TAG / PSYCHIATRIC ABUSE
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Mercury News’ Martha Ross Fails to Disclose Conflicts of Interest in Years of Anti-Scientology Reporting
Martha Ross fails to self-report spouse’s longtime use and promotion of psychiatric medications and her own challenges with alcohol. The Church’s strong positions on these issues are well known, obliging her to—at the very least—disclose her conflicts of interest.
MENTAL HEALTH
ECT Leads to Cardiac Deaths According to New Study
Psychiatry still uses dangerous electroconvulsive “therapy” despite the risks and often without informed consent. Even worse, guidelines do not require cardiac consultations before shocking patients.
MENTAL HEALTH
Harold Sackeim’s Conflicts of Interest at the Heart of Dangerous Industry of Electroshock
A web of connections between Sackeim, manufacturers and a government official creates a profit center out of the human misery of electroshock.
MENTAL HEALTH
With Its Streamlined New Baker Act, Florida Embraces the Human Rights Abuse the Rest of the World Condemns
Florida’s House Bill 7021 emboldens institutional psychiatry’s abuse and makes it more profitable for providers.
MENTAL HEALTH
Citizens Commission on Human Rights Shuts Down Psychiatric Abusers in Hungary
Involuntary commitment and coercive treatment violates the rights of 10 to 15,000 Hungarians annually.
