Author Archives: cchrstl

According to a July 14 Associated Press article, China’s Health Ministry has ordered Linyi Mental Health Hospital in eastern Shandong province to stop using electric shock therapy to cure youths of Internet addiction, saying there was no scientific evidence it worked. [Editorial … Continue reading →

After experiencing a horrifying episode of hallucinations following the taking of prescribed psychiatric drugs, Amy Philo was essentially kidnapped by psychiatric doctors and is now an outspoken opponent of psychiatric drugs. Continue reading →

The Truth About Antidepressants, Antipsychotics and How We’ve Been Deceived Continue reading →

“A persistent decline in the rate of Americans, especially children, newly diagnosed with depression followed the first federal warning on risks connected with antidepressant drugs, a study suggests. “In 2003, the Food and Drug Administration first warned about the risk … Continue reading →

In an important decision issued May 22, William S. Bigley v. Alaska Psychiatric Institute, the Alaska Supreme Court significantly advanced psychiatric patients’ constitutional due process rights when the state seeks to force them to take psychiatric drugs against their will. … Continue reading →

On April 8th, the Food and Drug Administration announced its intention to finally require manufacturers of medical devices marketed prior to 1976 to submit evidence of the devices’ safety and efficacy. These devices had been “grandfathered” in and despite the … Continue reading →

A Florida state database of foster-care records badly underreported the number of foster children on powerful and harmful psychiatric drugs. Continue reading →