Author Archives: cchrstl

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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Boycott the DSM

Posted on November 21, 2012 by cchrstl

DSM = Diagnosis as a Source of Money [Otherwise known as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, the DSM is the engine used by the psychiatric industry to drive a $330 billion psychiatric industry, and is an elaborate … Continue reading →

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The Age of Fear: Psychiatry’s Reign of Terror

Posted on November 10, 2012 by cchrstl

A new documentary just released by the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), The Age of Fear: Psychiatry’s Reign of Terror, reveals shocking new facts surrounding the hidden psychiatric influence behind the horrors Hitler and his henchmen unleashed on those … Continue reading →

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Two Soldiers Prescribed 54 Drugs: Military Mental Health “Treatment” Becomes Frankenpharmacy

Posted on November 4, 2012 by cchrstl

CCHR International announces the second in a four-part series by journalist Kelly Patricia O’Meara exploring the epidemic of suicides in the military and the correlation to dramatic increases in psychiatric drug prescriptions to treat the emotional scars of battle. This … Continue reading →

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Psychiatric Clinic Sued for Negligence

Posted on October 31, 2012 by cchrstl

You may recall that in October 2009, Alyssa Bustamante, then 15 years old, strangled and stabbed to death 9-year-old Elizabeth Olten in St. Martins, Missouri. In February 2012, Bustamante was sentenced to life in prison for second-degree murder. Bustamante was … Continue reading →

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Stop the Stigma: Buy More Psych Drugs?

Posted on October 28, 2012 by cchrstl

Little known but Extremely Relevant Fact: The Campaign to “Stop the Stigma” of “Mental Illness” was launched by the Pharmaceutical Industry. Lately we have been reading a deluge of news articles from all around the country about various campaigns to … Continue reading →

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Psychiatric Drugs and War: A Suicide Mission

Posted on October 13, 2012 by cchrstl

CCHR International is pleased to announce the first article in a four-part series by award-winning investigative journalist Kelly Patricia O’Meara, “Psychiatric Drugs and War: A Suicide Mission,” exploring the epidemic of suicides in the military and the correlation to dramatic … Continue reading →

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More About Drugs

Posted on September 23, 2012 by cchrstl

Why do we sometimes say “psychiatric drug” and other times we say “psychotropic drug?” Generally, the terms are used interchangeably, but let’s examine the differences and similarities. Drug: 1) A substance (other than food) that, when taken into the body, … Continue reading →

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