Tag Archives: Missouri

Missouri Receives Federal Crisis Counseling Program Grant

Posted on August 28, 2017 by cchrstl

The Missouri Department of Mental Health received a $500,000 “Show Me Hope Crisis Counseling Program” (CCP) grant from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) that funds psychological services for victims of flooding. The money is funneled to six Community Mental … Continue reading →

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Patients With Mental Disorders Get Half Of All Opioid Prescriptions

Posted on July 19, 2017 by cchrstl

A June 26, 2017 article on Kaiser Health News by Vickie Connor presents the information that, “Adults with a mental illness receive more than 50 percent of the 115 million opioid prescriptions in the United States annually.” Not surprisingly, it … Continue reading →

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What Makes Special Education Special?

Posted on July 16, 2017 by cchrstl

The Special School District in St. Louis County, Missouri has an annual budget over $400 Million for 7 schools, over 2600 teachers, and over 24,000 students. The July 2002 President’s Commission on Excellence in Special Education revealed the source of … Continue reading →

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Doctors in Schools

Posted on July 10, 2017 by cchrstl

Through psychiatry’s stigmatizing labels, false explanations, easy-seizure commitment laws and often brutal, depersonalizing “treatments” and deadening, mind-altering drugs, thousands needlessly fall into psychiatry’s coercive system every day all over the world. It is a system which exemplifies human rights abuse. … Continue reading →

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The Medicalization of Addiction

Posted on July 3, 2017 by cchrstl

Most early addiction treatment programs were abstinence-based. Today, the psycho-pharmaceutical industry has convinced insurance carriers and government agencies to fund and promote “medication-assisted treatment” (MAT), in which the treatment drug is as addictive as the original one. Nearly half a … Continue reading →

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Missouri Foster Care Class Action Lawsuit

Posted on June 12, 2017 by cchrstl

LANDMARK FEDERAL LAWSUIT CHARGES MISSOURI WITH PERVASIVE FAILURE TO MONITOR THE PRESCRIPTION AND ADMINISTRATION OF POWERFUL PSYCHOTROPIC MEDICATIONS TO FOSTER YOUTH FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE PRESS CONTACTS: Holly Aubry; haubry@childrensrights.org; 646.943.0541 Lewis Cohen; lcohen@youthlaw.org; 510.835.8098, ext 3045 Jessica Lillie Ciccone: lillieciccone@slu.edu; … 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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Missouri Foster Care Proposed Legislation

Posted on March 25, 2017 by cchrstl

[See our previous newsletter on drugging foster care children in Missouri.] Here is another piece of proposed legislation for protecting foster care children from being needlessly poisoned by psychiatric drugs. Contact your state legislators about this. (This applies to any … Continue reading →

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Take Action – Missouri Legislature – Involuntary Commitment

Posted on March 22, 2017 by cchrstl

Periodically we let you know the progress of various proposed legislation making its way through the Missouri General Assembly and suggest ways for you to contribute your viewpoint to your state Representative and state Senator. You can find your Representative … Continue reading →

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Washington University in St. Louis Shocks Pregnant Women

Posted on March 19, 2017 by cchrstl

Mark Wrighton, the Chancellor of Washington University in St. Louis (WUSTL), wrote in the Spring 2017 Washington magazine, “One of the [Leading Together fund raising] campaign’s priorities is to advance human health.” This is a laudable goal, but it is … Continue reading →

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