Tag Archives: Informed Consent

Human Rights Group Renews Call for Laws to Ban Electroshock – A Procedure Never Proven Safe or Effective, Experts Say

Psychiatrists perform electroshock on depressed patients despite serious risks of brain damage and permanent memory loss. Continue reading

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World Health Organization Calls Involuntary Electroshock Treatment a Human Rights Abuse

New guidance from World Health Organization and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights also calls for laws banning electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) for children. Continue reading

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Electroshock’s Serious Risks, Ineffectiveness Not Adequately Disclosed to Patients, Audit of Information Pamphlets Finds

Patients are not given enough information about the drawbacks of electroshock to give true informed consent for the procedure, researcher says. Continue reading

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Primary Care Doctors Advised Not to Prescribe Antidepressants to Patients on First Visit for Mild to Moderate Depression

Antidepressants have a limited efficacy and may have significant side effects. Continue reading

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Mental Health Rights Policy To Prevent Patient Torture

Forced treatment is not proven to prevent violent practices. Continue reading

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Mental Health vs Mental Illness

Psychiatry’s power rests on force. Continue reading

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Cap It Off With Caplyta

All psychiatric treatments, not just psychiatric drugs, are dangerous. Continue reading

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Paxil, the Antidepressant from Hell

New research using a novel approach to test for harmful drug side effects is showing that the common antidepressant paroxetine (Paxil, Seroxat) interferes with the growth of brain synapses (connection points between neurons), and thus can cause developmental neurotoxicity — … Continue reading

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The psychiatric Rush to Market

The psychiatric industry itself admits it has no capacity to cure. Continue reading

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More About Psychiatric Drugs Causing Violence and Suicide

Akathisia suicides and homicides gave rise to the first antidepressant suicide advisories by the FDA. Continue reading

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