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Our Government Servants

Our Government Servants are robbing you blind But you already knew that. What you perhaps did not know is how much goes to the mental health industry. In Missouri, every person — man, woman and child — effectively pays $232 … Continue reading

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Top psychiatric drug prescribers

PsychSearch.net has released records on the top psychiatric drug prescribers from 39 states (so far). Information on Missouri is here. Does your state withhold records on top psych drug prescribers? How many millions have states now saved by terminating the … Continue reading

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Missouri’s Fiscal Year 2013 Operating Budget

Missouri’s Fiscal Year 2013 Operating Budget By the numbers: Income General Revenue $8,013,837,330 Federal Funds $7,905,327,402 Other Funds $8,112,490,994 Total available income after refunds $24,031,655,726 Where it goes Missouri Department of Mental Health gets 5.8 cents out of each budget … Continue reading

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Aurora shooter was a psychiatric patient

Colorado shooting bombshell: Defense says suspect was psychiatric patient Exposed by The Christian Science Monitor Information on the Aurora, Colorado shooting suspect, James E. Holmes, was in a defense motion submitted to the judge in which it accused the prosecution … Continue reading

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The Aurora Colorado Tragedy

The Aurora Colorado Tragedy – Another Senseless Shooting, Another Psychotropic Drug? We are horrified, saddened and shocked over the Aurora, Colorado movie theater shooting that has left 12 dead and dozens more wounded (see full story here). As the world’s … Continue reading

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False Memory Syndrome

Both the St. Louis Post-Dispatch and the St. Louis Riverfront Times this week carried stories about possible shenanigans at Castlewood Treatment Center, a private St. Louis facility specializing in the treatment of “eating issues involving post-traumatic stress often caused by … Continue reading

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Mary Richardson Kennedy’s Suicide

The estranged wife of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. had three antidepressants but no alcohol in her system when she hanged herself in May, according to an autopsy report released Friday, July 6, 2012. Mary Richardson Kennedy, 52, had trazodone, venlafaxine … Continue reading

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Settlements and Lawsuits Galore

We’ve mentioned the GlaxoSmithKline settlement this past week where GSK will pay a $3 billion fine, the largest health-care fraud settlement in U.S. history (to date) for illegally marketing psychiatric drugs Wellbutrin and Paxil for off-label use, and making false … Continue reading

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Knacking

Recently I read this marvelous wordsmithing in the book Kraken by China Miéville: “You have to persuade the universe that things make sense a certain way. That’s what knacking is.” So, having a knack for something means, in this sense, … Continue reading

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The Florida Baker Act

The Florida Mental Health Act, commonly known as the “Baker Act,” is a Florida statute allowing for involuntary “examination” (otherwise known as involuntary commitment) of an individual. It can be initiated by a court, law enforcement officer, physician, clinical psychologist, … Continue reading

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