{"id":396,"date":"2011-01-13T17:36:17","date_gmt":"2011-01-13T23:36:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/?p=396"},"modified":"2024-07-14T05:42:31","modified_gmt":"2024-07-14T10:42:31","slug":"sexual-misconduct-as-a-psychiatric-drug-side-effect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/13\/sexual-misconduct-as-a-psychiatric-drug-side-effect\/","title":{"rendered":"Sexual Misconduct as a Psychiatric Drug Side Effect"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A paper presented at the 18th European Congress of Psychiatry (&#8220;Sexual misconduct induced by iatrogenic hyperprolactinaemia&#8221; <em>European Psychiatry<\/em> Volume 25 Supplement 1 page 678, Feb 27 &#8211; Mar 2, 2010, Munich, Germany) documents extreme (abnormal)\u00a0sexual\u00a0activity as a potential side effect of the anti-psychotic drug aripiprazole, brand name Abilify.<\/p>\n<p>Abilify is often prescribed for symptoms fraudulently labeled as depression, bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, and autism. Although it is not approved for ADHD, it may be prescribed for that.<\/p>\n<p>Quoting from the paper, &#8220;Hypersexuality as side effect of the treatment with partial dopaminergic drugs should be considered in the drug treatment of schizophrenic patients.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Meaning, excessive or abnormal sexual activity may be a side effect of taking Abilify and other psychiatric drugs (such as major tranquilizers and antipsychotics) that block the effects of dopamine (a neurotransmitter)\u00a0in the body.<\/p>\n<p>Run a web search for <em>hyperprolactinaemia<\/em> (abnormally high levels of the hormone prolactin in the blood) to find many technical articles on this topic.<\/p>\n<p>Interestingly enough, the opposite side effect, decreased sexual interest or ability, is apparently the more common occurrence with these same drugs. The body is a complex environment, and experimenting with its neurotransmitters and hormones can produce unexpected, and harmful,\u00a0results. Former military psychiatrist Dr. Grace Jackson said\u00a0that, &#8220;It&#8217;s really a large-scale experiment. We are experimenting with changing people&#8217;s cognition and behavior.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The real problem is that psychiatrists fraudulently diagnose life&#8217;s problems as an &#8220;illness&#8221;, and stigmatize unwanted behavior or study problems as\u00a0 &#8220;diseases.&#8221; Psychiatry&#8217;s stigmatizing labels, programs and treatments are harmful junk science; their diagnoses of &#8220;mental disorders&#8221; are a hoax &#8211; unscientific, fraudulent and harmful. All psychiatric treatments, not just psychiatric drugs, are dangerous.<\/p>\n<p>The facts are hard to believe, but fatal to ignore. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/sideeffects.shtml\">Click here <\/a>to find out more about the side effects of psychiatric drugs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Extreme (abnormal) sexual activity is a  potential side effect of Abilify. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/2011\/01\/13\/sexual-misconduct-as-a-psychiatric-drug-side-effect\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2,3],"tags":[18,32,77,36],"class_list":["post-396","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-big-muddy-river-newsletter","category-press-releases","tag-antidepressant","tag-antipsychotic","tag-psychiatric-drugs","tag-side-effects"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6NMpC-6o","jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=396"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/396\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=396"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=396"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cchrstl.org\/wordpress\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=396"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}