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Daily Archives: September 17, 2007

Bonkersfest 2008 Announcement

2008-events, 2010-madpride, campaign, events, madpride, united-kingdomBy Sarah SmithSeptember 17, 2007

Info Bonkersfest is a wonderful annual Mad Pride event in UK that brings thousands of people together for creativity, music, costumes, strangeness and even a bit of education about human rights of people in the mental health system! Bonkersfest announces a call for proposals for 2008 events, along with some other wonderfully Mad Pride activity…

Putting Nutrition First

kb, mental-health-alternatives, nutritional-orthomolecularBy Sarah SmithSeptember 17, 2007

Info Document Actions Print this Rather than utilizing non-toxic natural treatments, adult drugs used in children and even toddlers may often contribute to drug induced malnutrition, according to National Health Federation board member Richard A Kunin, MD. He notes, for example, that many drugs and chemicals bind to carnitine, which thereby displaces fatty acids. He…

Are antidepressants taking the edge off love?

antidepressants, kb, psychiatric-drugsBy Sarah SmithSeptember 17, 2007

Info Document Actions Print this The Los Angeles Times exposes the failure of drug companies to recognize, much less investigate, the fact that antidepressants alter brain chemistry to such an extent that they usually blunt the intensity of feelings associated with love. SSRIs are known to curb obsessive thinking, the focused state central to the…

Children’s Antipsychotic Drug Use Scrutinised

kb, youth-mental-healthBy Sarah SmithSeptember 17, 2007

Info Document Actions Print this In a ‘first of its kind’ nationwide study of 420 children in New Zealand, examining children’s treatment with “atypical antipsychotic” drugs, 90 per cent of the prescriptions were for Risperidone, which was added to the list of government-subsidised medicines in 1998. In 30 per cent of the children, adverse drug…

Bush-Controlled FDA Moonlights as Big Pharma Pusher

kb, psych-drug-corpBy Sarah SmithSeptember 17, 2007

Info Document Actions Print this Columnist Evelyn Pringle examines the consequences, in terms of deaths and injuries, in the wake of the Bush Administration’s enabling of the virtual takeover of the Food and Drug Administration by the pharmaceutical industry. Pringle cites the FDA’s announcement that its approval of drugs and prescription labels preempts the rights…

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