by CCHR Florida | Oct 25, 2011 | Children and Teens, Fraud, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Drugs
In a pilot trial being done by the University of South Florida, children are being tested to see if a strong antibiotic is an effective mental health treatment for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Yes that is correct, tested. This raises red flag questions like...
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 | Oct 9, 2011 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Drugs
Antipsychotics are being increasingly prescribed to children at an alarming rate, some as young as two years old. With many adverse side effects, lack of precise diagnoses and no evidence of long-term results, it is a valid question to ask why are children on...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 26, 2011 | DSM, Psychiatric Disorders
Personality disorders, mental disorders and mental illnesses are all terms to designate some kind of supposed abnormal behavior that needs to be treated. At least, that is what a psychiatrist would say. But who is to say what is normal and what constitutes a so-called disorder?
by CCHR Florida | Sep 26, 2011 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening
Mental Health Screening of School Children The Aug. 30, 2011 article in The Wall Street Journal, “Will Students Take A Mental Health Test”, covers the seemingly benevolent issue of whether Florida and other state schools should engage in mental health screening. ...
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 16, 2011 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Drugs
Believe it or not, snorting bath salts has become a dangerous new pastime for some young people. What drugs do these bath salts contain? Snorting, smoking and injecting these substances can produce dangerous, even deadly side effects. Snorting “designer” bath salts...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 5, 2011 | Children and Teens
There are plenty of things for adults to be anxious about these days, but what about children? Since children have less life experience, less control over their lives and get more influence from others, it would be logical that children could be more prone to anxiety...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 5, 2011 | Children and Teens
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...
by CCHR Florida | Jul 28, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
To answer the question whether or not antidepressants cause autism in pregnancy, we first turned to CNN’s article on the subject. In at least one study, it was shown that antidepressants increase the risk of ASD (autism spectrum disorder) in newborn children....
by CCHR Florida | Jul 5, 2011 | Disabled Persons, Psychiatric Drugs
The information on the harms of psychiatric drugging was of real value to these activists. One of the hardest issues they face on a grass roots level is that a parent with a child on psychotropic drugs receives disability payments as a financial incentive. We...
by CCHR Florida | Jul 5, 2011 | Children and Teens, Psychiatric Drugs
Could stress with your teen lead to false psychiatric labeling? Jeromie Williams, in an article for the, Canada Pop Culture Examiner reports that “Research and records are showing that children and young adults are being diagnosed at higher rates every year with...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 24, 2011 | Elderly
Once people have aged to the point that they can no longer take care of themselves independently, it is commonly thought that it is time to move into an assisted living facility or a nursing home. One would think that one could confidently enjoy one’s golden years...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 17, 2011 | Mental Illness
In a study published by the British Journal of Psychiatry, a strong correlation was found between consumption of refined sugar and mental illness. Specifically, it was found that a higher incidence of schizophrenia and depression was predictable based on high...
by CCHR Florida | Jun 14, 2011 | Psychiatric Drugs
Antipsychotics (also known as neuroleptics) are psychiatric drugs used to control psychosis such as schizophrenia and bipolar disorder. Thorazine and Haldol are brand names from “the old days” but Zyprexa and Risperdal are the common brand names we see advertised...