Monthly Archives: April 2008

Heart Risk In Kids from psychiatric Stimulant Drugs

Stimulant Heart Risk In Kids Prompts Calls For Registry For All Child Deaths Linked To Psychotropic Drugs 1,300 Child & Adolescent Deaths Per Year Needs Urgent Federal Response   The American Heart Association this week recommended that doctors conduct a … Continue reading

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The FDA Issues New Rules on Drug Marketing

Your Comments are Needed Now!         The FDA recently announced new rules on how drug companies can promote drugs to your doctor for purposes other than what they were approved for. You can probably think of your own examples, but … Continue reading

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How the Legal System Can Help Create a Recovery Culture in Mental Health Systems

Jim Gottstein is a lawyer in Alaska and is the founder of the organization PsychRights,  the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (http://psychrights.org/) which has been around about 25 years, working to bring the mental illness system around to a culture … Continue reading

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