Australia already has 111,224 children aged 0-11 on a potentially dangerous psychiatric drug, 2,543 of those aged 0-4 years old. Now there are psychiatric recommendations to screen our 1.8 million children…
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…
The SA Mental Health Act is under review. Now is the time to stop these psychiatric human rights abuses in South Australia. …
There has been a dramatic increase in the psychiatric labelling and prescription of antidepressants, antipsychotics and ADHD drugs to Australian children. In 2020/21 there were 286,846 children on a psychiatric…
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 (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,…
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. …
The World Health Organization (WHO) has released guidelines that lash out against coercive psychiatric practices including the use of restraint, stating that “coercive practices such as restraint and seclusion cause…
