired Psychiatrists Paid by Drug Companies

Financial Ties to Drug Companies

A medical doctor should be a person who can be trusted to administer good care with the patient’s health and well-being as the primary concern. Is that necessarily the truth these days?     Doctors and psychiatrists get paid by drug companies to run clinical...
State Hired Psychiatrists Paid by Drug Companies

Sex Offender Treatment? Sex with Patient

Highlands Today State: Take license from Sebring clinician By ROBERT BOYER | Highlands Today May 3, 2011 ARCADIA – The state of Florida wants to strip the professional credentials of a licensed mental health counselor from Sebring who was charged in 2010 with...
DSM: Is it Valid?

DSM: Is it Valid?

The DSM, or Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is published by the American Psychiatric Association. It is THE book used by those in the psychiatric profession to describe classifications and diagnosis of mental illness.   But is the...