By Dr. Jeffrey Schaler| 2017-08-19T03:07:48+00:00 August 18th, 2017|DSM, Editorials, Mental Disorders|
It is fifty-six years now since Thomas Szasz rocked the world of psychiatry by writing The Myth of Mental Illness: Foundations of a Theory of Personal Conduct. His work continues to have a profound impact on how we think about disease, behavior, liberty, justice, responsibility, and most important of all, what it means to be human.
By Dr. Moira Dolan| 2017-08-19T03:08:09+00:00 August 18th, 2017|Editorials, Mental Disorders|
When you are given a diagnosis you need to know the actual physical evidence for it. You don't want someone's opinion. When you are offered treatment, there is a minimum of what your doctor should explain to you so you can give informed consent.
By Dr. Bart Billings| 2017-08-19T03:08:35+00:00 August 17th, 2017|Drugging Military & Veterans, Featured News, News, Topics|
A new report issued by the RAND Corp. shows that high percentages of active duty service members in 2013-2014 filled prescriptions for dangerous psychiatric drugs. Yet, it doesn’t report on the documented side effects of the drugs which include suicidal ideation, risk and actual suicide attempts.
By Dr. Allan Sosin| 2017-08-19T03:09:48+00:00 July 18th, 2017|Editorials, Psychiatric Drugs|
Two of the greatest freedoms in life are the freedom to think and the freedom to feel. Psychiatric drugs impair thought and flatten emotions. They rob people of their individuality and the opportunity to understand and truly manage their lives.
By Kenneth Castleman| 2017-10-16T19:22:10+00:00 June 29th, 2017|Electroshock, Featured News, News, Topics|
A recent study published in Evidence Based Mental Health warns against the dangers of long term treatment with electroconvulsive therapy (or ECT) and warns that cognitive impairments associated with ECT may cause significant cognitive side effects in patients treated long-term.
By Dr. Bart Billings| 2017-10-16T18:40:59+00:00 June 29th, 2017|Drugging Military & Veterans, News, Topics|
Senator John McCain has reintroduced S.788, the Veteran Overmedication Prevention Act of 2017. This bill will hopefully protect our veterans from psychiatric drugging and provide more integrative treatment without the use of such brain-altering, non-effective, destructive psychiatric drugs.
