Monthly Archives: July 2014

Missouri Governor Signs Two Anti-Psych Bills

Missouri Governor Signs Two Anti-Psych Bills SS SCS SB 532 (Senate Substitute for Senate Committee Substitute for Senate Bill 532) – Modifies provisions relating to educational and medical consent provided by relative caregivers. Signed by Governor Nixon 7/9/2014; goes into … Continue reading

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Texas Foster Children Health Care News

Texas Foster Children Health Care News Legislation signed by the Governor of Texas and effective starting 9/1/2013 provides expanded safeguards for foster children in Texas regarding their health care. HB 915 (House Bill 915) should be taken strongly to heart … Continue reading

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Psychiatric drug ER trips approach 90,000 a year

Psychiatric drug ER trips approach 90,000 a year “Bad reactions to psychiatric drugs result in nearly 90,000 emergency room visits each year by U.S. adults, with anti-anxiety medicines and sedatives among the most common culprits. “A drug used in some … Continue reading

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The Hard Truth #2

The Hard Truth #2 In our May 5th newsletter we introduced The Hard Truth Magazine. We are delighted to recommend issue number 2 just released. Here is a brief quote from this latest issue: “In China, the Falun Gong (a … Continue reading

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Parents can get refunds for some anti-depressant drugs given to kids

Parents can get refunds for some anti-depressant drugs given to kids St. Louis Post-Dispatch, July 5, 2014 by Blythe Bernhard “Thousands of Missouri parents are entitled to refunds for antidepressants prescribed to children because the drugs were unapproved for use … Continue reading

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Criminalization of Mental Health Care

Prisons: America’s New Asylums Reference: “The Treatment of Persons with Mental Illness in Prisons and Jails: A State Survey”, 8 April 2014, Treatment Advocacy Center. Although the Treatment Advocacy Center (TAC) is motivated primarily by psychiatric treatment and psychiatric drugs, … Continue reading

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