Monthly Archives: June 2009

Alaska Supreme Court Grants Mental Patients Constitutional Rights

In an important decision issued May 22, William S. Bigley v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute, the Alaska Supreme Court significantly advanced psychiatric patients’ constitutional due process rights when the state seeks to force them to take psychiatric drugs against their will. … Continue reading

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Popular Autism Treatment Yields No Benefits

“Kids with autism don’t benefit from treatment with the popularly prescribed antidepressant citalopram, according to a large, government-funded trial of children with autism and related conditions.” (Original June 2, 2009 article by Shirley S. Wang, The Wall Street Journal) The … Continue reading

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