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Investigation Exposes Psychiatric Facilities that Wrongly Held Patients Against Their Will

Posted on September 23, 2024 by cchrstl

Involuntary commitments to psychiatric facilities have increased over the last decade. Evidence indicates many are unlawful detainments, but facilities bill patients and their insurance providers. Continue reading →

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One in Four Youth in US Child Welfare System Prescribed Psychiatric Drugs, Three Times the Rate for Others, Government Says

Posted on September 18, 2023 by cchrstl

Study is latest to find that children traumatized by removal from their families and homes are prescribed powerful psychotropic drugs at high rates. Continue reading →

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Foster Children Prescribed Psychiatric Drugs At Four Times the Rate of Non-Foster Children, New Study Finds

Posted on September 4, 2023 by cchrstl

Previous government recommendations for improved oversight of psychotropics in foster care have not resolved the overdrugging problem. Continue reading →

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Chesterfield Psychiatrist Admits Health Care Fraud

Posted on November 21, 2022 by cchrstl

Criminal Fraud is rampant in the psychiatric industry. Continue reading →

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Doctor Pleads Guilty to Mental Health Care Fraud

Posted on November 7, 2022 by cchrstl

Experience has shown that there are many criminal mental health practitioners. Continue reading →

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Putting Profit Above Children’s Lives

Posted on August 30, 2021 by cchrstl

The Fight For Kids – “There can be no keener revelation of a society’s soul than the way in which it treats its children.” — Nelson Mandela Continue reading →

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Great Circle Child Abuse in Missouri

Posted on February 22, 2021 by cchrstl

The psychiatric abuse of foster children is a growing concern. Continue reading →

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Babies Under a Year Old Being Given Harmful Psychiatric Drugs

Posted on December 22, 2020 by cchrstl

Be a Hero and help someone who has been a victim of psychiatric abuse. Continue reading →

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Missouri Mental Health Clinic Owner Sentenced to Prison

Posted on April 20, 2020 by cchrstl

There is no place for criminal intent or deed in the field of mental health. Continue reading →

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Missouri Settlement Changes Psychiatric Drug Use in Foster Kids

Posted on July 28, 2019 by cchrstl

Class action lawsuit against MO Dept Social Services alleging overdrugging of foster children with harmful and addictive psychotropic drugs was given preliminary approval for settlement. Continue reading →

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