Are Psychiatric Drugs, Documented to Cause Violence behind the Shooting of Six Members of the Same Family at Margaret River? Media Release, CCHR Australia. 21 May 2018\ Are Psychiatric Drugs, Documented to Cause Violence behind the Shooting of Six Members of the Same...
Grandfather forced to undergo ECT before ‘preventable’ death By Aisha Dow, WA Today, 18 April 2018 In a desperate attempt to treat a crippling mental illness, Gerard Helliar submitted to hundreds of bouts of electroconvulsive therapy. Now a Victorian coroner...
Sweeping mental health reforms in NSW announced after Miriam Merten’s death By Nour Haydar, ABC News, 11 May 2018 Mental health units and emergency departments across New South Wales will have 24-hour supervision under a government plan to improve psychiatric care and...
The World Psychiatric Association’s Melbourne Conference, 25-28 Feb 2018 The World Psychiatric Association (WPA) is holding an international conference in Melbourne. This conference is a bonanza for the pharmaceutical industry who benefit from promotion of their drug...
Mentally Ill Wa Kids Still Put in Solitude Cathy O’Leary, The West Australian, 7 Feb 2018 Dozens of mentally unwell children in WA are still being put in seclusion rooms or physically restrained, some for more than 10 hours at a time, figures show. While WA’s...
NSW Dad’s Antidepressant Warning After Eight-year-old Son Tries to Take His Life Emily McPherson, 9 News, 23 Jan 2018 A NSW father says he wants to warn parents about the dangers of antidepressants after his eight-year-old son tried to take his own life twice while on...
