Monthly Archives: May 2012

Protect Yourself Against Misdiagnosis and Abuse

Anyone diagnosed with a psychiatric (mental) disorder and/or their parent or guardian has the right to informed consent before any treatment is undertaken. Unlike diagnoses for medical conditions, psychiatrists do not have blood tests or any other biological tests to … Continue reading

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Missouri Legislative News

The 2012 Missouri state legislative session ended May 18. This means that all bills listed below as killed are now truly dead (for this year.) Bills that are listed as passed have been passed by both houses of the legislature … Continue reading

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The psychiatric oligarchs who medicalise normality

[http://www.bmj.com/content/344/bmj.e3135 by Des Spence, general practitioner, Glasgow, in the 2 May 2012 British Medical Journal BMJ 2012;344:e3135] “Mental health should be a priority for all societies and its stigma always challenged. However, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention … Continue reading

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The annual NARPA rights conference

NATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR RIGHTS PROTECTION AND ADVOCACY NARPA AT 30: Celebrating Our Past, Creating Our Future September 5-8, 2012 Conference begins Wednesday evening & ends noon Saturday The Millennium Hotel Cincinnati, Ohio For 30 years, NARPA has provided an educational … Continue reading

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Interesting Books

Anatomy of an Epidemic, by Robert Whitaker. “There is a story that psychiatry doesn’t dare tell, which shows that our societal delusion about the benefits of psychiatric drugs isn’t entirely an innocent one. In order to sell our society on … Continue reading

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Mental Health Courts

Mental Health Courts are facilities established to deal with arrests for misdemeanors or non-violent felonies. Rather than allowing the guilty parties to take responsibility for their crimes, they are diverted to a psychiatric treatment center on the premise that they … Continue reading

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Neuroleptic Discontinuation Syndrome

Big words, simple idea: Neuroleptic = Capable of affecting the brain; Having a tranquilizing effect; Tending to reduce nervous tension by depressing nerve functions; A condition prone to cause violent seizures. From Greek neuro-, nerve + leptis, seizure. Discontinuation = … Continue reading

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Autism

We wish we could give you all the true data about autism, but we don’t know it all. Instead, we can give you many related facts and a few opinions; perhaps these can help you evaluate the subject. The reason … Continue reading

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