by CCHR CO | May 29, 2017 | News for Colorado
In an attempt to combat the epidemic of suicides by veterans on psychiatric drugs and opioids, U.S. Representative Mike Coffman (R-CO 6th district) has introduced legislation in Congress to review the link between prescription drugs and veterans’ suicides. ...
by CCHR CO | May 11, 2017 | News for Colorado
Three Colorado-licensed psychiatrists were disciplined by the Colorado Medical Board in April for unprofessional conduct that involved wrongly prescribing psychiatric drugs to their patients. Ronald R. Berges, formerly employed by a Littleton psychiatric facility,...
by CCHR CO | Dec 19, 2016 | General News
A new report from researchers analyzing psychiatric drug use in the U.S. in 2013 has added to already existing concerns that older Americans are being overdrugged. It also suggests that many Americans may be taking psychiatric drugs because they have become drug...
by CCHR CO | Oct 17, 2016 | General News, News for Colorado
A psychiatrist involved in the legal actions related to the shootings at Columbine High School and the Aurora Century theater has concluded that psychiatric drugs were the main contributing factor in both mass murders. Peter Breggin, M.D., a Harvard-trained...
by CCHR CO | Nov 12, 2015 | General News, Military in Colorado/Wyoming
Rising right along with the current epidemic of military suicides is the huge increase in the number of psychiatric drug prescriptions written for active military and veterans. Fact: Between 2005-2011, military prescriptions for psychiatric drugs increased nearly...
