Psychiatry’s Diagnostic Manual-DSM-5- Retreats: “Psychosis Risk” Discarded

by Vera Sharav
Alliance for Human Research Protection
 The American Psychiatric Association DSM-5 website announced yesterday that it had dropped the most controversial of its numerous expansionist diagnoses: “Psychosis Risk” and “Mixed Anxiety Depression.”  They have been banished “for more study.”
A diagnosis of “Psychosis Risk” would have misdiagnosed and exposed millions of children and adolescents to the […]

Psychiatry’s new blood test for diagnosing kids mentally ill is bogus

by Citizens Commission on Human Rights International
A study about a new “blood test”  that can supposedly be used to determine teens have “Major Depressive Disorder”  is being heralded by the press as a breakthrough in legitimizing  psychiatric disorders as medical conditions.  We’re going to cut to the chase—it’s not even close to a breakthrough.  It’s […]

J&J Guilty of Fraud and Must Pay $1.1 Billion for Misleading Doctors About Risperdal

By Eric Francis, Jef Feeley and David Voreacos
Bloomberg News

Johnson & Johnson (JNJ) must pay more than $1.1 billion in fines, a judge ruled after an Arkansas jury found the company’s officials misled doctors and patients about the risks of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal.

Judge Tim Fox in Little Rock, Arkansas, yesterday found J&J and its […]

Skyrocketing Misuse of Dangerous Antipsychotics in Children

by Dr. Mercola

A growing trend of drug misuse is alarming medical experts, policymakers, and patient advocates.In recent years, there has been a massive increase in off-label use of a class of drugs called “atypical niacantipsychotics.”

These drugs, which include Seroquel, Zyprexa, Risperdal and Abilify, are only approved to treat disabling mental illnesses, but they’re being […]

Baby’s Being Harmed by Mom’s Antidepressants

by Alliance for Natural Health
But now we know that “low serotonin”—which is what SSRI’s “fix”—doesn’t even cause depression! Action Alert!
A study conducted jointly in the Netherlands and the US has found that babies born to mothers who took antidepressants while they were pregnant had slightly slower head growth and were more likely to be […]

Increase in School Shootings Linked to Antidepressant Prescription Drugs


Health Impact News Editor Comments: The article below was written by Dr. Mercola prior to the recent shooting incident in Ohio, as was the Fox News story above on school shootings and antidepressant drugs which was filmed in 2007. This was a rare story from the mainstream media taking an honest look at the link […]

FACT: Antidepressant drugs no better than placebos

by Brian Shilhavy
Editor of Health Impact News
The CBS news program “60 Minutes” has produced a story featuring Dr. Irving Kirsch’s research on placebos and antidepressant drugs. To anyone who believes that popular antidepressant drugs prescribed for depression have solid scientific evidence based on sound research, you owe it to yourself to invest 14 minutes of […]

J&J hid studies showing its Risperdal anti-psychotic drug caused diabetes to protect billions of dollars in sales

by Jef Feeley
Bloomberg

Johnson & Johnson hid studies showing its Risperdal anti-psychotic drug caused diabetes to protect billions of dollars in sales, a lawyer said in the first personal-injury claim over the medication to go to trial.

Researchers at J&J’s Janssen unit knew as early as 1999 that a study found Risperdal caused diabetes at a […]

Pennsylvania Woman Forced to Take Powerful Antipsychotics

This MindFreedom International member, Christina Walko of Pennsylvania, is being forced to take many psychiatric drugs on an outpatient basis, even though she is living peacefully in the community. She says, “People do not heal when they are bullied or forced!” Her hearing is this Friday, 27 January 2012. Please […]

Children with ADHD are “Forced” to Take ADHD Drugs

By Dr. Mercola
Australia’s National Health and Medical Research Council (NHMRC) has issued controversial draft guidelines that could put parents’ right to choose whether or not to medicate their children with ADHD at risk.
There are clearly many superior alternatives for addressing ADHD than potentially dangerous psychiatric drugs that often contain different […]