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RxISK Forum on Rx drug-induced violence (NYC)

January 7, 2013 Leave a Comment

violence

Are common US prescription medications linked to violence? On Friday January 18, 2013 from 2 to 3pm at the Still Mind Zendo* center in New York City, RxISK.org will be hosting a free public discussion about links between school shootings, other violent acts, and common prescription medications with Dr. David Healy, MD, a world-renowned psychiatrist and psychopharmacologist … [Read more...] about RxISK Forum on Rx drug-induced violence (NYC)

WND Education – Psych Meds Linked to 90% of School Shootings

December 18, 2012 Leave a Comment

Expert: Psychiatric drugs likely cause of Lanza's extreme violence NEW YORK – From the moment news emerged Friday that a young man had carried out a horrific massacre of elementary-school children, politicians from local city halls to the White House have been restoking the age-old push for more gun control. While guns have been a common denominator in mass slayings at schools … [Read more...] about WND Education – Psych Meds Linked to 90% of School Shootings

If You’re Going To Look After Patients, Man Up

December 12, 2012 5 Comments

Man up!

Pharmalot has just posted a piece - 'Controversial FDA official, Tom Laughren, retires.' [It is no longer at http://www.pharmalot.com/2012/12/controversial-fda-official-tom-laughren-retires/] This is a must read for anyone with anything to do with mental health - both the post and the comments afterwards where some have posted that they still believe the Black Box warnings … [Read more...] about If You’re Going To Look After Patients, Man Up

How Pharma Captures Bereaved Mothers

November 26, 2012 9 Comments

Sympathy and Pills

Introduction by David Healy In 1987 Herb Hendin started the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention (AFSP). AFSP is a non-profit 501(c)(3). It is an active fund-raiser. AFSP fell into the hands of Charlie Nemeroff and later John Mann and colleagues at Columbia. On December 1st 2000, Charlie Nemeroff told the Council of AFSP that Healy had been sacked from his job in … [Read more...] about How Pharma Captures Bereaved Mothers

Could your meds make you suicidal?

November 19, 2012 3 Comments

Suicide Zone

[Note: The current version of the Suicide Zone works differently than described below.] Free online tool shows possible links between prescription drugs and suicide Toronto, Ontario (November 19, 2012) — RxISK.org, the first free independent website for researching and reporting prescription drug side effects, has added a Suicide Zone to demonstrate and collect data on the … [Read more...] about Could your meds make you suicidal?

Brian’s Story: Raising Awareness among the Police

November 7, 2012 2 Comments

Police

This was first posted on Leonie Fennell's blog. Antidepressants, irrational behaviour and “out of the blue” suicides – raising awareness among UK police officers In 2009 my son, who had never been depressed in his life, went to see a doctor over insomnia caused by temporary work-related stress. He was prescribed Citalopram, and within days he had taken his life. As a … [Read more...] about Brian’s Story: Raising Awareness among the Police

Collateral Damage

October 29, 2012 3 Comments

Teddy bear on the beach

Anonymous There is a war going on over truth in drug marketing. There have been many victims of drugs that made it to market with deadly and damaging side effects. Increasingly, drug companies have sought to expand their markets by targeting children and young people. Many young people have died and many more have been damaged by the use of drugs with negative side … [Read more...] about Collateral Damage

Listening to Parents

October 19, 2012 5 Comments

Parents

Anonymous When you lose a child or a partner from a rare illness, everyone is supportive, no-one denies you. They listen. But if a child dies from suicide or a complication of treatment with a drug especially a psychotropic drug no-one listens. Our culture has no place for this kind of death. They say maybe it’s for the best. He’d never have been able to face the life he’d … [Read more...] about Listening to Parents

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