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A Question of Medical Ethics: Researchers Conclude Antidepressants Do More Harm Than Good
A team of researchers reviewing previous studies into the effects of antidepressants have concluded that the drugs are doing patients more harm than good, according to a research paper published yesterday in the online journal Frontiers in Psychology. "The thing...
Columbine: A Permanent Reminder That Psychiatric Drugs Can Turn Kids Into Killers
The 13th anniversary of the shooting rampage at Columbine High School in Littleton, Colorado, is a time to remember the real lesson of Columbine: psychiatric drugs can turn kids into killers. Shooter Eric Harris was taking the antidepressant Luvox at the time he and...
Patient Beware: Negative Results Of Psych Drug Tests Were Not Revealed To Your Doctor
Analysis of articles published on the outcomes of clinical trials of psychiatric drugs found that many unfavorable results never appeared in the professional journals doctors rely on to make informed decisions for their patients. A new report published in PLoS...
Expert Finds Antidepressants No Better Than Sugar Pills
In an explosive report just aired on CBS’s 60 Minutes, an expert who has studied the effects of placebos (dummy pills) for 36 years stated that antidepressants are no more effective than sugar pills for the vast majority of depressed individuals. Irving Kirsch,...
Parker Man Who Killed Ex-Wife, Then Committed Suicide Had Taken Psych Drug
A man who shot and killed his ex-wife outside a McDonald’s in Parker last December and then took his own life had taken the antidepressant nortriptyline, according to an autopsy report. Royer reportedly was having emotional and financial problems at the time of...
Government Needs To Improve Oversight of Psychiatric Drugging of Vulnerable Populations
Federal lawmakers received two major reports last week on the troubling lack of oversight at the federal level of the prescribing of psychiatric drugs to two of our nation’s most vulnerable populations: foster children and the elderly in care facilities. A Government...
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