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Take Action – Missouri Legislature – Abolish ECT on Children

Periodically we let you know the progress of various proposed legislation making its way through the Missouri General Assembly and suggest ways for you to contribute your viewpoint to your state Representative and state Senator. The Missouri General Assembly is … Continue reading

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The White House Taking Action on Veteran Suicides

Presidential Executive Order on Supporting Our Veterans During Their Transition From Uniformed Service to Civilian Life (January 9, 2018) Relevant quotes from the Presidential Executive Order: “It is the policy of the United States to support the health and well-being … Continue reading

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Take Action – Missouri Legislature

Periodically we let you know the progress of various proposed legislation making its way through the Missouri General Assembly and suggest ways for you to contribute your viewpoint to your state Representative and state Senator. The Missouri General Assembly is … Continue reading

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Missouri Foster Care Proposed Legislation

[See our previous newsletter on drugging foster care children in Missouri.] Here is another piece of proposed legislation for protecting foster care children from being needlessly poisoned by psychiatric drugs. Contact your state legislators about this. (This applies to any … Continue reading

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Take Action – Missouri Legislature – Involuntary Commitment

Periodically we let you know the progress of various proposed legislation making its way through the Missouri General Assembly and suggest ways for you to contribute your viewpoint to your state Representative and state Senator. You can find your Representative … Continue reading

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Remembering Carrie and Debbie

We are sincerely grieved at Carrie Fisher’s death December 27th from heart failure. When we read that Carrie Fisher suffered a heart attack December 23rd on a plane flight from London to Los Angeles, we were shocked. Fisher as Princess … Continue reading

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Psychiatric Hospital Chain (UHS) Loses $1.5 Billion within 6 Hours

Largest U.S. Psychiatric Hospital Chain (UHS) Loses $1.5 Billion within 6 Hours Following BuzzFeed News Exposé In the past 18 months, Citizens Commission on Human Rights International (CCHR) has filed over 2,860 official complaints against Universal Health Services (UHS) behavioral … Continue reading

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Passage of the 21st Century Cures Act

If you contacted your Senators and Representative about the dangers of the 21st Century Cures Act, thank you very much. Unfortunately it passed — 392 to 26 in the House, and 94 to 5 in the Senate. While some of … Continue reading

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Missouri Mental Health News

Recent information from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch indicates some progress in reducing psychiatric fraud and abuse in Missouri. Of course, the Post-Dispatch slants the information to beg for more government and insurance money for psychiatrists and psychiatric facilities; but we … Continue reading

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Ways to Reduce The Missouri Budget

The Insane Bloat of the Missouri Department of Mental Health Budget from 1971 to 2016 $2 Billion and Rapidly Rising The introduction and passage of legislation designed to curb psychiatric fraud and abuse can contribute to the reduction of the … Continue reading

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