Category Archives: Big Muddy River Newsletter

Holocaust Commemoration in London Details Hitler’s Use of Psychiatric Genocide Program

Holocaust Commemoration in London Details Hitler’s Use of Psychiatric Genocide Program  International Holocaust Remembrance Day forum discloses the sordid role psychiatry played in the Nazi genocide. LONDON, March 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ — Community leaders gathered for a Holocaust Commemoration and … Continue reading

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The Screeners are Screaming Again

The Screeners are Screaming Again Just when you thought that calls for ubiquitous mental health screening was winding down, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force is calling for widespread depression screening for children. The U.S. Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) is made up … Continue reading

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Risky Business of Sleep Drugs

Risky Business of Sleep Drugs After reading about the dangers of sleeping pills in the February 2016 edition of Consumer Reports magazine, we thought you might like to know something about that. Some psychotropic drugs are prescribed as sleeping pills. Trazodone, … Continue reading

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Another Day Another Anti-depressant (Again)

Another Day Another Anti-depressant (Again) On July 10, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Rexulti (brexpiprazole, an atypical antipsychotic) tablets to treat adults with so-called schizophrenia and as an add-on treatment to an antidepressant medication to treat adults with … Continue reading

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CCHR STL MO Legislative Take Action

Legislative Take Action Periodically we let you know the progress of various proposed legislation making its way through the Missouri General Assembly and suggest ways for you to contribute your viewpoint to your state Representative and state Senator. This time, … Continue reading

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Another Day Another Anti-depressant

Another Day Another Anti-depressant The New Year brings us another harmful psychoactive antidepressant – Brintellix (vortioxetine hydrobromide). The mechanism of the antidepressant effect of vortioxetine is not understood, although it is theorized to be related to serotonin in the brain. It … Continue reading

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S.2388 Reciprocity Ensures Streamlined Use of Lifesaving Treatments Act of 2015

This bill, S.2388, introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senators Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Lee (R-UT) on 12/10/2015, has been referred to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP). Its stated purpose is “To amend the Federal Food, Drug, … Continue reading

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Victims of Brain Stimulation Abuse Urged to Report

Victims of Brain Stimulation Abuse Urged to Report CCHR Nashville, TN — Almost exactly two years ago on January 1, 2014, Scientific American magazine published an article on Deep Brain Stimulation, describing an experiment on a Dutch man wherein psychiatric … Continue reading

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H.R.271 Creating Options for Veterans Expedited Recovery Act

This bill, H.R.271, introduced in the U.S. House by Rep. Gus Bilirakis [R-Florida] on 1/12/2015 and forwarded to the full Veterans’ Affairs Committee on 5/15/2015, would “establish a commission to examine the evidence-based therapy treatment model used by the Secretary of Veterans … Continue reading

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More About Fraudulent Psychological Research

More About Fraudulent Psychological Research Back in September, 2015 we published a report about fraudulent psychological research (“Many Psychology Findings Not as Strong as Claimed“). The Weekly Standard elaborated on the story in their October 19 edition, “Making It All Up … Continue reading

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