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- A Different Kind of Drug War.(violent behavior in children taking prescribed psychotropic drugs) - A school-board member's resolution calling for a higher standard of care when prescribing mind-altering drugs for school-children has erupted in controversy in Colorado.
www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m1571/46_15/58170574/p1/article.jhtml
- An Anorexic's Swan Song {abcnews} - The use of mind-altering surgery to "cure" Zavaroni's eating disorder recalls the discarded barbarisms of psychiatry's past, and raises the eyebrows of several doctors who say the operation should never have been performed
abcnews.go.com/sections/living/InYourHead/allinyourhead_65.html
- Behavioral Drugs Focus of Debate in Colorado Schools - A resolution recently passed by the Colorado Board of Education to discourage teachers from recommending behavioral drugs like Ritalin and Luvox. (Free registration to see article)
www.nytimes.com/library/national/112599behavioral-drugs-edu.html
- Ca$hing In - As reports of massive insurance fraud and patient deaths and abuse in the psychiatric industry continue to mount, the push for mental health insurance parity is not what it seems. From Freedom Magazine.
int.freedommag.org
- CCHR Honors Its Co-Founder, Humanitarian Dr. Thomas Szasz. - International President of the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) honors co-founder by Dr. Szasz for more than half a century as an advocate of humane treatment of victims of the mental health industry.
www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m4PRN/2000_April_24/66163941/p1/article.jhtml
- CCHR: Therapists Sentenced for Death of 10-Year-Old Girl - CCHR commenting on controversial "rebirthing" therapy, responsible for death of 10 year-old girl.
www.prnewswire.com/cgi-bin/stories.pl?ACCT=104&STORY=/www/story/06-20-2001/0001517987&EDATE=
- Deliverance: CBC News Disclosure - The pros and cons of deliverance (modern-day exorcism) as an alternative to psychiatric treatment or medication. Includes transcript of show, video, discussion board and links to related information.
www.cbc.ca/disclosure/archives/0208_deliverance/deliverance.html
- Federal Resolution Strikes Effective Blow to Behavioral Drug Use on Children. - Citizens Commission on Human Rights endorses Congressman Schaffer's resolution to use proven academic solutions instead of drugs to resolve behavior, attention and education problems.
www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m4PRN/2000_April_6/61799162/p1/article.jhtml
- Great Lies Exposed - The brain consists of more than 10 billion cells. Are YOU one of them? Two of them? Or are YOU something else?
www.scientology.org/cp97/nsol/index.htm
- How We Lost the Culture Wars - Washington Times editorial on the erosion of morality and values by psychiatry.
www.ninehundred.net/~eakman/culturewars.html
- Mental health concerns and issues - This is a site run by patients of the mental health care system. It includes news and articles both from the editors and contributers.
www.btinternet.com/~symon.price
- Mental health parity - an opposing view - Mental health parity opens the door to fraud.
archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis/web/vortex/display?slug=ment&date=19990210&query=mental+health+parity
- Mental Health Weekly Re: Psychiatrist Classification of Racism as Mental Illness - Mental Health establishment reaction to Church of Scientology sponsored Citizens Commission on Human Rights' demands for government funding cuts following psychiatric attempts to classify racism as mental health problem.
www.findarticles.com/cf_0/m0BSC/5_10/59553863/p1/article.jhtml
- MindFreedom Journal - Issues of this publication produced by and for psychiatric survivors through the Support Coalition International.
www.mindfreedom.org/mindfreedom/dendron.shtml
- Neurobiological Diagnosis and Personal Responsibility: How Does Morality Fit in with AD/HD? - Ethics, religious faith and personal responsibility can be important factors in dealing with AD/HD
www.ncpamd.com/ADDandResponsibility.htm
- New on MadNation - Generally our "news" relates to challenges to our civil rights and our fight for social justice and freedom from oppression.
www.madnation.org/news
- Online Counseling & Therapy - Online counseling and therapy as experienced by a researcher, with links to online counseling services.
www.geocities.com/counseling_therapy_online
- Our Nation Should Pay Closer Attention to Mental-Health Industry - Guest Commentary by Director of Utah branch of Scientology-sponsored Citizens Commission on Human Rights, calling for tighter regulation of mental-health industry to reduce costs from fraud, and enforce accountability.
www.standard.net/standard/news/news_story.html?sid=00020202190517386143+cat=opinion+template=news1.html
- Presley Presents Human Rights Award to New York Family - Award winners from New York, Rhode Island and France, honored by Citizens Commission on Human Rights.
www.cchr.org/press/2001/010210.htm
- Research Findings on Religious Commitment and Mental Health - Psychiatric Times article on relationship between religious commitment and a lessening of substance abuse, depression and suicide.
www.mhsource.com/pt/p001078.html
- Stanford Encyclopedia of Philosophy: Mental Illness - Article discussing whether mental illness exists, written by Christian Perring, Ph.D.
plato.stanford.edu/entries/mental-illness
- The Dangers Of The White House Mental Health Conference {ariannaonline.com} - Even after Koplewicz blamed school violence on 'depression or other mental health problems' that go untreated, no one in that conference challenged the good doctor by reminding him that in fact three of the recent shooters had been treated..
www.ariannaonline.com/columns/files/061099.html
- The Great Waste - Freedom Magazine - Federal investigators discovered fraud and waste to be so rampant in one segment of the health industry that today it constitutes a top Department of Justice priority.
psychfraud.freedommag.org
- What's the Right Treatment? - When it comes to the best treatment for mental illness, what the patient needs and what the HMO is willing to pay for are often completely different things. By ABC News.
abcnews.go.com/onair/CloserLook/wnt990609_treatment.html
- Zinman Testimony to Little Hoover Commission - Choice and self-determination in treatment. Involuntary treatment and forced treatment became basic issues of human rights.
www.madnation.org/news/IOC/tlittleoover.htm
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