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"Doctors of Deception" Electroshock machines to Undergo safety & efficacy tests PDF Print E-mail
Monday, 13 April 2009
It may come as a shock to some of you; but, Electroshock machines have never been tested for safety or efficacy.
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Psychiatry's "Desperate Cures?" Electric Switches for Depression? PDF Print E-mail
Sunday, 02 April 2006
An OpEd in The New York Times (below) is trumpeting psychiatry’s latest “cure” for depression: it requires surgical implantation of electrodes in the brain, continued “maintenance” with powerful psychotropic drugs, and it costs $40,000.
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The Ball is in their court--Is FDA preparing to drop it? PDF Print E-mail
Friday, 24 March 2006
On Wednesday, the FDA Pediatric Advisory Committee handed the agency a mixed message regarding warnings about selective list of
psychotropic drugs prescribed for treating ADHD symptoms.
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