Study shows 400% increase in psychotic episodes for children taking ADHD drugs By Kelly Patricia O’Meara Published by CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog September 21, 2016 In light of growing studies exposing the serious risks associated with ADHD drugs, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights cautions parents to arm themselves with the facts
Involuntary Commitment in Washington State – Part II
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In Part 1 of this series on involuntary commitment we reviewed the criteria under which a person can be involuntarily committed. Broadly speaking, the criteria – showing a “substantial likelihood of serious harm” or “gravely disability” – define individuals who are considered mentally ill and have engaged in behavior which suggests they are a danger
Opposition to Involuntary Commitment
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Commitment laws are a deprivation of human and constitutional rights inflicted on a person said to be mentally ill. They have been used for every wrong reason: financial, sexual, business advantage, inheritance, and even political suppression. Once committed and declared incompetent the person can lose the right to vote, drive a car, join the military,
Why should Electrochock Treatment (aka ECT) be banned?
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Very simply, electroshock destroys minds and kills. Woman and the elderly are the key targets for psychiatrists administering electroshock with the death rate among the elderly being as high as 1 in every 200. And in a 1993 Texas government report, it was found that one in 213 patients had died within two weeks of
No Expectation of Recovery in Public Mental Health
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[Excerpt from King County Ordinance 13974] – emphasis in red added] Promoting recovery has become the rallying point for the consumer and family movement (1999 Mental Health Report from the Surgeon General). Throughout 1999 the public debate about mental health issues raised expectations about the recovery model as mentioned by providers, clients, advocates and citizens.
Warehousing In a Major Mental Health System
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Abstract Over the past decade, proposals to transform our nation’s mental health system have called for an end to the “warehousing” of system clients and the provision of services that promote recovery. In King County, Washington, efforts would also appear to be underway to establish a recovery-based system. But outcome reports from the King County
King County Mental Health – Lack of Results
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This report is so damning of the mental health system, they do not want you to see the report. You can go to the King County mental health website and you will not see this report. You have to know it exists and ask for it. NOTE: One of these reports is available elsewhere online –
Lack of Health Outcomes
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Update on Outcome Reporting in the Washington State Mental Health System I. The JLARC report In 2000, the Washington State Joint Legislative Audit and Review Committee produced a report entitled Mental Health System Performance Audit analyzing the Washington State Mental Health System.* This report had been requested by the Washington State Legislature. The report noted
Washington State Results
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Only 5.7% – 12.5% of adults achieve meaningful improvement in their psychological and social functioning after receiving treatment (WSIPP report 2008). Poor results are corroborated statewide. Washington State Institute for Public Policy (WSIPP) was directed by the 2001 Washington State legislature to conduct long-term outcomes studies of clients of the Washington State public mental health system.
Was Navy Yard Killer on Anti-Depressant Meds?
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“As CCHR documents, psychiatric drugs have been involved in at least 31 different school shootings and other massacres over the last 25 years.” SSRI drugs linked with multitude of mass shooting cases Paul Joseph Watson, Infowars.com September 17, 2013 Several indications suggest that Navy Yard killer Aaron Alexis may have been taking psychiatric drugs, bringing
Today, with militaries of the world awash in psychiatry and psychiatric drugs, 23 soldiers and veterans are committing suicide every day. Psychiatrists say we need more psychiatry.
It is psychiatry’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, and it is the engine that drives a $330 billion psychiatric industry.
Psychiatrists claim their drugs are safe for children?