14 JANUARY 2016 There has been a dramatic increase in the psychiatric labelling and prescription of antidepressants, antipsychotics and ADHD drugs to Australian children. In 2022/23 there were 361,587 children on a psychiatric drug, 2,916 of these aged 0-4.1 Parents have a right to know of all the alternatives and potential side effects of psychotropic drugs proposed for their children so they can give fully informed consent. Yet there are many facts about these drugs, including dangerous side effects, that parents and others who are responsible for the welfare of these children are just not being told. The psychiatric Diagnostic and Statistical Manual…
There are over 105 Australian Government psychiatric drug warnings. Provision of information about these warnings are a vital component of every patient’s right to fully informed consent. The Therapeutic…
The SA Mental Health Act is under review Electroshock is legal for use on all ages including children, pregnant women and the elderly in SA and there are no proposals to…
The WA Mental Health Act is under review. Now is the time to change this. The WA Mental Health Act allows psychiatry to commit the above torturous practices on vulnerable children…
Australia already has 125,328 children aged 0-11 on a potentially dangerous psychiatric drug, 2,546 of those aged 0-4 years old. Now there are psychiatric recommendations to screen our 1.8 million…
Many people who have taken psychiatric drugs have found that the withdrawal effects of these drugs can persist for months, even years after they stop taking them. Patients are frequently…
Any sexual contact with patients by treating psychiatrists, psychologists and therapists causes harm and should involve criminal sanctions. In countries, such as the United States, Germany, Israel and Sweden, there are…
The terror experienced by those forcibly restrained in a psychiatric ward can have a deep and lasting impact on an already fragile and vulnerable person. From the patient’s perspective, if…
Electroshock is Torture but is Legal for All Ages Electroshock must be banned in NSW Most people think that electroshock treatment—the application of hundreds of volts of electricity sent through the brain—is…
Most people think that electroshock treatment (ECT) - the application of hundreds of volts of electricity sent searing through the brain to induce a grand mal seizure - is banned…
Parental Consent Not Needed. In June 2021, The World Health Organization (WHO) released guidelines that lashed out against coercive psychiatric practices such as restraint, seclusion, forced electroshock and forced detainment and…
Queensland had the highest number of Medicare funded electroshocks in Australia in 2020/21. Electroshock and other psychiatric human rights abuses must be banned. .gk-article-body h1 { text-align: center; } The Qld Mental…
