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WHO cites no proven benefit, but significant evidence of harm from coercive mental health treatments, including forced drugging, restraints, and electroshock. By Citizens Commission on Human Rights, National Affairs Office New guidelines for mental health services...
Denver area psychiatrist Howard Weiss has been indicted on 120 federal charges that include allegations he prescribed higher doses of psychiatric drugs without trying lower doses or alternative treatments first. At least one of his patients died of an overdose,...
Here in the West, we got a taste of summer heat in June and there is surely more to come. Be aware that if you are taking psychotropic medications, you are at special risk to heat effects and should know the steps you need to take to stay safe. Individuals with...
More than 175 years after its founding, the American Psychiatric Association (APA) issued a public apology in January for psychiatry's “role in perpetrating structural racism” and said it hoped to make amends. Here’s a suggestion to the APA: repudiate and discontinue...
