Tag Archives: Mental Health

Connecticut Shooting Wake Up Call

Posted on December 18, 2012 by cchrstl

Wake Up Call for Federal Investigation of America’s  Failed Mental Health System In the coming days, as a nation, we will respectfully bow our heads for those brief moments of silence in remembrance of the victims of Newtown, CT. Then, … Continue reading →

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TeenScreen Dies

Posted on November 25, 2012 by cchrstl

TeenScreen is dead, according to their website TeenScreen.org [Thanks to PsychSearch.net for this information.] Their announcement: “We are sorry to inform you that the TeenScreen National Center will be winding down its program at the end of this year. Accordingly, … Continue reading →

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Two Soldiers Prescribed 54 Drugs: Military Mental Health “Treatment” Becomes Frankenpharmacy

Posted on November 4, 2012 by cchrstl

CCHR International announces the second in a four-part series by journalist Kelly Patricia O’Meara exploring the epidemic of suicides in the military and the correlation to dramatic increases in psychiatric drug prescriptions to treat the emotional scars of battle. This … Continue reading →

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Stop the Stigma: Buy More Psych Drugs?

Posted on October 28, 2012 by cchrstl

Little known but Extremely Relevant Fact: The Campaign to “Stop the Stigma” of “Mental Illness” was launched by the Pharmaceutical Industry. Lately we have been reading a deluge of news articles from all around the country about various campaigns to … Continue reading →

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Federal Government Hiring More Fraudiatric Help For Veterans

Posted on September 5, 2012 by cchrstl

President Obama signed an executive order on Friday, August 31, directing the Veterans Administration to hire 1,600 new mental health professionals, as reported by NPR. Salient quotes from the executive order: “Since September 11, 2001, more than two million service … Continue reading →

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Mental Health Courts

Posted on May 10, 2012 by cchrstl

Mental Health Courts are facilities established to deal with arrests for misdemeanors or non-violent felonies. Rather than allowing the guilty parties to take responsibility for their crimes, they are diverted to a psychiatric treatment center on the premise that they … Continue reading →

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Medical Ethics – Outcomes

Posted on April 19, 2012 by cchrstl

Medical ethics is a system of principles that applies values and judgments to the practice of medicine. One of the purposes of ethics is to remove the barriers toward optimum survival. And an outcome is an end result or consequence. … Continue reading →

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The Mental Health in Schools Act of 2011

Posted on March 11, 2012 by cchrstl

Our U.S. Government at Work U.S. House of Representatives bill H.R. 751, the Mental Health in Schools Act of 2011, was sponsored in Congress 2/17/2011 by Rep. Grace Napolitano (California, D-38) and acquired 52 co-sponsors. The stated purpose of this … Continue reading →

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