Side Effects of Ambien are Worrisome
The side effects of Ambien, a popular drug taken for insomnia, could lead to tragedy. While Ambien commercials present a mild and hopeful vision of a gentle sleep aid, (after all the woman looks so rested the next morning!) the reality of this drug’s side effects...Chemical Imbalance and ADHD Myths
There is a relationship between the chemical imbalance theory and ADHD myths. The drugs are not “correcting chemical imbalances.” These are psychoactive drugs that cause an altered physical and mental state. Psychiatrist Dr. Peter Breggin, a staunch critic of...Mass Shootings Can Be Explained with Logical Answers
If you look at the timeline of when mass shootings and murder-suicides started on the upswing, it is at the same time as when the field of mental health introduced psychiatric drugs as a solution to behavior problems such as children’s inattentiveness, depression, and other undesirable conditions. The late eighties were when Prozac was introduced as a panacea pill and became a household name. Other antidepressants, antipsychotics and stimulants came into being. That is the only change in the past thirty-something years
Psychotic Disorders –in Everyday Life?
When an associate professor of pharmacology at Georgetown University, Dr. Fugh Berman, was asked by two students if they should take a powerful antipsychotic to help them sleep, she was outraged. The young people had not even been given such simple advice as “drink...Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors Thicken Arteries
Serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) are the most commonly prescribed antidepressant medication. Their use has been associated with everything from worsening depression to homicidal or suicidal behavior. But yet another dangerous side effect of serotonin reuptake...Psychiatric Drugs for Psychiatric Disorders May Shorten Life
Psychiatric disorders may indeed shorten life. But not for what may seem like the “obvious” reason. Psychologists’ own studies have found psychiatric drugs shortening life by many years. If treatment for psychiatric disorders can result in early death, are patients...OCD in Children Facts
What is OCD in children, and how is it treated? What risks are involved in standard psychiatric drug treatment? There may be physical causes for what appears to be OCD, and ways to handle it that are not dependent on psychiatric drugs. How do you know if your child...Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans: Psychiatric drugs work like placebo
This week, the NY Times reported on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in veterans. Veterans and military personnel who take psychiatric medications such as antidepressants and antipsychotics are no more likely to improve than those taking a placebo. Therefore, why would...
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...Risperdal Drugging of Children Enforced by Law
It seems unbelievable that the state could enforce dangerous Risperdal drugging of children, but this is exactly what happened recently in Detroit. Earlier this month Child Protective Services, accompanied by a swat team equipped with tanks and automatic rifles...Feds make more arrests in major Medicare fraud case
A widening federal investigation into a Miami-based company accused of Medicare fraud netted the arrest of several doctors along with more than a dozen other defendants. BY JAY WEAVER February 15, 2011 A trio of doctors altered the diagnoses and...2011 Starts Off With More Stories On Top Prescribers
The investigation initially focused on a Miami psychiatrist who wrote $43 Million worth of prescriptions from 2004-2009. It was calculated that psychiatrist Fernando Mendez-Villamil wrote an average of 153 prescriptions a day for 18 months ending in March 2009. On...Top Prescribers – Nationwide Investigation – More stories
Medicaid – Government funded insurance for the poor. A whistle-blower informed U.S. Senator Grassley’s office and the Miami Herald last year that a Miami psychiatrist wrote close to 100,000 prescriptions for Medicaid patients over 18 months, about 153...National Investigation of Top Prescribers
U.S. Senator Grassley’s initial investigation focused on Miami psychiatrist Fernando Mendez-Villamil who wrote an average of 153 prescriptions a day for 18 months ending in March 2009. His prescriptions cost tax payers $43 Million from 2004-2009. On June 21,...Contact CCHR Florida
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