Tag Archives: Mental Health

Immigration and Mental Health

Posted on August 13, 2018 by cchrstl

“An open-borders group that has benefited from U.S. taxpayer dollars and is funded by left-wing billionaire George Soros launched a smartphone application to help illegal immigrants avoid federal authorities.” [Quotes from a Judicial Watch article.] The group behind the app … Continue reading →

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Are You A CryptoCurrency Addict?

Posted on July 30, 2018 by cchrstl

You think we’re joking, right? But a hospital in Great Britain has a website devoted to cryptocurrency as a gambling addiction. Castle Craig Hospital in Peeblesshire, Scotland (near Edinburgh) has a handy ten-question screening test to help you determine if you … Continue reading →

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Psychiatry & Psychology Have Embraced the Entrepreneurial Spirit

Posted on July 20, 2018 by cchrstl

Entrepreneur: One who organizes, manages, and assumes the risks of a business or enterprise, often with an additional connotation of far-sightedness and innovation with boldness and energy. [French, from Old French, from entreprendre to undertake; entre- between  (from Latin: inter-) + … Continue reading →

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Crime and Mental Distress

Posted on July 7, 2018 by cchrstl

A recent news report suggests that “Having a mental illness makes people more vulnerable to becoming the victims of a crime.” We wondered about this, because it sounds just like the incessant and inane psychobabble coming out of the “psychology … Continue reading →

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More About The Dangerous Environment

Posted on June 17, 2018 by cchrstl

Injustice, War, Pollution, Debt, Drugs, Illiteracy, Terrorism, Ignorance, Enslavement, Epidemics, School Shootings, Elderly Abuse, Foster Care Abuse, Sexual Abuse, Racism, Religious Intolerance, Political Abuse, Fake News, Psychiatry It has been a couple of years since we last discussed The Dangerous … Continue reading →

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Is Marijuana Actually Medicinal?

Posted on May 20, 2018 by cchrstl

Does cannabis offer a legitimate medical treatment, and do its risks outweigh its benefits? As far as cancer goes, marijuana is definitely not a cancer cure. In fact, it is not even a palliative for cancer. What it is mostly … Continue reading →

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Psychiatry is Now Called Behavioral Health

Posted on April 15, 2018 by cchrstl

The Board of Trustees of the former National Association of Psychiatric Health Systems (NAPHS) announced the association has changed its name to the National Association for Behavioral Healthcare (NABH), effective Monday, March 19, 2018. NABH advocates for behavioral healthcare and … Continue reading →

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Mental Health “Care” Coming to Your Community

Posted on March 18, 2018 by cchrstl

News articles extolling “Community Mental Health” continue to be published across the United States and abroad. We thought you should know more about this. These articles generally discuss funding, either the lack or availability of public funding, for various mental … Continue reading →

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“Shoot ’em up” Is No Longer Just for Westerns

Posted on March 12, 2018 by cchrstl

“Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action.” [with thanks to Charles Stross in The Apocalypse Codex.] The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a mental health watchdog that has investigated school and other mass shootings since … Continue reading →

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The Russians Are Coming? No, They Never Left!

Posted on March 4, 2018 by cchrstl

In 1966 the movie “The Russians Are Coming! The Russians Are Coming!” dramatized the Cold War as a plot to make the world die laughing. We had to laugh about it, because the reality of Soviet infiltration to topple America … Continue reading →

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