The proposal to screen all 1.25 million children aged 0-3 years old is a result of Australia’s Productivity Commission’s Inquiry into Mental Health. The Productivity Commission is the Australian Government’s main review and advisory body on economic policy. Specifically this inquiry was called to determine whether the current mental health…
Deadly Deep Sleep Treatment November 25, 2020 by Jan Eastgate, President CCHR International Electroshock treatment featured prominently as part of a damaging and deadly psychiatric practice called “Deep Sleep Treatment” (DST). Used in Australia…
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…
There has been a dramatic increase in the psychiatric labelling and prescription of psychotropic drugs to Australian children. In 2018/19 there were 224,532 children on a psychiatric drug, 2,312 of…
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 (ECT) is the application of up to hundreds of volts of electricity sent searing through the brain to induce a grand mal seizure. Psychologist Dr. John Breeding says,…
Below are areas of grave concern in the current Victorian Mental Health Act that need to be changed to protect children and parental rights: CHILDREN CAN CONSENT TO ELECTROSHOCK (ECT): In…
Parental Consent Not Needed ELECTROSHOCK OF NSW CHILDREN: It is appalling that the current NSW Mental Health Act allows for children to be electroshocked (ECT) – the brutal application of hundreds…
