Involuntary Commitment and how to beat the Baker Act

There is alot of controversy about The Baker Act which is the involuntary commitment act in Florida.  It appears that the United States has a statute that adheres to ensure a pesrson is deemed a danger to themselves or to others and needs a court order before involuntary commitment occurs.  However, the State of Florida has a statute, The Baker Act, that enables anyone to be involuntarily committed for 72 hours without a court order.  A law enforement official (police offer) or any family member or the like can have a doctor state the person should be Baker Acted.

What’s Wrong with Psychiatry? A Psychiatrist Explains…

If you have ever heard someone speak poorly about psychiatry and never knew why, you should watch this video.  Most people who support psychiatry are individuals who prefer to hear from a professional.  You can hear a psychiatrist, Dr. Niall McLaren, former Head of Department of Psychiatry, Repatriation Hospital in Australia, practicing psychiatry for 22 years; tell us exactly what is wrong with psychiatry and psychiatric drugs. 

Antidepressants & Psychiatric Drug Side Effects Search Engine

Want to know the side effects of these drugs: antidpressants, anti-psychotics, psychostimulants (ADHD drugs and the like), and more?  Why shoud I tell you about the side effects of psychiatric drugs when experts can tell you this in the brand new, first ever, searchable database.  Check it out!  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDdA7WPgeDM or visit
Psychiatric Drug Side Effects Search Engine

Supplement to Petition to the FDA to ban the antidepressant drug nefazadone (SERZONE)

Public Citizen sent a petition to the the FDA in support of banning Serzone, an antidepressant, approved by the FDA in 1994, which has been known to cause liver toxicity and several deaths around the world.  In addition Public Citizen sent a supplement to that petition which you may read online.  They state that Canada, Europe and Scandanavia had banned the drug in 2003.  The article was written in 2003, but to date, Serzone is still on the market in the U.S.  The FDA only made the makers of Serzone, Bristol Myers Squibb Company, place a warning of life-threatening (liver) failure on the drug.

In Memory of Indiana: Effexor Infant Death, Antidepressants and Pregnancy – Mothers Act

A message from AbleChild

A Non-profit parents rights organization

Defeat Mother’s Act by Mother’s Day!

Please Take Action and Call Your Representative 

Ablechild has been following The Mother’s Act, a bill that clearly violates informed consent and places mothers and children at risk. This bill would mandate the government to screen all new mothers for subjective mental conditions.   We would like to update you on this act and request that you take the time to familiarize yourself with it.  

Seroquel: A Silenced Drug Study Creates An Uproar

Seroquel is not FDA approved for children.  It has a black box suicide warning for kids and the elderly.  See FDA drug label here:  http://tmap.wordpress.com/the-drugs/ 

 

Quote from story: “Even if most doctors are ethical, corporate grants, gifts and underwriting have compromised psychiatry, said an editorial this month in the American Journal of Psychiatry, the flagship journal of the American Psychiatric Association.”

APA Admits there is no test for “chemical imbalance”

In an explosive admission, American Psychiatric Association President Steven Sharfstein did a 180-degree turnaround from his TODAY show interview (June 27) and admitted that there is no way to test for a “chemical imbalance” as the cause for mental disorders. PEOPLE magazine (July 11), quoted Dr. Sharfstein conceding, “We do not have a clean-cut lab test.”

Written Testimony Needed – Florida Child Antipsychotic Drugging

The Florida Agency for Health Care Administration is inviting the public to provide written testimony (until December 24) concerning the Medicaid coverage of atypical antipsychotics on children.    This is the official notice: http://ahca.myflorida.com/docs/AdHocWebCancellationMessagev2.pdf

 

Atypical antipsychotics are the newest, most expensive high powered antipsychotic drugs - heavily marketed to state Medicaid programs. (Your tax dollars)

“Evidence is mounting that they can cause rapid weight gain, diabetes, even death”. St. Petersburg Times, July 29, 2007

Bipolar Children, Antipsychotics, and Dr. Joseph Biederman

“Papers reveal push on drug firm funds Prominent doctor tied to efforts”

 

Newly disclosed court documents portray Dr. Joseph Biederman, a leading Harvard child psychiatrist, as courting drug company money by promising that his work at Massachusetts General Hospital would help promote the use of antipsychotic drugs for youngsters diagnosed with bipolar disorder.

Seroquel Maker Wants to Seal Info from You, for You

AstraZeneca, maker of the blockbuster anti­psychotic Seroquel, is battling to keep information about the drug out of the public’s view … for the public’s own good.

Later this month in Orlando, lawyers for the drugmaker will argue that unsealing company documents, including unpublished clinical trial data and letters from the FDA, could harm “a vulnerable patient population.”