Category Archives: Big Muddy River Newsletter

Many Common Psychiatric Drugs Can Increase Patients’ Risk of Heat-Related Illness

Posted on July 10, 2023 by cchrstl

How many people taking psychiatric drugs end up with heat-related medical emergencies? Continue reading →

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White Paper on Improving Psychiatric Patient Outcomes

Posted on July 3, 2023 by cchrstl

Psychiatric incarceration and psychiatric drugging of children is tragic and should be stopped. Continue reading →

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Psychiatrists at Annual Conference Warned That Antidepressants They Prescribe Can Deaden Patients’ Emotions

Posted on June 26, 2023 by cchrstl

New study confirms patients’ common complaints of antidepressants deadening their emotions and harming their sex life. Continue reading →

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PTSD Awareness Month

Posted on June 19, 2023 by cchrstl

PTSD Awareness Month
Psychiatric Drugs Prescribed for PTSD Linked to Stubbornly High Rates of Veteran Suicides Continue reading →

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Primary Care Doctors Advised Not to Prescribe Antidepressants to Patients on First Visit for Mild to Moderate Depression

Posted on June 5, 2023 by cchrstl

Antidepressants have a limited efficacy and may have significant side effects. Continue reading →

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What Is Your Emotional Intelligence?

Posted on May 31, 2023 by cchrstl

The over-complication of an essentially simple concept leads to endless speculation. Continue reading →

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FDA Updates Warning on Stimulants Prescribed for ADHD, Now Lists Risks of Misuse, Addiction, Diversion and Overdose

Posted on May 22, 2023 by cchrstl

FDA Updates Warning on Stimulants Prescribed for ADHD. Now Lists Risks of Misuse, Addiction, Diversion and Overdose. Continue reading →

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More About Shock Therapy

Posted on May 15, 2023 by cchrstl

The barbaric and shameful psychiatric use of shock treatments unfortunately has a lengthy history. By shock we mean such atrocities as electrotherapy (various methods of shocking body parts with electricity), temperature therapy (shocking with hot or cold temperatures), insulin shock … Continue reading →

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Tolerance and Intolerance in Psychiatry

Posted on May 8, 2023 by cchrstl

Our reference here is the book Tolerance – The Liberation of Mankind, by Hendrik Willem van Loon, originally published in 1925. The volume we have was independently published on June 12, 2021, by an unnamed source. As the book says, it … Continue reading →

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Historical Underpinnings of Psychiatric Medical Training

Posted on May 1, 2023 by cchrstl

Psychiatry is probably the single most destructive force that has affected society within the last 60 years. Continue reading →

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