Chilling Federal Mental Health Proposal
The “Comprehensive Agenda on Mental Health” [1] calls for a massive expansion by the federal government for the funding and development of more psychiatric mental health treatment for Americans. The agenda statement runs over 5,000 words and cites 25 references from...
Psychiatrists Complain They Get No Respect – Stats Prove It!
Echoing 1970s comedian Rodney Dangerfield’s iconic one-liner, psychiatrists are complaining that they “get no respect”. 1 Why would this be? Really, it’s no mystery. By their own admission psychiatry attracts medical students with lower board scores and...Baton Rouge Cop Killer on Psychiatric Drugs
Was Baton Rouge cop killer Gavin Long protesting police brutality by murdering three policemen, or was it yet another result of psychiatric drug side effects? This young veteran told his relatives and friends that he had post-traumatic stress disorder, and according...Deep Brain Stimulation – Another Psychiatric Torture Treatment Emerging
Psychiatrists are the first to admit they don’t really understand what causes the mental conditions they have labeled as disorders. They also freely admit they don’t really know why a particular drug or surgery “works” but they continue to theorize and experiment...
Psychoactive Drugs Played a Hand in South Carolina Church Murders
On the evening of June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof, age 21, carrying his .45-caliber handgun in a fanny pack, sat in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church in downtown Charleston, South Carolina and participated in a Bible study for about an hour. Then he took out...
Psychosurgery Today – Lobotomy Dead but not Buried
Lobotomy, the brutal amputation and mangling of brain tissue, still has a place in modern psychiatry. The rampant public outcry against this practice as typified by Dr. Walter Freeman in the mid 20th century (some likened Freeman’s brutal operations as having a...FEDERAL “BAKER ACT”—Involuntary Commitment and Mental Health Screening Bill in Congress
Ever heard of Murphy’s Law? Well, this is Murphy’s Bill and if anything can go wrong it will! Take a look:MORE THAN 29 MILLION A YEAR, OF OUR TAX PAYER DOLLARS, IS BEING PROPOSED TO GO INTO ENFORCED MENTAL HEALTH TREATMENT FOR ALL AGES ALL THROUGHOUT THE...Military Suicide Still Ignored by the VA
A recent field hearing by the House Committee on Veterans’ Affairs held in Roswell, NM introduced a new plan to help the VA provide medical help to veterans in rural parts of the country by allowing them to get medical care in their local private hospitals rather than...Mental Illness Test Inherently Flawed
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...
Involuntary Commitment – A Psychiatrist’s Dream – A Patient’s Nightmare
Congressman Tim Murphy is the chief sponsor of a bill in the House of Representatives numbered HR 3717 inappropriately titled “Helping Families in Mental Health Crisis Act”. This horrific piece of proposed legislation aims to help the psychiatric profession and drug...Alternative Treatments for PTSD are Safer
No one will argue that being in the military, especially during deployment is extremely stressful. During times of war, soldiers see and do things that they just can’t forget. Many come home and are not the same as when they left. Injuries, trauma and brain...Medical Marijuana – Bad News for Florida
Come the November election, Florida might drift down the hazy medical marijuana trail blazed by California, Washington, Colorado, the District of Columbia and 17 other states. The issue has been positioned as the Florida Right to Medical Marijuana Initiative,...Ft.Hood Shooting – Psychiatrists Can’t Hide Ambien Side Effects
Another shooting incident happened this week at the Army base in Ft. Hood, Texas. A US soldier named Ivan Lopez age34 shot and killed three fellow soldiers and wounded 16 others before killing himself. In early press reports officials revealed that last month Lopez...What is PTSD – and Is there a Cure?
What is PTSD and how is it treated? PTSD, or post traumatic stress syndrome, is defined by The Mayo Clinic as “a mental health condition that’s triggered by a terrifying event. Symptoms may include flashbacks, nightmares and severe anxiety, as well as...Contact CCHR Florida
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