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Lia Kali on psychiatry: “a child tied to a bed, even for ten minutes… is torture”

John B. Rowlands — Thu, 05 Sep 2024 07:55:01 +0000

It struck a chord with many when it was released a year ago. The song sheds light on the flaws and mistreatment prevalent in psychiatric facilities, drawing attention from both the audience and critics. Recently, Lia Kali shared her journey behind the song on the popular Spanish TV show “El Hormiguero” on Antena 3TV where […]

Abuse, lack of therapy and staff in Bulgarian psychiatry

John B. Rowlands — Mon, 05 Feb 2024 14:56:12 +0000

Patients in Bulgarian psychiatric hospitals are provided with nothing even approaching modern psychosocial treatments Continued abuse and tying of patients, lack of therapy, understaffing. This is what a delegation of the Committee for the Prevention of Torture and Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) of the Council of Europe saw during their visit to […]

Scientology Empowering Mental Health against Abuses: Advocating for Guidelines to Protect People

John B. Rowlands — Fri, 13 Oct 2023 01:54:40 +0000

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, October 12 2023. World Mental Health Day on October 10 2023 became a platform for a global community that stands up for raising awareness and instigating change against psychiatric abuses. The Scientology Network joined forces with the Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) to organize an event focusing on shedding light on this […]

Psychiatry and Pharmacocraczy, How Mental Illness Diagnoses Are Inflated

John B. Rowlands — Sat, 02 Sep 2023 04:04:25 +0000

Psychiatry – A recent article entitled “The shady business of mental illness: how the consumption of psychotropic drugs in the US has skyrocketed (El turbio negocio de las enfermedades mentales: así se disparó el consumo de psicofármacos en EEUU)” published in EL MUNDO by Daniel Arjona on 1 September 2023, presents a critique of the […]

Sweden-UK Study: Antidepressants Raise Youth Suicide Risk, No Risk Cut for Adults

John B. Rowlands — Thu, 17 Aug 2023 21:54:53 +0000

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM, August 17, 2023 / EINPresswire.com / — In a world where the treatment of health and its potential drawbacks continue to be closely examined a recent study has sparked further discussion. This study sheds light on the connection between the use of antidepressants and an increased risk of suicidal behaviour among young individuals aged 25 […]

Antidepressants and mental health, a damn billion-dollar business

John B. Rowlands — Thu, 15 Jun 2023 07:15:34 +0000

The consumption of antidepressants keeps increasing in a world that looks easier for the pill than for finding the actual problem and solving it. In 2004, the Medicines Agency carried out a study in which it made it clear that the consumption of antidepressants had increased threefold in the world. At that time we still […]

Antidepressants, mental health and a billion-dollar industry

John B. Rowlands — Fri, 02 Jun 2023 21:09:52 +0000

Antidepressants are being consumed more and more in a world where it is easier to take a pill than to find the problem and solve it. In 2004, the Medicines Agency conducted a study that showed the consumption of antidepressants in the world had tripled. The World Health Organisation had just uncovered a pandemic, which […]