Tag Archives: DSM

Terrorized by Climate Change

Posted on June 3, 2017 by cchrstl

The psycho-pharmaceutical industry has jumped full-time onto the climate change bandwagon. You don’t even need to believe in climate change, since there is also the satirical “Climate Change Denial Disorder”. Scholarly articles are being published claiming that climate change affects … Continue reading →

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Path to Restoring Lives

Posted on May 7, 2017 by cchrstl

Independence Center (IC) is a St. Louis nonprofit organization which “helps adults with mental illness access services to live and work in the community, independently and with dignity.” It is a mechanism to help end homelessness. IC had revenue over … Continue reading →

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Contrave Contrived to Confuse

Posted on April 24, 2017 by cchrstl

Contrave is marketed as a prescription weight-loss drug made from a combination of naltrexone HCL and bupropion HCL. Bupropion is an antidepressant, also marketed as Wellbutrin and Zyban for smoking cessation. Naltrexone is used to counteract alcohol and opioid addiction. … Continue reading →

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1 in 5 Mentally Ill? Don’t Believe It!

Posted on April 17, 2017 by cchrstl

False information published by the Federal Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration claims that “19.9 percent of American adults in the United States (45.1 million) have experienced mental illness over the past year.” In fact, statistics provided on the … Continue reading →

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Latuda Changes its Spots

Posted on February 9, 2017 by cchrstl

We’ve written previously about Latuda, an antidepressant. Now, the TV commercials for this dangerous psychiatric drug are claiming that it is for “bipolar depression” because that is different than just plain old depression. The Latuda web site says that bipolar … Continue reading →

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The First Line of Therapy

Posted on January 23, 2017 by cchrstl

Dr. Hansa Bhargava, a practicing pediatrician and medical editor with Medscape, is starting to recognize that drugs should not be the first line of therapy for children with symptoms of difficult behavior. While ADHD itself is a fake illness, the … Continue reading →

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Passage of the 21st Century Cures Act

Posted on December 17, 2016 by cchrstl

If you contacted your Senators and Representative about the dangers of the 21st Century Cures Act, thank you very much. Unfortunately it passed — 392 to 26 in the House, and 94 to 5 in the Senate. While some of … Continue reading →

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Florida Court Rules Physician May Be Liable in Suicide

Posted on September 11, 2016 by cchrstl

Florida’s Supreme Court ruled August 25, 2016 that a physician could be sued for medical malpractice in the case of a patient’s suicide. [Medscape Medical News, 2016-08-26] The victim was taking antidepressant psychiatric drugs. The Florida Supreme Court ruled that the … Continue reading →

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The New “Female Viagra” is an Antidepressant

Posted on August 29, 2015 by cchrstl

The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has just approved (18 August, 2015) the drug Addyi (generic flibanserin) which is misleadingly being touted as the “Female Viagra.” But unlike Viagra, which affects blood flow to the male genitals, Addyi, the “pink … Continue reading →

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The Havering Crowd

Posted on July 3, 2015 by cchrstl

The Havering Crowd haver – verb gerund or present participle: havering [Scottish] talk foolishly; babble. “Tom havered on.” [British] act in a vacillating or indecisive manner. “Most people giggle at their havering and indecision.” Psychiatry and psychology employ havering as … Continue reading →

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