6 articles on "psychiatric"

Will Teen Screen Lower Incidents of Suicide?

The claim by the director of Columbia Universitys TeenScreen Program that her program would significantly reduce suicides (letters, July 21) is unsupported by the data. Indeed, such screenings would probably cause moreharm than good. It is impossibl...

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NAMI\'s Exemplary Psychiatrists

August 11, 2005Contact: Marla Filideihumanrights@cchr.org1-800-869-2247NAMIS EXEMPLARY PSYCHIATRISTSThe National Alliance for the Mentally Ill (NAMI) portrays themselves as an advocacy group for mental patients and their families. But NAMI is actuall...

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FDA intends to change the warnings for drugs used to treat ADHD

FDA intends to change the warnings for drugs used to treat ADHDExpressing concern about "psychiatric risks", the U.S. Food andDrug Administration (FDA) intends to change the warnings for drugs usedto treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (AD...

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Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness

As a physician specializing in psychiatry, I know that many emotional conditions such as depression and anxiety disorders are true medical illnesses with a biologic (physical) origin. Psychiatry has become more and more "biological" in its diagnosis ...

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Psychiatric Pseudoscience

U.S. NewswireJune 27, 2005 HEADLINE: Psychiatric Watchdog Speaks Out About Tom Cruise Speaking Out; Warns About National Crisis of Child-Drugging with Kiddy CocaineDATELINE: LOS ANGELES, June 27The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a psychi...

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Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness

Erasing the Stigma of Mental Illness by: Debra S. Gorin, M.D. As a physician specializing in psychiatry, I know that many emotional conditions such as depression and anxiety disorders are true medical illnesses with a biologic (physical) origin....

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