Psych Observer – Exposing Bad Psychiatry
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- What Benefit? Antidepressants & The Placebo Effect—60 Minutes Exposes the Facts February 22, 2012We all know about the placebo effect. But a Harvard Medical School professor has applied the same theory to antidepressants and his findings are likely to rile drugmakers. Why? He filed Freedom of Information Act requests to obtain unpublished clinical trial data and found that, when combining results with published data, the various antidepressants were no […]cchrint
- Fox News—The American Psychiatric Association Scam February 21, 2012The American Psychiatric Association (APA) is in danger of losing the little credibility it still enjoys. The organization is chasing medical insurance company reimbursement money by empowering “working groups” to invent whole new diagnoses by committee. This is bad form for an association of professionals whose life work is supposed to be pursuit of the tru […]admin
- Grief is not an illness- Medicalising normal human emotion is not only dangerously simplistic, but flawed. February 21, 2012Should grief be classified as a mental illness? Editors from The Lancet, a highly regarded medical journal, argue no. The recently published editorial warned against prescribing antidepressants to treat grief, arguing that "medicalising" a normal human emotion is "not only dangerously simplistic, but also flawed". The warning has been pro […]admin
- Speaking Out Against Prescription Drug Propaganda and Use February 17, 2012It happens every day to people of all ages, but there are certain people who in death shine a spotlight on paradigms of cultural fragmentation and social inconsistency, even though most of us don't see it at first. Even while America and the rest of the world celebrate these icons' lives, these "stars" illume a sad state of the American c […]cchrint
- Millions mistakenly classed mentally ill—including shy or defiant children, grieving relatives February 16, 2012MILLIONS of healthy people – including shy or defiant children, grieving relatives and people with fetishes – may be wrongly labelled mentally ill by a new international diagnostic manual, specialists said recently. [label-health_c295319_12215_638] Healthy people who are shy may be wrongly classified as mentally sick in a new health manual issued by the Amer […]admin
- Ron Paul reintroduces Parental Consent Act, prohibiting federal funding for psychiatric screening of children February 15, 2012As a practicing physician, Paul has the most insight into what is right - and wrong - with the U.S. healthcare system among all the GOP candidates. As such, when he re-introduces legislation such as the Parental Consent Act, which he first proposed in 2009 and which would keep federal funds from being used to establish or implement any universal or mandatory […]admin
- Drugged Up Behind the Wheel: Older Drivers on Psych Drugs 5 Times More Likely to Crash February 7, 2012“The usage of medications, particularly benzodiazepines and anti-depressants, may contribute to a longer reaction time when faced with the unexpected while driving. “In this study, older drivers exposed to benzodiazepines were five times as likely to be involved in a hospitalisation crash, and almost twice as likely for drivers exposed to anti-depressants.” […]admin
- Lawsuit Claims J&J Hid Drug Studies Showing Risperdal Causes Diabetes to Protect Billions in Sales February 3, 2012Johnson & Johnson hid studies showing its Risperdal anti-psychotic drug caused diabetes to protect billions of dollars in sales, a lawyer said in the first personal-injury claim over the medication to go to trial. Researchers at J&J’s Janssen unit knew as early as 1999 that a study found Risperdal caused diabetes at a higher rate than a competing dru […]admin
- The New York Times on Psychiatric Disorders, “Not Diseases, but Categories of Suffering” January 30, 2012YOU’VE got to feel sorry for the American Psychiatric Association, at least for a moment. Its members proposed a change to the definition of autism in the fifth edition of their Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, one that would eliminate the separate category of Asperger syndrome in 2013. And the next thing they knew, a prominent psychiat […]cchrint
- Latest list of mental disorders leaves a bad taste in one’s mouth January 26, 2012It has come to my attention that I am mentally ill. I always knew I was neurotic - who isn't? - but it still comes as something of a surprise to learn that I am suffering from an actual mental illness. Others, perhaps, will not be surprised in the least. The particular mental illness that afflicts me was added only recently to the so-called Bible of psy […]admin
