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Antidepressant Use Doubles Nationwide

Antidepressant Use Doubles Nationwide Sky News, 19 November 2017 The number of Australians on antidepressants has doubled in the past 17 years with only Iceland having a higher usage of the drugs. More than 2.7 million Australians are on antidepressants, and with...

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Brutal Rise in Electroshock

Brutal Rise in Electroshock Whilst most people are under the impression that electroshock therapy (ECT) is banned in Australia because the mere idea of electroshock is so abhorrent, its use has significantly increased and it is being used on the most vulnerable in...

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Seclusion and Restraint in NSW Mental Health facilities

Important Announcement MENTAL HEALTH Public Hearing – Deaths in Seclusion NSW Inquiry into Seclusion and Restraint Have you or a loved one ever been administered intravenous sedation as a restraint and experienced extremely disturbing side effects such as 'terror' or...

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Over 16,000 Australian Children Prescribed Antipsychotics

Over 16,000 Australian Children Prescribed Antipsychotics Kate Aubusson, Sydney Morning Herald, 3 July 2017   A total of 16,570 toddlers, children and teenagers under 17 were prescribed antipsychotics in 2015, Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme data seen by Fairfax...

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Meet the Children Prescribed Antidepressants

Belinda Cleary, Daily Mail, 23 April 2017 A mother who watched as her 10-year-old son rocked in a corner of his room begging for someone to kill him to end his misery has revealed how anti-depressants turned her ‘gentle, loving’ son into angry and suicidal young boy....

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WA kids under 7 years-old on antidepressants

WA kids under 7 years-old on antidepressants Cathy O'Leary, The West Australian, 15 April 2017Almost 5000 WA children under 16 years old are being prescribed antidepressants, which doctors argue reflects the rates of mental health and behavioural issues. Figures from...

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Risky Pills for a Weighty Problem

By Kelly Patricia O’Meara Published by CCHR International The Mental Health Industry Watchdog January 30, 2017 Like so many of today’s pharmaceutical chemical behavioral fixes, one of the newest weight loss medication for obesity to hit the market, Contrave,...

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