Over 16,000 Australian Children Prescribed Antipsychotics Kate Aubusson, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 July 2017 A total of 16,570 toddlers, children and teenagers under 17 were prescribed antipsychotics in 2015, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme data seen by Fairfax...
Nothing Short of a ‘Sea Change’ Will End Years of Gross Neglect in Mental Health Care UN News Centre, 6 June 2017 Citing decades of neglect in mental health care, a United Nations human rights expert today denounced “biomedical gatekeepers” who perpetuate stigma and...
Belinda Cleary, Daily Mail, 23 April 2017 A mother who watched as her 10-year-old son rocked in a corner of his room begging for someone to kill him to end his misery has revealed how anti-depressants turned her ‘gentle, loving’ son into angry and suicidal young boy....
WA kids under 7 years-old on antidepressants Cathy O’Leary, The West Australian, 15 April 2017Almost 5000 WA children under 16 years old are being prescribed antidepressants, which doctors argue reflects the rates of mental health and behavioural issues. Figures...
CCHR Presents Human Rights Awards to Attorney and Healthcare Professionals Exposing Corrupt Mental Health System By CCHR International March 10, 2017 A prominent constitutional attorney, psychologist and counselor were presented with a Human Rights Award at the 48th...