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- Ron Paul Reintroduces The Parental Consent Act 2011- Prohibits Federal Funding For Psychiatric ‘Screening’ of Kids August 22, 2011Congressman Ron Paul has re-introduced The Parental Consent Act , A bill which prohibits federal funds from being used to establish or implement any universal or mandatory mental health, psychiatric, or socioemotional screening program. "Many children have suffered harmful side effects from using psychotropic drugs. Some of the possible side effects inc […]admin
- “Psychogeddon” in the UK: The manipulation of “mental health” discourse May 14, 2011We keep hearing about hordes of dangerous lunatics wandering our streets just waiting to do unmentionable things to us. But fear not! The mental health police are there to protect you from all those crazed psychopaths! Reality, as usual, has quite a different story to tell. According to the latest report by the Information Centre for Health and Social Care ( […]cchrint
- 25 Good Reasons Why Psychiatry Must Be Abolished March 21, 2011by Don Weitz, Psychiatric Survivor 1. Because psychiatrists frequently cause harm, permanent disabilities, death - death of the body-mind-spirit. 2. Because psychiatrists frequently violate the Hippocratic Oath which orders all physicians "First Do No Harm." 3. Because psychiatrists patronize and disempower people, especially their patients. 4. Bec […]admin
- Billion Dollar Drug Company Law Firm Restructures Connecticut Welfare System March 10, 2011For some time now, Sheila Matthews has been suspicious about her home state of Connecticut’s treatment of its most vulnerable children. As a mother of two children and co-founder of Ablechild, her instincts led her to scrutinize the dubious relationships among Connecticut's Department of Children and Family Services [DCF], the pharmaceutical industry an […]cchrint
- Ablechild—Unsung Hero in Battle Against Psychopharmaceutical Industry November 19, 2010by Evelyn Pringle—The founders of Ablechild, Patricia Weathers and Sheila Matthews, have earned the title of “Unsung Heroes,” as both pioneers and warriors for over a decade, in the battle to protect children from the Psychopharmaceutical Industry. Ablechild (Parents for A Label and Drug-Free Education), is a national non-profit founded in2001, by these two […]admin
- “Just another prick in the wall” — Psychiatry’s Quest for Dominance and Control October 4, 2010by Dominik Ritter, Psychologist—When thinking about psychiatry I find it hard to escape the comparison with the work carried out at assembly lines of large manufacturing companies and the process involved when faulty products are called back for inspection and repair. All mass produced goods are meant to basically look and function in the same way. The same […]cchrint
- Psychiatric Meds 101: A Surprising Discovery – Your Own Personal Hell July 20, 2010by Shane "The People's Chemist" Ellison—Antidepressants strive to increase the levels of a “coping” molecule known as serotonin in the brain. It supposedly helps us find happiness when it’s covered in an avalanche of nastiness. But, it’s never been proven. Still, the drugs attempt to boost serotonin by “selectively” stopping the “reuptake” amo […]admin
- Pre-Crime? Try Pre-Diagnose and Pre-Drug: Psychiatrists target infants as mental patients June 29, 2010A new study, published in the American Journal of Psychiatry and headed by psychiatrist John H. Gilmore, professor of psychiatry and Director of the UNC Schizophrenia Research, claims to be able to detect “brain abnormalities associated with schizophrenia risk” in infants just a few weeks old. We would like to point out the obvious flaw in this bogus study; […]cchrint
- Australian Psychiatrist Patrick McGorry Wants His Pre-Drugging Agenda to Go Global June 16, 2010A Public Service Announcement on Australian TV features Australian of the Year, psychiatrist Patrick McGorry, claiming that nearly half the population will experience mental ill-health during their lifetime. Considering that after World War II, psychiatrists claimed that one in 20 people had a mental disorder, and now it’s every second one of us, that’s a da […]cchrint
- DSM Panel Members Still Getting Pharma Funds May 22, 2010Due to Senate investigations into the American Psychiatric Association, psychiatrists have promised to cut back on their conflicts of interest (pharma funds), but of the current DSM task force members, those who will be deciding on the holy grail of psychiatric disorders (DSM) and what constitutes a “mental illness” are still heavily funded by Pharma. In fac […]cchrint
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