Increased Labeling and Drugging of ADHD In Children
In September, the American Academy of Pediatrics demanded increased FDA warnings about psychotropic drugs causing diabetes and other health problems in children. Despite the contradiction, the American Academy of Pediatrics just now approved testing even more...The truth about Psychiatric drugs
The recent reliance on psychiatric drugs to treat any and all problems in thought, learning, traumatic and even social situations, often replaces actual solutions to life’s problems. Psychiatric drugs have become a mainstream phrase that 100% of our population is...Teenage Stress-Dangers of Drug Abuse
Teenage stress can be dangerous. Some studies show that up to 73% of teens who use drugs began taking them primarily due to worry over school grades. Discord in the family has also been shown to be a contributing factor to teenage stress. The same study showed that...OCD in Children and Psychiatric Testing
A boom in the diagnosis of OCD in children has given the psychiatric industry a new playing field. What are the current methods used by psychiatrists to enforce their fascination with drugging children as a means to “cure” mental disease? And how do antibiotics relate...Psychiatric Drugs for Psychiatric Disorders May Shorten Life
Psychiatric disorders may indeed shorten life. But not for what may seem like the “obvious” reason. Psychologists’ own studies have found psychiatric drugs shortening life by many years. If treatment for psychiatric disorders can result in early death, are patients...Are Children with Bipolar Becoming Drug Guinea Pigs?
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...Vyvanse Side Effects in Children
Vyvanse is a psychiatric drug used to treat children ages six to twelve with ADHD. It is different than other ADHD drugs because it has to be swallowed and digested before the drug takes effect. However, it is similar to other ADHD drugs because Vyvanse side...Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in Veterans: Psychiatric drugs work like placebo
This week, the NY Times reported on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder in veterans. Veterans and military personnel who take psychiatric medications such as antidepressants and antipsychotics are no more likely to improve than those taking a placebo. Therefore, why would...Psychiatric Drugs: Caught in the Web of Psychiatry
Forty or so years ago, it would be safe to say no kids were on any psychiatric drugs. ADHD and bipolar disorder in kids was unheard of and most other children’s mental illness labels were nonexistent. Depending on your source, six to seven million children are now on...Psychotropic Drug Problem: An Alternative Solution
Today, many people are taking psychotropic drugs and have a problem tapering off of them. Mike Cleveland of Setting Captives Free runs into this problem with his parishioners on a regular basis. In an effort to help bring awareness of the alternatives to psychiatric...Brilliant Plan to Get Respect for Psychiatry and You on Drugs
For ages psychiatry was associated with Freud and all your problems were thought to be rooted in your childhood or from your mother. Psychiatric drugs came on the scene in the 1950’s and psychiatrists shifted away from talk therapy to focusing on the brain with drugs...Psychiatric Medication Prevents Worsening Depression?
Psychiatric medication is being promoted by Big Pharma as THE way to handle depression, despite dangerous and even lethal side effects. Martha Rosenberg, writing for OpEd News declares, “A good chunk of pharma’s $4.5 billion direct-to-consumer advertising has...The Marketing of Mental Illness: Drug Profits Soar
A half a decade ago, mental illness was relatively rare, found mostly in mental institutions or out-patient clinics, not in the mainstream. A radically different scene exists today. Millions of school children, previously considered bored or unruly, are now considered...An Epidemic of Psychiatric Drugs Not Mental Illness
Just as the polio vaccine pretty much wiped out any further cases of the disease, you would think depression and other mental ailments would disappear when Prozac and other “wonder drugs” came on the market more than twenty years ago. This is not the case. In fact,...Contact CCHR Florida
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