Mental Well Being: According To A Recent Cnn Report 1 In 6 Adults In The Us Take Psychiatric Drugs

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So that’s a severe problem that needs to be addressed, particularly since what happens during a child’s early years can have a lasting effect on both mental and physical development.

With the numbers increasing annually, in the January/February 2017 the Well issue Being Journal. By the way, a former drug company sales representative and advocate for a more humane approach to mental health care, notes how 1 out of 7 school age children take at least one psychotic drug.

Rather they are connected to the often dubious marketing efforts of large pharmaceutical companies, In her article, Psychiatric Drugs, Our Children Marketing Madness, Olsen describes how these statistics are not the result of raised awareness and good scientific practices. Even if this market is made up of vulnerable children who are often crippled for life as long as the mind altering effects of these drugs, from ghost writing scientific articles to bribing medical practitioners, these corporations will often stop at nothing to open up a really new market for their products. Peter Breggin, a Harvardtrained psychiatrist and longterm advocate for a love based, therapy approach to mental health, has an extensive database on the topic. Subsequently, in most cases the labelled individuals are given drugs that come with many negative ‘sideeffects’, and may even result in death. Let’s say, tardive dyskinesia, that involves involuntary movement like twitching and shaking, affects many people who take antidepressants. Dr, So in case you are interested in learning more about tardive dyskinesia. He notes how psychiatry takes the problems we all face as human beings in an imperfect world, and transforms them into medical diseases with professionalsounding labels.

But, lots of psychiatrists may defend their current practices PhD, shows in a recent article response, such arguments are nonsense.

a few times a year I will collect the latest information on mental health for those of you who are interested, including new or upcoming mental health legislation, scientific articles and online lectures on mental health and wellbeing.

Which can also be found in the scientific FAQ section of my website, alongside a recommended reading list of mental health sources, so this blog should be the first in a series called Mental Health News, as a follow up from my blog on chemical imbalances. We can not ignore what’s happening right before our very eyes. It’s critical that we all use what we have to change the way mental healthcare is understood and practiced. As Tenney herself notes, indeed That’s a fact, it’s our duty to make a stand against the inhumane treatment of people who battle with mental disorders by voting against bills like 34, as an example. Lauren Tenney, PhD, MPhil, MPA, and a psychiatric survivor, discusses this bill indepth on Mad in America, Therefore if you seek for to learn more. With all that said… In the USA, let’s say, the recently passed bill 34 opened the door to increased levels of forced psychiatry.

We do have reason to hope.

Kelly Brogan, Lauren Tenney and Dr.

Virtually, Breggin recently published the article Rational Principles of Psychopharmacology for Therapists, Healthcare Providers and Clients, where he notes what’s wrong with Psychiatry today, and how we can change it. Individuals like Gwen Olsen. Peter Breggin continue to speak out against our drugbased approach to mental health care. Do We Need Drugs or a Lifestyle Change? Kelly Brogan, a holistic women’s health psychiatrist, writes about the striking lack of scientific evidence for the chemical imbalance theory of depression. With that said, while conforming to a recent CNN report, 1 in 6 adults in the US take psychiatric drugs. Brogan, in her article Depression. In the abovementioned issue of the Well Being Journal. Our current mental healthcare system affects more than just our children.