Category Archives: Big Muddy River Newsletter

What is Happiness?

Posted on November 6, 2017 by cchrstl

If you want happiness for an hour — take a nap. If you want happiness for a day — go fishing. If you want happiness for a year — inherit a fortune. If you want happiness for a lifetime — … Continue reading →

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Are You Depressed?

Posted on October 23, 2017 by cchrstl

The sudden realization that someone might actually enjoy one’s company is a better antidepressant than anything one could get on a prescription. [With thanks to Charles Stross, The Atrocity Archive.] Psychiatry is heavily pushing false data about depression. You should … Continue reading →

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GAO Will Review PTSD Treatment in the VA

Posted on October 16, 2017 by cchrstl

U.S. Representatives Mike Coffman (R-CO) and Ann McLane Kuster (D-NH) requested the Government Accountability Office to study how heavily the Veterans Administration relies upon psychotropic drugs to treat their patients for so-called Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). The GAO agreed September 27, 2017 to conduct … Continue reading →

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Las Vegas in the Sights

Posted on October 5, 2017 by cchrstl

Stephen Paddock massacred country music fans at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas the night of October 1, 2017 leaving 59 people dead (including Paddock) and 527 injured at last count. He was prescribed an anti-anxiety drug in June that … Continue reading →

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Psychiatry Ecstatic About PTSD

Posted on September 5, 2017 by cchrstl

The FDA just approved MDMA as a “breakthrough” drug for so-called PTSD and given the OK for clinical trials. The FDA says that the “Breakthrough Therapy” designation expedites the development of drugs intended to treat a serious condition where preliminary … Continue reading →

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Missouri Receives Federal Crisis Counseling Program Grant

Posted on August 28, 2017 by cchrstl

The Missouri Department of Mental Health received a $500,000 “Show Me Hope Crisis Counseling Program” (CCP) grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that funds psychological services for victims of flooding. The money is funneled to six Community Mental … Continue reading →

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Knock Yourself Out

Posted on August 28, 2017 by cchrstl

The drug Ketamine is now being advertised as a “treatment” for “depression.” Don’t be fooled; this drug is serious business. Ketamine, categorized as a “dissociative anesthetic,” is used in powdered or liquid form as an anesthetic, on animals as well … Continue reading →

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Psychiatry and Other Enterprises

Posted on July 30, 2017 by cchrstl

Book Review Psychiatry and Other Enterprises Personal Experiences and Reflections after 57 Years in the Field of Psychiatry by Nelson Borelli, MD (Mill City Press, Inc., 2015) Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at Northwestern University “Psychiatry as it stands now, a … Continue reading →

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Patients With Mental Disorders Get Half Of All Opioid Prescriptions

Posted on July 19, 2017 by cchrstl

A June 26, 2017 article on Kaiser Health News by Vickie Connor presents the information that, “Adults with a mental illness receive more than 50 percent of the 115 million opioid prescriptions in the United States annually.” Not surprisingly, it … Continue reading →

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What Makes Special Education Special?

Posted on July 16, 2017 by cchrstl

The Special School District in St. Louis County, Missouri has an annual budget over $400 Million for 7 schools, over 2600 teachers, and over 24,000 students. The July 2002 President’s Commission on Excellence in Special Education revealed the source of … Continue reading →

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