by CCHR Florida | Jun 21, 2012 | Baker Act, Children and Teens, DSM, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, Suicide
Recently USA Today ran an article about a new app called “WhatsMyM3”. This is an app designed to determine if you are at risk for depression, anxiety disorder, bipolar disorder or PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder). It is not based on any medical or scientific testing and is entirely subjective, leading the person straight into the hands of mental health practitioners.
by CCHR Florida | Jun 15, 2012 | Baker Act, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
Bath salts, synthetic marijuana and other chemical substances are dangerous to the individual and anyone around them. More than half of the people who abuse these substances have been on psychotropic drugs previously. Learn what the warnings are on these drugs.
by CCHR Florida | May 21, 2012 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, DSM, Fraud, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Many psychiatrists assert that mental illness is caused by a chemical imbalance in the brain. But there are no medical tests to prove this. Chemical imbalance is a theory that does not hold up to intense scientific scrutiny.
by CCHR Florida | Feb 20, 2012 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
In today’s world of over-specialized and drug-infused medicine, doctors hand out pills for everything, often prescribing drugs without regard to side effects on patients’ general health. Dentists use mercury, which may preserve teeth but is highly toxic to the rest...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 25, 2012 | Alternatives, Psychiatric Drugs
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...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 4, 2012 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
Child psychiatry in the state of Florida has an unpleasant history. Juvenile delinquents and foster children alike have been the victim of misdiagnosis and over prescription by child psychiatrists with sometimes shady pasts. Dr. Dorval, a child psychiatrist hired to...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 9, 2011 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening
“Psychiatric medications are among the most widely prescribed and biggest-selling class of drugs in the US. In 2010, Americans spent $16.1 billion on antipsychotics to treat depression, bipolar disorder and schizophrenia, $11.6 billion on antidepressants and...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 6, 2011 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
A diagnosis of depression for kids is a large moneymaker for the pharmaceutical industry. Shockingly, more than one out of every 10 US citizens over age 12 now takes an antidepressant. A diagnosis of depression for kids is thus included in that statistic....
by CCHR Florida | Nov 28, 2011 | Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
The use of psychiatric drugs for treating depression recently came under scrutiny, when results of past drug trials were found to be misinterpreted and not fully disclosed to the public. A study done in the year 2002, testing over 340 people showed that...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 17, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
Antidepressants have been known to cause violent and suicidal thoughts, There have been countless school shootings in the past ten years that ended up to be massacres. In ninety percent of all the school shootings, the shooters either were on or had taken psychotropic...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 14, 2011 | Psychiatric Disorders
For those with mental health issues, there is promising news. Many studies have shown that exercise lowers depression. Using exercise as a way to beat the blues is a much safer alternative than taking psychotropic drugs with their abundance of dangerous side effects....
by CCHR Florida | Oct 28, 2011 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening
Not surprisingly, Mental health services as promoted by psychologists have stooped to a new low. Now they are getting the Girl Scouts to do their dirty work. The debate goes on as to whether the subject of psychology is a real science or simply a belief system. In...
by CCHR Florida | Oct 13, 2011 | Psychiatric Disorders
What is borderline personality disorder? Is it possible that this is not a true disorder Borderline personality disorder or BPD is described in the psychiatric bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM), as a pattern of unstable interpersonal relationships....
by CCHR Florida | Sep 16, 2011 | Psychiatric Disorders
Psychiatry proclaims that depression is a mental illness which needs to be treated with antidepressants. However, the actual facts about depression do not support this. Of course you can be depressed, but it is not a mental disorder, nor is it a disease. It is neither caused by a chemical imbalance in your brain. Some forms of depression are a normal part of life. Other kinds of depression may need more investigation to find the cause.
by CCHR Florida | Sep 5, 2011 | Children and Teens
Are children with Bipolar the victims of a huge profit-making scheme? Is it possible that the uptick in childhood bipolar diagnosis is related to the huge profits experienced by drug companies and psychiatrists promoting these drugs? There are prominent child...