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New Report on Psychiatric Institutionalization of Political Dissidents in China Raises Human Rights Concerns
World Health Organization (WHO) issued guidelines and call to UN countries to ensure mental health services are free...
Long-Term Antidepressant Use May Double the Risk of Heart Disease, Researchers Say
New study adds to the harms associated with antidepressants; other research debunks the chemical-imbalance rationale...
No Convincing Evidence of Long-Term Benefit to Children from ADHD Treatment, Researchers Say
New research is the latest to find that ADHD drugs likely expose children to more harm than benefit. A new study that...
National Suicide Prevention Month: Researchers Continue to Find that Suicide is a Real Risk of Antidepressants
Consumers need to know about the increased risk of suicide from antidepressants so they can make fully informed...
Researchers Say Psychiatrists Should Shape Patients’ Morality, But Psychiatrists’ Own Medical Ethics Are Questioned
Exposure of psychiatrists’ widespread promotion of misleading chemical imbalance theory, which lacks scientific...
Suicide Prevention Week: Antidepressants Increase the Risk of Suicidal Thoughts and Actions, Researchers and FDA Say
Recent research finds no scientific basis for the chemical imbalance theory of depression and calls into question the...
Warning: Summer Heat Waves Pose a Danger to People Taking Psychiatric Drugs
While most psychiatric drugs increase the risk of heat-related illness, authorities warn that individuals taking...
Patients Taking Antidepressants Are Only Slightly More Likely to Improve Than Those Taking Placebos, Study Finds
Patients should discuss with their physicians the reportedly small potential for benefit versus the risk of harm...
Justice for Millions of Americans Prescribed Antidepressants for a Chemical Imbalance of the Brain that Doesn’t Exist?
A new report details the history of the fraudulent promotion of the unproven theory and the possible grounds for a...
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