Author Archives: cchrstl

Presidential Executive Orders Empower Psychiatry

Posted on January 20, 2013 by cchrstl

On January 16, 2013, President Barack Obama said, “I will sign a directive giving law enforcement, schools, mental health professionals and the public health community some of the tools they need to help reduce gun violence.” The President went on … Continue reading →

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Do Not Be Fooled By Generic Concerta

Posted on January 1, 2013 by cchrstl

Happy New Year! Include CCHR Support in your New Year’s Resolutions! On New Year’s Eve, Mallinckrodt, the pharmaceuticals business of Covidien in Hazelwood, Missouri (a city in St. Louis County), announced that it received approval from the U.S. Food and … Continue reading →

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Connecticut Shooting Wake Up Call

Posted on December 18, 2012 by cchrstl

Wake Up Call for Federal Investigation of America’s  Failed Mental Health System In the coming days, as a nation, we will respectfully bow our heads for those brief moments of silence in remembrance of the victims of Newtown, CT. Then, … Continue reading →

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Drugging our Troops

Posted on December 16, 2012 by cchrstl

The Creation of Psychopharmaceutical’s Multi-Billion Dollar Market CCHR International announces the third in a four-part series by award-winning investigative journalist Kelly Patricia O’Meara exploring the epidemic of suicides and sudden deaths in the military and the skyrocketing use of psychiatric … Continue reading →

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Another School Shooting, Another Psychiatric Drug?

Posted on December 16, 2012 by cchrstl

Federal Investigation Long Overdue Fact: Despite 22 international drug regulatory warnings on psychiatric drugs citing effects of mania, hostility, violence and even homicidal ideation, and dozens of high profile shootings/killings tied to psychiatric drug use, there has yet to be … Continue reading →

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DSM-5 Controversy in the News

Posted on December 9, 2012 by cchrstl

It’s in the news. A lot. The American Psychiatric Association board of trustees voted on December 1 to approve the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5.) Not everyone was pleased. Professor of Social Work Jerome … Continue reading →

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Psychiatrist forfeits license in Iowa

Posted on December 6, 2012 by cchrstl

A former psychiatrist at University of Iowa Hospitals and Clinics (UIHC) has surrendered his medical license to settle a complaint that he had an inappropriate sexual relationship with a female patient. An article in the November 21, 2012 Burlington Hawk … Continue reading →

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Innovation in Drug Discovery and Development

Posted on December 2, 2012 by cchrstl

We were idly perusing www.WhiteHouse.gov, the President’s web site, when we came across a press release from the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology dated September 25, 2012, about “Innovation in Drug Discovery and Development.” It has an … Continue reading →

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The Man Versus the Therapeutic State

Posted on December 1, 2012 by cchrstl

Read a fine remembrance of Dr. Thomas Szasz, by Senior Editor Jacob Sullum in Reason magazine: “He relentlessly attacked the ‘therapeutic state,’ the unhealthy alliance of medicine and government that blesses all sorts of unjustified limits on liberty. … I … Continue reading →

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TeenScreen Dies

Posted on November 25, 2012 by cchrstl

TeenScreen is dead, according to their website TeenScreen.org [Thanks to PsychSearch.net for this information.] Their announcement: “We are sorry to inform you that the TeenScreen National Center will be winding down its program at the end of this year. Accordingly, … Continue reading →

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