Author Archives: cchrstl

With the close of this session of the Missouri legislature on May 13, a budget was finally passed for the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH) for the coming year (Fiscal Year 2012.) Here are the damages: General Revenue $563,509,258 … Continue reading →

People who obediently follow the herd, never markedly sad, angry or excited; children who play quietly and never annoy or talk out of turn – this is the object of the psychiatric/pharmaceutical industries. And when anyone steps out of line, … Continue reading →

Mental health testing planned for three-year-olds as part of early intervention program Every three-year-old child in Australia could have their mental health tested under an early intervention program currently being funded by the Australian government. Patrick McGorry, an Australian psychiatrist at … Continue reading →

“Nearly one in seven elderly nursing home residents, nearly all of them with dementia, are given powerful atypical antipsychotic drugs even though the medicines increase the risks of death and are not approved for such treatments, a government audit found.” … Continue reading →

Newsweek, May 1, 2011 http://www.newsweek.com/2011/05/01/my-favorite-mistake-stevie-nicks.html The biggest mistake I ever made was giving in to my friends and going to see a psychiatrist. It was in the mid-1980s, and I had just gotten out of Betty Ford. I was feeling … Continue reading →

Seen on a T-Shirt: I take Aspirin for the headache caused by the Zyrtec I take for the hayfever I got from Relenza for the uneasy stomach from the Ritalin I take for the short attention span caused by the … Continue reading →

Meet the New Advocate for Foster Children—Giovan Bazan Imagine for a moment that you’re a child in the foster care system in the US; you don’t have a family, you live in a state-run institution, and you along with more … Continue reading →

Coerce: to force to act or think in a certain way by use of pressure, threats, or intimidation; to compel, dominate, restrain, or control forcibly. From Latin coercere, to control, restrain; from co-, together + arcere, to shut up, enclose, … Continue reading →

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) is the billing bible of psychiatry, listing every so-called mental or behavioral problem for which diagnosis and treatment can be reimbursed by insurance. There are 374 entries in edition four (DSM-IV), including such “mental illnesses” … Continue reading →