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Newspaper Says Will Expand Investigation of Psychiatrists
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 license was suspended because he stole money from...
Florida Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty to Massive Medicare Fraud
Department of Justice Office of Public Affairs FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Thursday, June 30, 2011 Miami-Area Psychiatrist Pleads Guilty for Role in $200 Million Medicare Fraud Scheme WASHINGTON - A Miami-area psychiatrist pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in...
Teen Stress Could Lead to Labels
Could stress with your teen lead to false psychiatric labeling? Jeromie Williams, in an article for the, Canada Pop Culture Examiner reports that “Research and records are showing that children and young adults are being diagnosed at higher rates every year with...
Brilliant Plan to Get Respect for Psychiatry and You on Drugs
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 focusing on the brain with drugs...
Psychiatric Medication Prevents Worsening Depression?
Psychiatric medication is being promoted by Big Pharma as THE way to handle depression, despite dangerous and even lethal side effects. Martha Rosenberg, writing for OpEd News declares, “A good chunk of pharma's $4.5 billion direct-to-consumer advertising has been...
The Marketing of Mental Illness: Drug Profits Soar
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...
Senior Abuse
Once people have aged to the point that they can no longer take care of themselves independently, it is commonly thought that it is time to move into an assisted living facility or a nursing home. One would think that one could confidently enjoy one’s golden years...
Troubled Psychiatrists Hired to Treat Children In State Custody
Dosed in juvie jail: Troubled doctors hired to treat kids in state custody Palm Beach Post By Michael LaForgia Sunday, June 19, 2011 By the time Florida started paying Dr. Gold Smith Dorval to counsel and medicate jailed children, the Pembroke Pines psychiatrist...
Mental Illness Symptoms in Celebrities
Mental illness symptoms have been assigned to celebrities throughout the past two centuries, at least. Recently, singer Stevie Nicks described her horrific experience at the hands of a psychiatrist in a Newsweek article. She states, “The biggest mistake I ever made...
Refined Sugar Plays a Role in Mental Illness
In a study published by the British Journal of Psychiatry, a strong correlation was found between consumption of refined sugar and mental illness. Specifically, it was found that a higher incidence of schizophrenia and depression was predictable based on high...
Did you know–Children can be taken to a psychiatric ward from school–Action alert
Over 3000 separate incidences of children being escorted from school grounds to a psychiatric receiving facility and held in a secured ward, separate from their parents, and without parental consent, in one year. More than 3 children out of every 1000 Florida...
The Dangers of Antipsychotics
Antipsychotics (also known as neuroleptics) are psychiatric drugs used to control psychosis such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Thorazine and Haldol are brand names from “the old days” but Zyprexa and Risperdal are the common brand names we see advertised...
Where Mental Illnesses Originate
Mental illness has been growing by leaps and bounds. Psychiatrist Irwin Savodnik declares, “The original diagnostic manual [DSM-Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders] appeared in 1952 and contained 107 diagnoses and 132 pages, by my count. “…in 1994,...
3 Patients Sue Jail Psychiatrist
Another suit filed against embattled jail psychiatrist By TONY HOLT | Hernando Today Published: June 7, 2011 She was offended, violated and wasn't going to take it anymore, she said. The former Hernando County jail inmate reported the alleged sexual harassment by her...
The Future for CCHR Florida!
CCHR Florida Youth Group Saturday's Youth Group Event This week at CCHR Florida we launched our first CCHR Florida Youth Group Event, which included The Trinity Gospel Choir, WDHAN (Music group) Alycia Britt (Dancer) , Elaine Graham, Marina Young (singer and...
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