New York City Council Passes Bill to Ban Conversion Therapy
A new bill has passed to ban conversion therapy which is a potentially dangerous and scientifically unsound psychiatric treatment.
Congressman Asks GAO to Investigate VA’s Drug-Centric Approach to PTSD
Representative Mike Coffman of Colorado, a veteran himself, has asked the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to review the “VA’s psychoactive drug-centric mental health standard for our veterans.”
A Note to Our DoD and VA Health Systems: Psychiatrists Cannot Drug a Person Back to Feeling Safe with Polypharmacy
While the VA and DoD have done some research in non-drug options, there is a heavy reliance on polypharmacy with psychiatric drugs even after the FDA required the black box warning on antidepressants for increased suicide risk.