Category Archives: Press Releases

The medical research world has been concerned about the problem of ghostwriting for more than a decade. The issue has been repeatedly raised in the mainstream media over the past few years, with most of the commentary focused on the … Continue reading →

Are our children really at risk or is Patrick McGorry selling us Voodoo Science & Snake Oil? Should we trust our children’s lives to Patrick McGorry? Do we want our children to be labelled with Psychosis Risk Syndrome? The Australian Federal Government has … Continue reading →

What is America’s most dangerous prescription drug? It’s not Adderall or Oxy. It’s Klonopin. And doctors are doling it out like candy, causing a surge of hellish withdrawals, overdoses and deaths. Klonopin is the brand name for the generic clonazepam, … Continue reading →

Florida has plied children in state juvenile jails with heavy doses of powerful antipsychotic medications. The pills, widely viewed as the “big guns” of psychiatry, can cause suicidal thoughts and other dangerous side effects. Yet, in state-run jails and residential … Continue reading →

All human rights organizations set forth codes by which they align their purposes and activities. The Mental Health Declaration of Human Rights articulates the guiding principles of CCHR and the standards against which human rights violations by psychiatry are relentlessly … Continue reading →

With the close of this session of the Missouri legislature on May 13, a budget was finally passed for the Missouri Department of Mental Health (DMH) for the coming year (Fiscal Year 2012.) Here are the damages: General Revenue $563,509,258 … Continue reading →

People who obediently follow the herd, never markedly sad, angry or excited; children who play quietly and never annoy or talk out of turn – this is the object of the psychiatric/pharmaceutical industries. And when anyone steps out of line, … Continue reading →

Mental health testing planned for three-year-olds as part of early intervention program Every three-year-old child in Australia could have their mental health tested under an early intervention program currently being funded by the Australian government. Patrick McGorry, an Australian psychiatrist at … Continue reading →

“Nearly one in seven elderly nursing home residents, nearly all of them with dementia, are given powerful atypical antipsychotic drugs even though the medicines increase the risks of death and are not approved for such treatments, a government audit found.” … Continue reading →

Newsweek, May 1, 2011 http://www.newsweek.com/2011/05/01/my-favorite-mistake-stevie-nicks.html The biggest mistake I ever made was giving in to my friends and going to see a psychiatrist. It was in the mid-1980s, and I had just gotten out of Betty Ford. I was feeling … Continue reading →