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Common Core Controversy Continued

Posted on August 1, 2013 by cchrstl

Common Core Controversy Continued Opposition to the Common Core State Standards is growing Four states — Texas, Virginia, Alaska, and Nebraska — have not adopted the Common Core State Standards for public school curricula and testing. Minnesota chose to adopt … Continue reading →

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Common Core Controversy

Posted on July 28, 2013 by cchrstl

Common Core Controversy The Common Core State Standards Initiative (CCSSI) is a set of educational standards for each grade level (K-12) that are intended to provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so that teachers and … Continue reading →

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Nursing Home Abuses

Posted on July 25, 2013 by cchrstl

Nursing Home Abuses The June 2013 issue of Consumer Reports magazine had this to say about antipsychotic drugs given to nursing home patients: “These and related drugs are supposed to be used only for patients with diagnosed psychiatric conditions such … Continue reading →

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Hot Flashes? Take psych drugs!

Posted on July 21, 2013 by cchrstl

Hot Flashes? Take psych drugs! A nonhormonal drug, paroxetine mesylate (brand name Brisdelle), was approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) June 28, 2013 for hot flashes associated with menopause, despite an agency advisory committee having rejected it … Continue reading →

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ADHD Drugs Don’t Boost Kids’ Grades

Posted on July 18, 2013 by cchrstl

ADHD Drugs Don’t Boost Kids’ Grades Studies of Children With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Find Little Change New studies of children taking psychiatric drugs find that there is little evidence that the drugs actually improve academic outcomes. A growing body of research … Continue reading →

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Military’s Use of Powerful Psychiatric Drugs

Posted on July 11, 2013 by cchrstl

FOX Special Report Series Military’s Use of Powerful Psychiatric Drugs Last month FOX National News released a three-part series on the drugging of our nation’s military, produced by award-winning investigative reporter Douglas Kennedy, and assisted by CCHR International. The first … Continue reading →

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Parents Know Your Rights

Posted on July 4, 2013 by cchrstl

Parents Know Your Rights Periodically we publish a piece about parental rights, particularly regarding parents’ rights when told they must or should put their children on psychiatric drugs. We keep getting calls about this, so apparently we have not saturated … Continue reading →

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The Child Protection Racket

Posted on June 28, 2013 by cchrstl

The Child Protection Racket Child welfare in the state of Missouri comes under the state government’s Executive branch, Department of Social Services (DSS). The Missouri Constitution Article IV Section 37 states the guiding principle of the Department of Social Services … Continue reading →

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Missouri State Department of Mental Health

Posted on June 23, 2013 by cchrstl

Missouri State Department of Mental Health The budget keeps getting bigger, but the cures stay at zero Reports show that: * 10% to 25% of mental health practitioners sexually abuse patients. * Psychiatry has the worst fraud track record of … Continue reading →

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Too Much Prozac Turns Minnows Into Killers

Posted on June 21, 2013 by cchrstl

Too Much Prozac Turns Minnows Into Killers ABC News tells us about recent research on environmental exposure to drugs. Fathead minnows, a common fish found throughout the Midwest, were subjected to traces of Prozac by a research group at the … Continue reading →

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