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ALARMING FEDERAL MENTAL HEALTH COMMISSION POTENTIAL CONFLICTS OF INTEREST COULD LEAD MORE CHILDREN ON MIND ALTERING DRUGS

The statistics are alarming - nearly 89,000 Australian children under 16 are on ADHD drugs, antidepressants and antipsychotics (4,429 aged between 2-6). These are drugs withoften serious side-effects – and the worst – death has been linked to such drugs for 21 children under the age of 19.  Combined with a 645% increased expenditure on psychiatric drugs since 1993, the alarm bells are reverberating across the country as more and more experts and parents become concerned with the rising trend of drugs being used to control the behaviour of children – a trend that simply did not exist 3 decades ago. read more

VICTORIAN PSYCHIATRIC DEATHS, COVER-UP WARRANT ROYAL COMMISSION, Chief Psychiatrist’s Investigation a Red Herring

A national mental health watchdog says that with $1 billion spent on Victoria’s mental health system, patient deaths should be prevented. The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) said the Chief Psychiatrist’s investigation of the deaths is a red herring and called for an independent Royal Commission, including into the Health Department’s neglect. Read more...

Protect your child from Mental Health Screening in our schools

KidsMatter, MindMatters - get the Parental Exemption forms here

Draft Victorian Mental Health Act proposes to allow for a child or adult to be detained for 72 hours

A psychiatrist can “treat” any child subject to an assessment order who is in a psychiatric facility, including forced drugging, restraint, seclusion and electroshock (if over 13 years of age) without the need for parental consent as they can do with anyone who is involuntarily detained, thereby taking away parental rights. The same can occur to adults. Read more... (pdf)
Professor Thomas Szasz:
Co-Founder of Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR)
(Watch his speech at CCHR International's awards ceremony)
New DVD released!
From the makers of the award-winning documentaries Making a Killing: The Untold Story of Psychotropic Drugging and The Marketing of Madness: Are We All Insane? comes a searing new documentary, exposing how devastating—and deadly—psychiatric drugs can be for children and families.

Behind the grim statistics of deaths, suicides, birth defects and serious adverse reactions is the human face of this global drugging epidemic—the personal stories of loss and courage of those who paid the real price.

Psychiatrists claim their drugs are safe for children?

Once you hear what eight brave mothers, their families, health experts, drug counsellors and doctors have to say instead, you will come away convinced of one thing… Psychiatrists are DEAD WRONG.

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