CCHR FORUM EXPLORES
PSYCHOTROPIC DRUG DANGERS
Co-founded in 1969 by the Church of Scientology and the late Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus Dr. Thomas Szasz, the Citizens Commission on Human Rights is dedicated to protecting patients and eradicating psychiatric abuse.
In the spirit of that mission, over 80 concerned members spanning a variety of professions and faiths converged on the Church of Scientology Los Angeles to learn the dangers of psychotropic drugs and find out what to do about them.
The event opened with an excerpt from CCHR documentary Dead Wrong, which follows a mother’s quest to discover the truth about her son’s suicide; she was devastated to learn it was caused by prescribed psychotropic drugs.
In general medicine, informed consent includes risks, benefits and alternatives so the patient can make an educated call. Informed consent as such is a practice psychiatrists routinely avoid.
A talk by drug-withdrawal specialist Dr. Alan Sosin followed, in which he laid out in layman’s terms the complex effects of psychotropic drugs on the mind and body.
Malpractice lawyer Jim Pocrass was next on hand to educate the crowd on California medical law. By the end, each attendee was armed with the facts about what information doctors legally owe their patients before encouraging them to take a psychotropic drug.
In general medicine, informed consent includes risks, benefits and alternatives so the patient can make an educated call. Informed consent as such is a practice psychiatrists routinely avoid.
To take action and carry word back to their respective communities, audience members were provided with an abundance of complimentary educational material along with CCHR educator kits—each with its own educator guide, documentary and set of informational booklets to be used in a class or group setting.
“It was the best event I have ever attended. I really needed that information,” one audience-member wrote in an after-event survey. “I have been on Prozac for the last 1.5 years and I really want to… address this fully.”
FACTS
CITIZENS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS
is spreading the truth about electroconvulsive “therapy” (ECT).
100,000
RECEIVE ECT
annually in the U.S.
$1.2 BILLION
IN PROFITS
from ECT are raked in every year by the U.S. psychiatric industry.
100%
INCREASE
in the chances you’ll receive ECT if you’re 65 versus 64. The difference? Medicare (U.S. government healthcare for the elderly) kicks in at 65.
70% OF
ELECTROSHOCK
victims are women.
1 MILLION
PEOPLE
receive ECT around the world every year.
WE NEED YOUR HELP
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