Author Archives: cchrstl

Missouri Legislative Report

Posted on May 29, 2014 by cchrstl

Missouri Legislative Report Missouri’s legislative session runs from January to mid-May per the Missouri constitution. At the end of the session, many failing bills get attached as amendments to bills that are going through, so it isn’t possible to know … Continue reading →

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Most-Prescribed, Top-Selling Psychiatric Drugs

Posted on May 25, 2014 by cchrstl

Most-Prescribed, Top-Selling Psychiatric Drugs A recent article in Medscape listed the top 100 most-prescribed and top-selling drugs to date. Here are the listings for psychiatric drugs. Rank Drug (Brand Name) Total Sales Through March 2014 1 Abilify $6,885,243,368 8 Cymbalta … Continue reading →

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The Hard Truth

Posted on May 4, 2014 by cchrstl

The Hard Truth This week we reviewed the inaugural edition of The Hard Truth Magazine, a new online publication that deals with financial, political, corporate, healthcare, and governmental corruption — one that not only exposes the abuse of power in … Continue reading →

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Ways to Reduce the Missouri Budget

Posted on April 23, 2014 by cchrstl

The Insane Bloat of the Missouri Department of Mental Health Budget from 1971 to 2014 – almost $2 Billion and Rapidly Rising The introduction and passage of legislation designed to curb psychiatric fraud and abuse can contribute to the reduction … Continue reading →

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Mental Health Care Facts

Posted on April 19, 2014 by cchrstl

Mental Health Care Facts In 2001 the U.S. spent $85 billion on mental health services. In 2008 the U.S. spent $170 billion on mental health services. In 2014 Missouri has budgeted over $1.8 billion on mental health services, of which … Continue reading →

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PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals

Posted on April 16, 2014 by cchrstl

PowerShares Dynamic Pharmaceuticals (PJP) This graph shows the price per share over the last few years for an investment fund based on the common stocks of 30 U.S. pharmaceuticals companies. (Top 10 holdings: Johnson & Johnson, Pfizer, Merck, Amgen, Eli … Continue reading →

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Boston Children’s Hospital Psychiatric Unit and Justina Pelletier’s 13 month incarceration

Posted on April 8, 2014 by cchrstl

Boston Children’s Hospital Psychiatric Unit and Justina Pelletier’s 13 month incarceration The international mental health watchdog organization, Citizens Commission on Human Rights, is calling on Massachusetts State Attorney General to investigate Boston Children’s Hospital Psychiatric Unit in the case of … Continue reading →

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Fort Hood Shooting: A Wake-up Call for Lawmakers

Posted on April 5, 2014 by cchrstl

Fort Hood Shooting: A Wake-up Call for Lawmakers Violence and psychiatric drugs—a deadly formula America is becoming too intimately familiar with. The mental health watchdog group, Citizens Commission on Human Rights says that rather than continually sending heartfelt condolences to … Continue reading →

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Rescue Drugs

Posted on March 29, 2014 by cchrstl

Rescue Drugs If you missed us (the CCHR St. Louis booth) at the Working Women’s Survival Show at the St. Charles Convention Center in February, we want you to know that we had a blast talking to hundreds of people … Continue reading →

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Relieve the physical stress associated with mental stress

Posted on March 26, 2014 by cchrstl

CCHR STL Public Seminar No one denies that people can have difficult problems in their lives, that at times they can be mentally unstable. People in desperate circumstances must be provided proper and effective health care. Learn about physical stressors that … Continue reading →

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