Are Psychiatric Drugs Improving Australia’s Mental Health Care? Should Asia follow Australia’s actions? On 21st to 24th Feb 2019, Sydney is hosting the 7th World Congress of Asian Psychiatry with the theme, Mental Health Care Across Asia: Union In Diversity. Sounds...
Spike in number of Australian children put on antipsychotic drugsJoel Magarey news.com.au 18 Dec 2018New figures have revealed a worrying trend among Aussie children, which leaves them exposed to damaging side effects. Doctors are putting more than 1,000 additional...
Restraint is Criminal A Terrifying Experience The terror experienced by those forcibly restrained in a psychiatric ward can have a deep and lasting impact on an already fragile and vulnerable person. From the patient’s perspective, if they don’t die, they certainly...
Orders for forced ‘shock therapy’ breached human rights of schizophrenia patients, court rules ABC News, 1 Nov 2018 Orders forcing two Victorian patients with schizophrenia to undergo electroconvulsive therapy (ECT) were made in breach of their human rights, the...
Sydney Exhibit Is No-holds Barred Look at Psychiatry’s Human Rights Abuses Electroshock Still Legal for Use on NSW Children with Exhibit Amping Up Public Awareness Campaign On Thursday 13th September a chillingly informative exhibit on human rights problems in the...
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights Victoria would like to invite you to an information seminar on August 9th at 5.30-8.30pm at the Church of Scientology, Ascot Vale. This seminar is designed specifically for you, so that you know your rights in relation to the...
