by CCHR Florida | Dec 30, 2015 | Children and Teens, Fraud, Legislation, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Psychiatric drug prescriptions for infants age 2 and younger have been rising at an alarming rate. The New York Times recently reported statistics obtained from the prescription data company IMS Health, the world’s leading health information and analytics company....
by CCHR Florida | Aug 5, 2015 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Children who have been diagnosed with ADHD are often medicated to keep them from fidgeting. But a new study of youngsters in the pre-teen and teen years showed that those who moved the most exhibited much better cognitive performance. In fact, the more intensely and...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 16, 2015 | Psychiatric Drugs
Could the booming use of illegal synthetic “designer” drugs be related in any way to the enormous quantity of legally, authorized anti-depressants, anti-psychotics and stimulants prescribed and sold in ever increasing amounts around the world? Psychiatric drugs and...
by CCHR Florida | May 11, 2015 | Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
The American Psychiatric Association online newspaper, “Psychiatric News” proudly reported on April 16th, 2015 that “Psychotropics Lead List for Youth-Related Drug Poisoning Calls.” And indeed they do top the list. But the APA probably overlooked the fact they were...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 28, 2015 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Mental health disorders in a child are being diagnosed with more frequency than ever. The American Academy of Pediatrics states “Developmental screening is a regular part of comprehensive pediatric care, but physicians should routinely expand on that model to include...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 12, 2015 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders
SalusCare Inc. is just another mental health care arm stretching tentacles into an unsuspecting community, fishing for consumers. With a purpose couched in “help,” prospective clients are reeled in, fed psychiatric propaganda, diagnosed with one or several...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 6, 2015 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
ADHD medications are detrimental to the mental and emotional health of the children taking them. The conclusion that ADHD drugs have dubious results was reached in studies funded by Canadian Institutes of Health Research, the NIMH (National Institute of Mental...
by CCHR Florida | Oct 10, 2014 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Florida Medicaid has rolled out a provision hidden in the pages of the Obamacare bill and parents of kids in 13 Florida counties now have health clinics right in their public school buildings. Back in March this statement was made about Obamacare, “But we have to...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 12, 2014 | Alternatives, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Some psychiatrists and mental health workers complain that the very subject of mental health, as well as mental health patients themselves, have a social stigma to overcome. The mental health workers say there is not enough mental health coverage due to this “stigma,”...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 3, 2014 | Baker Act, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights, Suicide
Robin Williams, a greatly beloved American comedian, actor and filmmaker, committed suicide at his home in Tiburon, Ca. on August 11th. How does something as unexpected as this occur? In late June, Williams had gone for “rehab” at the Hazelden Addiction...
by CCHR Florida | May 26, 2014 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Prisons have become one of the main distribution points for psychiatrists peddling psychotropic drugs and for drug companies happy to supply all these medicines to a growing population of criminals. It’s quite a successful business model. Prisoners get screened when...
by CCHR Florida | May 20, 2014 | DSM, Legislation, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Drugs
The psychiatrist’s test for mental illness is ever more inclusive. Normal behavior such as grieving for a deceased loved one, temper tantrums, and even hoarding disorder (“persistent difficulty discarding or parting with possessions, regardless of their actual...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 24, 2013 | Children and Teens, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Drugs
Drug induced psychosis can be a direct result of ingesting a product known as bath salts. No, these are not your grandmother’s bath salts. These are drugs manufactured by street chemists under such names as “Ivory Wave,” “Purple Wave,” Vanilla...
by CCHR Florida | Dec 4, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Psychiatric Disorders
New research in Ireland has shown that hyperactive children, commonly labeled as ADHD and then made quiet with drugs, can be better served with some common sense parenting. The National University of Ireland at Maynooth has completed a 5 year study that has shown that...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 22, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
The question is, Do I have ADD? The answer according to many experts, is an emphatic “No.” This nonexistent mental disorder was dreamed up by the psychiatric industry in order to promote and sell mind-altering drugs. Outspoken psychiatrist Dr. Peter Breggin has this...