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1 in 8 (over 3 million) Australians are on antidepressants – Why is the Lucky Country so miserable?
1 in 8 (over 3 million) Australians are on antidepressants – Why is the Lucky Country so miserable? Dr Martin Whitely, psychwatchaustralia.com, 23 Apr 2019 According to the OECD, in both 2000 and 2015, Australians were the second largest (per-capita) users of...
VICTORIAN ROYAL COMMISSION ON MENTAL HEALTH
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.
Submission to the Productivity Commission
Submission to the Productivity Commission Australia’s Productivity Commission is currently doing an investigation into spending on mental health including how effective the money spent on mental health is across Australia so that government policies are sustainable...
Are Psychiatric Drugs Improving Australia’s Mental Health Care?
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 drugs
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
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
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
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...
IMPORTANT NEWS: Information Seminar on August 9th 2018
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...
Are Psychiatric Drugs, Documented to Cause Violence behind the Shooting of Six Members of the Same Family at Margaret River?
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
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
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...
A Psycho-Pharmaceutical Feeding Frenzy
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
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 Chief...
NSW Dad’s Antidepressant Warning After Eight-year-old Son Tries to Take His Life
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...
Antipsychotic Drugs, Restraints and Seclusion: Mental Health Treatments Raising Concerns
Antipsychotic Drugs, Restraints and Seclusion: Mental Health Treatments Raising Concerns by Katherine Gregory, ABC News, 27 Dec 2017 Melbourne woman Jessica* is still struggling to come to terms with the debilitating impact of being on antipsychotic medications for...
Are Psychiatric Drugs, Documented to Cause Violence Behind the Flinders Street Car Ramming?
Are Psychiatric Drugs, Documented to Cause Violence Behind the Flinders Street Car Ramming? As the details of the horrific Flinders Street ramming attack have unfolded, it seems that “random” acts of violence are on the rise. But as some information has revealed,...
Sexual Abuse in Victoria’s Mental Health Wards Is Bad and Getting Worse
Sexual Abuse in Victoria’s Mental Health Wards Is Bad and Getting Worse Farrah TomazinThe Age, 11 December 2017 It was meant to be a place that kept her safe; a mental health hospital whose purpose was to treat the most fragile. Julie Preston was exactly that: a...
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