Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance (DBSA)
(Formerly National Depressive and Manic-Depressive Association – NDMDA) The NDMDA was one of the major front groups established in 1986 that could lobby Congress for…
New Scientist – Psychiatry’s bible: Its time has passed – Growing criticism of DSM has Prompted Psychiatry’s Civil War
Some of the most acrimonious arguments stem from worries about the pharmaceutical industry’s influence over psychiatry. This has led to the spotlight being turned on the financial ties of those in charge of revising the manual, and has made any diagnostic changes that could expand the use of drugs especially controversial.
Illinois psych hospital dosing foster kids with combinations of dangerous psychiatric drugs as chemical restraints
Department of Children and Family Services Director Erwin McEwen reacted to the findings by angrily criticizing Streamwood Behavioral Health Center owner Psychiatric Solutions Inc., the nation’s largest for-profit behavioral health firm. “Profiteering at the expense of the mental health of vulnerable children will not be tolerated in Illinois.”
FDA ‘considers’ Antipsychotic drug labels warning of weight gain/diabetes. Considers? Do your job-issue the warnings.
A study published last month in the Journal of the American Medical Association found the drugs caused children and adolescents to gain an average of 19 pounds in 11 weeks of treatment. The concern with weight gain seen with most antipsychotic drugs is whether it causes additional problems such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease. A top Food and Drug Administration official said Tuesday the agency is considering strengthening the labels of antipsychotic drugs to warn about weight gain and diabetes amid concerns the impact could be stronger in children compared to adults.
Anxiety Disorders Association of America (ADAA)
The Phobia Society of America was formed in 1980 but changed its name in 1986 to the Anxiety Disorders Association of America.[1] This was when…