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Category Archives: Big Muddy River Newsletter
New Research Finds an Increased Risk of Osteoporosis and Bone Fractures from Antidepressants
New study indicates that osteoporosis and bone fractures are significant potential risks of using antidepressants. Citizens Commission on Human Rights calls on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to update antidepressants prescribing information and medication guides to reflect these research findings and raise awareness. Continue reading
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CCHR Supports Legislation to Protect Troubled Youth in Maryland from Abusive Transport to For-Profit Residential Behavioral Treatment Programs
Maryland legislators take action after receiving reports of abuse during the largely unregulated transport of young people to private residential behavioral programs. The programs themselves have been the subject of investigations that found rampant physical, psychological, and sexual abuse of the children and teens residing there. Continue reading
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CCHR Calls on Healthcare Providers to Stop Promoting Scientifically Unsupported Theory of Brain Chemical Imbalance Causing Depression
New research finds healthcare providers are prime promoters of the unproven theory, which influences the prescribing of antidepressants as treatment for depressed people. Citizens Commission on Human Rights calls for an end to the continuing use of this misinformation. Continue reading
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New Research Links Antidepressants to Lower Levels of Nutrients in Mothers’ Milk
The new study adds to the medical literature linking pregnant women’s use of antidepressants to possible harm to their newborns. Citizens Commission on Human Rights encourages women to discuss any concerns with their prescribers. Continue reading
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Take Action – Missouri Legislature
This session of the Missouri Legislature has several bills demonstrating the psychiatric industry’s continued attempts to defraud and abuse citizens. Continue reading
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CCHR Applauds Call for Human Rights-based Approach to Mental Health
A new article in Health and Human Rights Journal calls for an approach to mental health in which every aspect of it and its determinants is endowed with respect for, and the realization of, human rights. Continue reading
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End the Fraud and Abuse of Involuntary Psychiatric Detentions
Research indicates psychiatric confinements against a person’s will have been increasing at three times the rate of the increase in population. Investigations and U.S. Justice Department complaints have alleged that patients have been held and their insurance billed unnecessarily. Continue reading
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Missouri Psychiatrist and Co-Conspirator Finally Brought to Justice
CCHR St. Louis was among the first to spot and make known this psychiatrist’s criminal behavior. Continue reading
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New Study Finds Antipsychotic Drugs Worsen Behavior in Nursing Home Residents
New research provides additional evidence that off-label prescribing of antipsychotic drugs for elderly patients with dementia is not effective in reducing behavioral symptoms and exposes them to risks of serious side effects. Continue reading
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CCHR Calls for Repeal of Laws Allowing Forced Psychiatric Detention Amid Evidence of Abusive and Racist Use
New study finds requests made under Massachusetts law to transport people against their will for psychiatric evaluation were made by health professionals who had not seen the individuals who were the subject of their requests, and those individuals were disproportionately Black people. Continue reading
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