by Veronica McGuire
EurekAlert
McMaster research finds link between gut bacteria and behavior
Hamilton, ON (May 17, 2011) – For the first time, researchers at McMaster University have conclusive evidence that bacteria residing in the gut influence brain chemistry and behaviour.
The findings are important because several common types of gastrointestinal disease, including irritable bowel […]
By GARDINER HARRIS
New York Times
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Nearly one in seven elderly nursing home residents, nearly all of them with dementia, are given powerful atypical antipsychotic drugs even though the medicines increase the risks of death and are not approved for such treatments, a government audit found.
“Government, taxpayers, nursing home residents as well as their families […]
By Dr. Mercola
Taking antidepressants may raise the risk of heart disease in men. They can thicken artery walls through an as yet unknown mechanism.
The drugs seem to accelerate atherosclerosis by increasing the thickness of the “intima media”, the inner and middle layers of the arteries. They particularly affect the carotid arteries that feed blood to […]
by Linda Carroll
msnbc.com
Amid what some claim is a growing epidemic of ADHD diagnoses, a study finds that almost one in four adults who show up in doctors’ offices seeking treatment may be exaggerating — or even faking — their symptoms.
Twenty-two percent of adults in the study who claimed they suffered from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder tried to […]
By SHARON KIRKEY
Montreal Gazette
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“Human grief could soon be diagnosed as a mental disorder under a proposal critics fear could lead to mood-altering pills being pushed for ‘mourning.’ Psychiatrists charged with revising the official ‘bible’ of mental illness are recommending changes that would make it easier for doctors to diagnose major depression in the […]
by CCHR
Note from CCHR: Governments and private health insurance companies have provided the mental health industry with billions of dollars every year to treat “mental illness,” only to face industry demands for even more funds to improve the supposed, ever-worsening state of mental health. No other […]
by Monica G. Young
(NaturalNews) We’re ashamed that exploitation of children for profit was once tolerated in America: such as children as young as five shackled to machines while working 16-hour days in factories, or black children auctioned and sold as slaves. Yet future generations will look back on our era too with shame: a […]
by Sherry Baker
NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) Millions of Americans take antidepressant drugs — most are Prozac and related antidepressant medications in the class known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). A gigantic money maker for the drug giants, the SSRIs bring in billions to Big Pharma a year. They are promoted and prescribed as safe treatments […]
by Jonathan Benson
NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) New research out of the U.K. adds to the growing body of evidence highlighting the dangers of antipsychotic drugs. Data gathered from tens of thousands of patient records reveals that popular antipsychosis drugs like AstraZeneca’s Seroquel, Eli Lilly’s Zyprexa, Johnson & Johnson’s Risperdal and Bristol-Myers Squibb’s Abilify, can cause severe blood […]
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by Heidi Stevenson
Gaia Health
The claim that schizophrenia shrinks brains is a lie told to scam people into taking the drugs. That’s why no one had tested whether the belief is true.
One of psychiatry’s favorite claims is that schizophrenia is a “brain disease”. By that, they mean it’s […]
by Jonathan Benson
NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) The overall rise in the number of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) drugs being dispensed to children has been a major cause of concern among some medical groups, particularly as such drugs are now being prescribed to children under the age of six. In the UK, National Health Service (NHS) […]
The Marketing of Madness:
Are We All Insane?
Documenting the impact of a multibillion dollar psychiatric-pharmaceutical industry, this powerful and graphic video contains interviews with experts, parents and victims. Dramatic recordings of actual 911 calls made by desperate family members—and even by a killer himself—convey the chilling reality behind today’s headlines. Here is the shocking truth […]
By Jef Feeley and Gary Henderson
Bloomberg Businessweek
March 21 (Bloomberg) — Johnson & Johnson executives deceived South Carolina doctors about the safety of the antipsychotic drug Risperdal, and the drugmaker should be held liable for that deception, a lawyer said. J&J made misleading claims about Risperdal’s health risks and effectiveness in a […]
by Dr. Peter Breggin
huffingtonpost.com
On Saturday morning April 9th of this year, a panel discussion will be held for the public and professionals on the theme of “Psychiatric Drug Tragedies: Personal, Legal and Medical Perspectives.”
The two-hour presentation focuses on suicide and murder potentially caused by antidepressant medications. It is part of the international […]
by Monica G. Young
NaturalNews
(NaturalNews) Drug company corporate websites tell us of their integrity and utmost commitment to people’s health and well-being. The American Psychiatric Association’s website begins with “Healthy Minds. Healthy Lives” and asserts the “highest ethical standards of professional conduct.” Yet a mountain of evidence points to an entirely different picture.
Most recently, […]
This is the story of Gwen Olsen. Once a very successful pharmaceutical sales representative, now her mission is to stop the over-medication of our children. Gwen is the author of Confessions of an Rx Drug Pusher and travels around the United States speaking to groups.
“There’s no such thing as a safe drug. By the […]
FIRST OPINION – Marika Sboros ponders madness
At the heart of this matter is a nasty predilection some psychiatrists have for medicalising normality
by MARIKA SBOROS
BusinessDay
Shrinks on the couch as they ponder who is and is not crazy. Diagnosis is a slippery slope. It involves concepts that are virtually impossible to define precisely with bright lines at […]
by Citizen’s Commission on Human Rights
Electroshock is the “treatment” psychiatrists employ when their first line of “treatment”— drugs—fail to work. And the drugs inevitably fail to work, simply because they are no more effective than placebo, yet have side effects rivaling the most hardcore street drugs. In the U.S. alone, […]
by Martha Rosenberg
opednews.com
Google the word “depression” and the first search result you’ll get is for the antipsychotic Seroquel XR.
Visit WebMD and the home page hosts similar ads for Seroquel XR, above and adjacent to the lead news story.
Who would know AstraZeneca inked the largest multi-state consumer protection settlement on record relating to deceptive […]
More than one in ten Americans takes Prozac; the US comprises 5% of the world’s population, yet consumes two thirds of psychological medications. Photograph: Stone/Jonathan Nourok/Getty
by Harriet Fraad
guardian.co.uk
The New York Times recently led with a front-page splash about psychiatry’s propensity to prescribe pills, “Talk Doesn’t Pay, So Psychiatry Turns Instead to Drug Therapy”. That […]
