March 29, 2011 Detroit Mother Jailed for Weaning Daughter Off RisperdalTwo areas of medicine encapsulate abuses of the medical dictatorship that Dr. Rush warned against–in both cases, Read More Detroit Mother Jailed for Weaning Daughter Off Risperdal
March 15, 2011 Inside Psychiatry’s Battle to Define Mental IllnessIn our era, psychiatry as a profession has suffered a significant loss of credibility: the most influential Read More Inside Psychiatry’s Battle to Define Mental Illness
March 13, 2011 Military Polypharmacy, PTSD: Deaths Dr. Allen Frances, psychiatry professor emeritus and former chairman of psychiatry, Duke University who chaired the DSM-IV Read More Military Polypharmacy, PTSD: Deaths
March 11, 2011 Military Deaths Linked to Prescribed Psych DrugsThe increasingly high number of DEATHS in the US military–from suicides, accidental overdose, and, increasingly, lethal drug Read More Military Deaths Linked to Prescribed Psych Drugs
February 25, 2011 States to Enact Laws to Curb Drugging of Children"House Bill 23 hits a rare political sweet spot. The proposal to create an independent clinic review Read More States to Enact Laws to Curb Drugging of Children
September 14, 2010 FDA Urges Florida Not to Bar Foster Kids From Psych Drug TrialsDespite evidence of harm–including the suicide of a 7-year old Gabriel Myers– the FDA, which is charged Read More FDA Urges Florida Not to Bar Foster Kids From Psych Drug Trials
September 2, 2010 Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks of Antipsychotic Drugs for YoungA “must read” front page article by New York Times reporter, Duff Wilson, “Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks Read More Child’s Ordeal Shows Risks of Antipsychotic Drugs for Young
July 24, 2010 Swedish Suicide Data 2007: Majority Treated With Psych DrugsAn independent report by Janne Larsson, analyzes the 2007 suicide data documented by the Swedish National Board Read More Swedish Suicide Data 2007: Majority Treated With Psych Drugs
June 13, 2010 Glaxo Is Testing Paxil on 7-Year-Olds Despite Well Known Suicide RisksA report in BNET, the business publication, by its pharmaceutical industry analyst, Jim Edwards, reveals that GlaxoSmithKline Read More Glaxo Is Testing Paxil on 7-Year-Olds Despite Well Known Suicide Risks
April 30, 2010 12-Year Old Denis Matez: Dead of Psych Drug Cocktail Rx by PsychiatristThanks to a series of riveting reports by Carol Marbin Miller of the Miami Herald, the circumstances Read More 12-Year Old Denis Matez: Dead of Psych Drug Cocktail Rx by Psychiatrist
April 29, 2010 Grassley Probe: Pharma Provides 81% of NAMI IncomeFor years NAMI (the National Alliance of Mental Illness) refused to dislcose it sources of income. But Read More Grassley Probe: Pharma Provides 81% of NAMI Income
April 8, 2010 In Medicine, the Power of No vs. Psychiatry’s Mass OvertreatmentNew York Times columnist, David Leonhardt, applauds the new Medicare policy inaugurating comparative risk/ benefit analyses of Read More In Medicine, the Power of No vs. Psychiatry’s Mass Overtreatment
March 30, 2010 Parity Likely to Increase Wholesale Sedation of ChildrenOver the years, as he witnessed the wholesale practice of sedating young children with powerful toxic, psychotropic Read More Parity Likely to Increase Wholesale Sedation of Children
March 17, 2010 US Gov Medical Experiment Radically Departs from medical “Best Practices”The NY Times reports that an IMS Health report found that the giant pharmaceutical industry annual growth Read More US Gov Medical Experiment Radically Departs from medical “Best Practices”