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Category Archives: Big Muddy River Newsletter
End the Fraud and Abuse of Involuntary Psychiatric Detentions
Research indicates psychiatric confinements against a person’s will have been increasing at three times the rate of the increase in population. Investigations and U.S. Justice Department complaints have alleged that patients have been held and their insurance billed unnecessarily. Continue reading
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Missouri Psychiatrist and Co-Conspirator Finally Brought to Justice
CCHR St. Louis was among the first to spot and make known this psychiatrist’s criminal behavior. Continue reading
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New Study Finds Antipsychotic Drugs Worsen Behavior in Nursing Home Residents
New research provides additional evidence that off-label prescribing of antipsychotic drugs for elderly patients with dementia is not effective in reducing behavioral symptoms and exposes them to risks of serious side effects. Continue reading
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CCHR Calls for Repeal of Laws Allowing Forced Psychiatric Detention Amid Evidence of Abusive and Racist Use
New study finds requests made under Massachusetts law to transport people against their will for psychiatric evaluation were made by health professionals who had not seen the individuals who were the subject of their requests, and those individuals were disproportionately Black people. Continue reading
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As International Human Rights Day Approaches, CCHR Urges Adoption of the Mental Health Declaration of Human Rights
International human rights standards call for human rights-based approaches in the field of mental health. Citizens Commission on Human Rights is working to make those rights a reality through the promotion of the Mental Health Declaration of Human Rights. Continue reading
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CCHR Calls on FDA to Require Updated Antidepressant Warnings After Research Finds Withdrawal Symptoms Are Common
Withdrawal symptoms are experienced by nearly half of the people trying to quit antidepressants, even if tapered over several weeks, research finds. CCHR says prescribing information and medication guides do not adequately convey this widespread risk and calls on FDA to require updates. Continue reading
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CCHR Calls on FDA to Update Antidepressant Information for Increased Risks of Stroke and Heart Disease
New research finds antidepressants increase the risk of stroke, atrial fibrillation, heart failure and other cardiovascular events. Continue reading
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CCHR Calls on FDA to Revise Guidance on Use of Antidepressants by Pregnant Women
Recent research adds to medical literature indicating potential risks to newborns from pregnant women using antidepressants. Citizens Commission on Human Rights calls on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to review the research and issue updated guidance. Continue reading
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Researchers Report Concern over Antidepressants Causing Long-Lasting Sexual Dysfunction; CCHR Calls on FDA to Act
Decades after sexual dysfunction caused by antidepressants was first reported to persist after patients stopped taking the drugs, how many people experience continuing sexual problems is still not known. Citizens Commission on Human Rights calls on the FDA to address the issue without further delay. Continue reading
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Clozapine (Really?) for Schizophrenia
Psychiatric drugs and psychiatric treatments are not workable. Continue reading
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