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World Health Organization New Guidelines Are Vital To End Coercive Psychiatric Practices & Abuse
WHO report vindicates CCHR and the many groups that have fought worldwide for the recognition of psychiatric human rights violations, including involuntary commitment and forced electroshock and other biomedical, including drug treatments.By Jan EastgatePresident,...
THERAPISTS SEXUAL CONTACT WITH PATIENTS CAUSES HARM IN AUSTRALIA
Any sexual contact with patients by treating psychiatrists, psychologists and therapists causes harm and should involve criminal sanctions.In countries, such as the United States, Germany, Israel and Sweden, there are laws specifying it a criminal offence for...
THE VICTORIAN MENTAL HEALTH ACT IS UNDER REVIEW
This long-awaited opportunity for a full investigation into abuses in the psychiatric system is welcomed by everyone. It is vital that everyone advise the Royal Commission of areas of abuse that must be rectified so that urgently needed changes are made to protect vulnerable children and adults.
THE VICTORIAN MENTAL HEALTH ACT IS UNDER REVIEW
This long-awaited opportunity for a full investigation into abuses in the psychiatric system is welcomed by everyone. It is vital that everyone advise the Royal Commission of areas of abuse that must be rectified so that urgently needed changes are made to protect vulnerable children and adults.
1.25 Million 0-3 Year Olds to Be Screened for Mental Illness & at Risk of Being Drugged
Australia already has a staggering 2,312 children aged 0-4 years old on a potentially dangerous psychiatric drug. Now there is a recommendation to screen 1.25 million 0-3-year-olds for “mental illness” and “emerging mental illness”. The numbers of infants and toddlers...
Aged homes may have to show restraint data
Aged homes may have to show restraint data Yahoo News, Tracey Ferrier, 31 October 2019 Aged care homes could be forced to publish data about the physical and chemical restraint of elderly Australians in their care. The aged care royal commission on Thursday handed...
Netted, drugged, locked away: the damning face of child mental health in SA
Netted, drugged, locked away: the damning face of child mental health in SA Joel Magarey, InDaily, 23 September 2019 South Australian children experiencing mental crises are being tied down under nets, locked up in seclusion at extreme rates and forcibly injected with...
Xanax still being overprescribed despite policy changes
Xanax still being overprescribed despite policy changes Rachel Clun, The Sydney Morning Herald, September 19, 2019 Patients are still being prescribed hundreds of Xanax tablets a year despite a cut in government subsidies. Reports of anxiety drug poisonings have also...
A warning for 1.5 million Australians on benzodiazepines
A warning for 1.5 million Australians on benzodiazepines Tue 13 Aug 2019, 6:51am According to the Australian Bureau of statistics, the single biggest drug type implicated in drug-related deaths are actually benzodiazepines, or benzos,drugs which help with anxiety and...
What to expect as Victoria’s mental health royal commission wraps up
What to expect as Victoria’s mental health royal commission wraps up By James Bennett and Zalika Rizmal, ABC News, Updated 28 Jul 2019 It was nothing like the child sex abuse or banking royal commissions. No interrogations, no “gotcha” moments and only one...
Electroconvulsive therapy given without proper authorisation at Royal Darwin Hospital
Electroconvulsive therapy given without proper authorisation at Royal Darwin Hospital By Emilie Gramenz, ABC NEWS, Posted 15 Aug 2019 A young Aboriginal woman received two rounds of electroconvulsive therapy at the Royal Darwin Hospital without the proper...
Withdrawal Effects of Psychiatric Drugs
Withdrawal Effects of Psychiatric Drugs Many people who have taken psychiatric drugs have found that the withdrawal effects of these drugs can persist for months, even years after they stop taking them. Patients are frequently not warned about this, and are often told...
ROYAL COMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH UPDATE – SPECIAL BRIEFING 10 OCT 2019
The Royal Commission has been given the task to inquire into and report on how Victoria’s mental health system can be improved. So far we have seen community consultations across Victoria,submissions were called for,the Royal Commission has heard from 96 witnesses of...
READERS’ LETTERS: ADHD drugs regime is not helping children
READERS’ LETTERS: ADHD drugs regime is not helping children thecourier.co.uk, 24 June 2019 Madam, – When psychiatrists speak or write on the subject of ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), there’s an assumption that he or she is an expert on the subject...
Letters from Generation Rx
Letters from Generation Rx By IMDb News, 18 July 2017 This powerful film explores the science behind antidepressants, their effects on the brain and the horrific experiences endured by patients and their loved ones. Director: Kevin P. Miller...
‘No limit’ for aged care home restraints, aged care royal commission hears
‘No limit’ for aged care home restraints, aged care royal commission hears By SBS News, 8 May 2019 A doctor who assessed a resident at an aged care facility in Sydney’s west has told an inquiry there was no time limit on the use of physical restraints. A 72-year-old...
Nurses who were supposed to be caring for a troubled teenage girl, 18, when she took her own life at a hospital are found guilty of ‘unsatisfactory conduct’
Nurses who were supposed to be caring for a troubled teenage girl, 18, when she took her own life at a hospital are found guilty of ‘unsatisfactory conduct’ By Zoe Zaczek, Daily Mail, 24 April 2019 Two nurses have lost their registrations after an 18-year-old girl...
The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs
The Challenge of Going Off Psychiatric Drugs By Rachel Aviv, www.newyorker.com, 1 April 2019 Laura Delano recognized that she was “excellent at everything, but it didn’t mean anything,” her doctor wrote. She grew up in Greenwich, Connecticut, one of the wealthiest...
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