The myth of the DSM “Bible” is debunked: “at best, [the DSM is] a dictionary, creating a set of labels and defining each. . . . Continue reading →
Two NIMH Directors Debunk DSM & Deplore Psychiatry’s Unscientific Modus Operandi
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America’s Healthcare Crisis–Part III-Vaccine Controversy
Part III. The Untouchable Third Rail in Healthcare—The Vaccine Controversy: Core Issues Continue reading →
America’s Healthcare Crisis–Part IV-Vaccine Injury Compensation
Autism: Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP) data. Continue reading →
Two UC Nueurosurgeons Banned From Human Research
Dr. J. Paul Muizelaar, Chairman of the department of neurological surgery, and Dr. Rudolph J. Schrot, injected bacteria into the head wounds of terminally ill patients, calling it "innovative treatment."
The Truth About Psychiatric Drugs
Three new studies–one,, a pharmaco-genetic study, is groundbreaking–confirm that widely prescribed psychotropic drugs that pose serious risks of harm, offer no therapeutic benefit.
SSRI Antidepressants Linked to Breast Cancer
A meta- analysis of 61 studies in PLoS ONE found an increased risk of breast cancer for women taking an antidepressant. Continue reading →
Inside Psychiatry’s Battle to Define Mental Illness
The authoritative expert who chaired the DSM-IV revision has become a formidable critic whose publicly expressed views about psychiatry’s diagnostic assessments and prescribed treatments–mostly chemical interventions–validate the criticism expressed by the Alliance for Human Research Protection for more than a dozen years. Continue reading →
FDA Panel Recommends ECT Safety Testing
Panel Chairman Thomas G. Brott, a neurologist at the Mayo Clinic, said he was amazed that essentially no research had been done on ECT’s effects using functional MRI imaging, repeated brain wave (EEG) studies, or autopsy examinations of patients. Continue reading →
Deadly Medicine: Foreign Clinical Trials_Vanity Fair
In 2008, 6,485 trials were conducted off shore with almost no FDA oversight. Seventy-eight percent of all human test subjects were enrolled at foreign sites.
31 Prescription Drugs Linked to 387 Homicides
"Prescription Drugs Associated with Reports of Violence Towards Others, " identifies 31 drugs linked to 1,527 acts of violence… Continue reading →
Glaxo Is Testing Paxil on 7-Year-Olds Despite Well Known Suicide Risks
Despite the fact that children may be at highest risk of antidepressant-induced suicide, GlaxoSmithKline is testing Paxil on 7 to 18 year old Japanese children. Continue reading →
“Unhinged: the Trouble with Psychiatry”
"The resulting frenzy of psychiatric diagnoses has damaged the credibility of everyone in the field." Continue reading →