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 | Apr 21, 2014 | Baker Act, Fraud, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Jails and Psychiatric Hospitals – Both Bad for Mentally Ill Practically every paper around the country is reporting the story that more mentally ill people are now found in jails than in psychiatric hospitals and mental health facilities. A recent report from the...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 24, 2014 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Drugs
Marijuana laced with PCP is making a dangerous comeback in the US and the psychosis it generates in users is causing an increase in admissions to emergency rooms and psychiatric facilities. PCP (Phencyclidine) was developed in the 1950’s as a surgical anesthetic. Its...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 7, 2013 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Many doctors and nutritionists are finding that anxiety attack symptoms and some types of depression are the result of food allergies. Correct the diet and the person’s unwanted mental and emotional symptoms disappear. This research flies in the teeth of...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 19, 2013 | Psychiatric Drugs
Halcion is a psychiatric drug used to treat insomnia and sometimes to reduce anxiety before dental work. It is a benzodiazepine which means it is a sedative hypnotic. It basically makes your central nervous system go into low gear so that you can go to sleep or be...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 17, 2013 | Legislation, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
Last summer James Holmes opened fire in a Colorado movie theater and killed twelve people and wounded more than fifty others. Mainstream media didn’t give any logical motives and did not even ask the right kind of questions. Doesn’t anyone wonder how a graduate...
by CCHR Florida | Apr 11, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
Many doctors and nutritionists are finding that anxiety attack symptoms and some types of depression are the result of food allergies. Correct the diet and the person’s unwanted mental and emotional symptoms disappear. This research flies in the teeth of...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 20, 2012 | Alternatives, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
It is well known that people with ADHD may be at risk for suicidal thoughts and behavior. But in the 1950s and 1960s children daydreamed and stared out the window during school, or barely sat still while their teacher droned on about subjects the child had no interest...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 8, 2011 | Military & Veterans
Recent military deaths are not all the result of what one would expect – violent combat – but, in an increasing number of cases, from medications being prescribed to “help” soldiers. The NY Times article of Feb 12, 2011, By James Dao, Benedict...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 2, 2011 | Military & Veterans
Recent military deaths are not all the result of what one would expect – violent combat – but, in an increasing number of cases, from medications being prescribed to “help” soldiers. The NY Times article of Feb 12, 2011, By James Dao, Benedict Carey and...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 14, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
Triazolam, also known as Halcion, is a sleep aide proven addictive. It belongs to a class of drugs known as benzodiazepines, which also includes Valium and Ativan. In this article from Associated Content by Yahoo, many of the unique and unpleasant side effects...