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…
Info Diagnosis and labeling of mental health and illness Contemporary and historical approaches to the art of mental health diagnosis “Psychiatry: Medical Fraud or Incompetence” This artricle is a critique of psychiatry’s diagnostic practices, extracted from the work of Bonnie Sigren Busick, RN, MA and Martha Gorman originally published in 1986, delving into issues surrounding…
Info This medical research revealed that the neuroleptics (also known as antipsychotics) may not only shrink the brain, but cause actual cell death. For an abstract, full text, and to download a free PDF of the below article click this link: http://www.nature.com/npp/journal/v32/n6/abs/1301233a.html Effect of Chronic Exposure to Antipsychotic Medication on Cell Numbers in the Parietal…
Info Filed Under: activism MindFreedom is encouraging mediated dialogue and negotiation with organizations representing psychiatric and other mental health professionals, under some circumstances. What do you think? MindFreedom worked with several other mental health consumer and psychiatric survivor organizations to provide representatives to attend a meeting of the World Psychiatric Association in Dresden, Germany in…
Info These are a few of the many mainstream medical articles indicating that using neuroleptic psychiatric drugs (also known as antipsychotics) can lead to significant structural brain damage. Brain Damage Associated with Neuroleptic Drug Treatment: The below was compiled by several sources by the late psychiatrist Loren Mosher, MD. For more on this citations click…
Info In this study, both an older neuroleptic (Haldol or “haloperidol”) and a newer atypical neuroleptic (Zyprexa or “olanzapine”) caused significant shrinkage in the higher level parts of the brains in monkeys. Source: Neuropsychopharmacology 9 March 2005 Haldol, Olanzapine Cause Brain Shrinkage in Monkeys Three groups of six macaque monkeys each were exposed to oral…
Info Brain Damage Caused by Neuroleptic Psychiatric Drugs In the past two decades, countless medical studies have shown that use of neuroleptic psychiatric drugs (also known as antipsychotics) is associated with structural brain changes, especially when taking high dosages for a long time. These brain changes can include actual shrinkage of the higher level parts…
Info This is a news release from INTERVOICE about a day for celebrating humane alternatives for people who hear distressing voices. Prof. Marius Romme, President of INTERVOICE Press Release from: INTERVOICE International Network for Training Education and Research into Hearing Voices www.intervoiceonline.org For immediate Release: Press Release: Celebrate World Hearing Voices Day and 20 years…
Info Military and Mental Health The intersection between the military and the mental health system has gained special attention because of veterans returning from war with a diagnosis of “post traumatic stress disorder” or PTSD. Paula Caplan on vets returning from Iraq Paula J. Caplan is an author, teacher, playwright, and long-time supporter of MindFreedom.…
Info MindFreedom Editorial: What is a “pharmentalist”? A pharmaceutical fundamentalist believes we can reduce some of life’s most complex problems down to a simple level of a genetically-caused chemical imbalance. This “pharmentalism” can be harmful to our planet’s health. Pharmamentalism is now a threat in the USA and the planet. by David Oaks, Director, MFI…