Citizens Commission on Human Rights

Psychiatry: Friend or Foe? The Untold Story of Australian Psychiatry

Australia is experiencing a tidal wave of psychiatric drugging. In a population of 25.4 million, there were 42.7 million prescriptions written for psychiatric drugs in 2020/2021. Over $10 billion is spent annually on mental health. Of great concern is the growing numbers of children and teenagers on antidepressants when no antidepressant is approved for use in children under the age of 18 for depression (175,000 children aged 0-19 in 2019). Considering the huge increases in psychiatric drug consumption over the last twenty years – drugs we are told are nothing short of miraculous – why aren’t we doing better? This compelling documentary details the real story of what lies behind the ever-increasing psychiatric funding and drugging of our children and society. Watch Psychiatry: Friend or Foe? The Untold Story of Australian Psychiatry. It is vital information everyone needs to know.