Psych Observer – Exposing Bad Psychiatry

For almost every behavioural issue, these days there’s a medicine to treat it

Roger Dobson reports
Tuesday, 3 June 2008

Spending too much time on the internet? Worried about a low sex drive, shyness or lack of social skills? Or do you lose your temper too easily, blush too readily or spend too much time and money shopping?

Time was when such behaviours might have been regarded as individual differences, or put down to lack of self control and restraint. But not any more. Increasing numbers of behavioural conditions are being treated with drug therapy. Bereavement issues, blushing, low sex drive, high sex drive, sex addiction, lack of orgasm, gambling, fear of public speaking, stealing, domestic violence and phobias are all being targeted with drugs that are either in clinical trials or already available.

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Psychiatrist Engaged In Kissing, Fondling, Masturbation And Oral Sex With Teenage Female Patients In His Vancouver, British Columbia Office.
Source: Citizens Commission on Human Rights

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
PRLog (Press Release) – May 19, 2008 – According to Court documents filed in late February, psychiatrist Richard Golden has been ordered to pay more than 150,000 dollars in compensation which is to be shared with two of the three teenage girls who the doctor sexually assaulted during the years from 2000 to 2005.
A fourth complaint of indecent behavior was filed In August last year with the College of Physicians and Surgeons against Dr. Golden. The complaint was also filed with the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a social reform group that investigates and exposes psychiatric violations of human rights. The complaint alleged among other things that Dr. Golden would hug his 18 year old woman patient on many occasions during which time he would have an erection.
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Eilish O’Regan Health Correspondent | Irish Independent News Ireland

MORE than 1,100 psychiatric patients are being held in damp, drab conditions in old-style hospitals that are in dire need of modernisation.

And the scandal is made all the worse as the patients are forced to endure decrepit and Dickensian surroundings in hospitals situated on valuable land, which could be sold to raise funds to improve their living conditions.

The annual report of the Inspectorate of Mental Hospitals of the Mental Health Commission published yesterday painted a grim picture of life inside our psychiatric hospitals.

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Lori Matthews | American Chronicle
Studies have shown that fish oil may make significant improvements on the mental health of people. The active ingredients are needed for the brain to function properly and have a good overall health.

Fish oil is commonly known as Omega-3. It contains EPA or eicosapentaenoic acid and DHA or docosahexaenoic acid. The key stabilizing element in fish oil is EPA. Taking fish oil in supplement form may be healthier than consuming it through fish because all of the toxins of a fish are taken away when the fish oil liquid or capsules are created. Many people don´t eat enough fish or like it so supplementation is preferred.

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