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Psychiatric diagnosis from afar
PsychSearch Psychiatric Diagnosis from Afar Colin Taufer When psychiatrists make a claim in which they cite their “ethical responsibility” as justification for doing so, it is both absurd and laughable. Psychiatrists cannot and should not be trusted. Such was the case in April of this year when a group of psychiatrists proclaimed, "We have an ethical responsibility to warn the public about Donald Trump's dangerous mental illness." Visit the homepage of PsychSearch any day of the week and you will find a fresh assortment of mugshots of psychiatrists in trouble with the law for sex crimes, drug abuse, or fraud [...]
Coercion and Profits by Confusion
PsychSearch Coercion and Profits by Confusion Colin Taufer Open any magazine and chances are you will find its pages filled with ads from Big Pharma. This is because Big Pharma is far and away the biggest spender when it comes to magazine ads. In fact, it spends nearly double that of the number two magazine advertiser, retail and online apparel. In 2015 Big Pharma’s spending on such ads peaked at more than $1.5 billion, a 19% jump over the previous year. Such advertising is known as Direct to Consumer Pharmaceutical Advertising. Not only do we see it in magazine ads, [...]
A Basic Human Right Violated
PsychSearch A Basic Human Right Violated Colin Taufer “No one shall be subjected to torture or to cruel, inhuman* or degrading treatment or punishment,” states article 5 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, a milestone document that set out, for the first time, to universally protect everyone’s fundamental human rights. In headlines, we read about violations of this human right every day. The CIA waterboarding suspected terrorists, ISIS soldiers brutalizing their kidnapped victims, war criminals committing genocide. Clearly these are acts of torture. They are cruel, inhuman and degrading. They cause outrage. They start wars, they prolong [...]
Shock Treatment in your Neighborhood
PsychSearch Shock Treatment in your Neighborhood Colin Taufer You might think the barbaric psychiatric “treatment” of applying electricity to the temples and passing it through the brain to produce grand mal seizures is obsolete. You might think that a “treatment” that causes brain damage in patients would not be tolerated by a modern, civilized society and would no longer exist. You might think a patient winning a malpractice suit against her psychiatrist for shock treatment or a class action lawsuit against manufacturers of shock treatment machines would outlaw the practice. But, as unbelievable as it may seem, [...]
In Her Own Words – A Shock Therapy Survivor
PsychSearch In Her Own Words - A Shock Therapy Survivor Colin Taufer In my last article I compared the brain damage caused by shock therapy and the brutal helmet to helmet collisions of American football. Both the patient and the player are left with short and long term symptoms such as memory loss, confusions and progressive dementia. Unfortunately, in the case of the shock patients, these detrimental symptoms are seen as the “cures” for whatever ails them. The patient’s fogged memory and impaired reasoning are seen by the psychiatrist as improvements. Dull the patient’s cognitive reasoning and emotional life force [...]
How Psychiatry Labels Gifted Children for Psychiatric Drugging
PsychSearch How Psychiatry Labels Gifted Children for Psychiatric Drugging Colin Taufer A mother and a psychiatrist are relaxing in a park, both observing the mother’s son at play. The mother feels her child may be gifted. The psychiatrist observes the boy and speculates he is suffering from ADD/ADHD and needs medication. How could this be? How could two people viewing the same child come to such different conclusions? The first answer is, like all psychiatric diagnoses, there are no bio-markers (no blood tests, no brain scans, no genetic tests, no hair analyses) that validate the “disease” of ADD/ADHD. The [...]
“Forensic Psychiatry” Insanity
PsychSearch "Forensic Psychiatry" Insanity Colin Taufer Forensic Psychiatry* - a subspecialty of psychiatry which applies to legal issues. There are two major areas of criminal evaluations in forensic psychiatry. These are Competency to Stand trial (CST) and Mental State at the Time of the Offense The American Psychiatric Association wants the world to know that mental illness is a disease just like heart disease or diabetes. This is simply not true. Diseases have biomarkers which can be tested for and proven to exist. A real doctor can examine an x-ray and diagnose heart disease or read a blood test and [...]
The Shrinks are Shrinking
PsychSearch The Shrinks are Shrinking Colin Taufer "Psychiatry is in decline and is becoming obsolete.” This statement does not come from an anti-psychiatry group or a former patient with an axe to grind or a dubious website. This quote comes from an article published by The British Journal of Medical Practitioners, a professional, peer-reviewed online medical journal. The title of the article says it all Psychiatry in Decline. How does the author, a noted English psychiatrist, make his point? Plentifully, honestly and accurately: ● Psychotropic drugs are perceived as a form of control by psychiatrists towards their patients. ● [...]
Psychiatrists’ Obsession with Sex
PsychSearch Psychiatrists’ Obsession with Sex By Colin Taufer The “World’s Sexiest Psychiatrist” is not a punchline to a crude joke or the caption on a humorous cartoon. No. The World’s Sexiest Psychiatrist is the tragically accurate and infamous nickname of New Jersey psychiatrist Theodore F. Jasper, who, recently had his licence revoked for four years. Here’s another nickname for Jasper, from someone unfortunate enough to have crossed paths with him: Terrible Human Being. “Jasper is a liar!” his victim told PsychSearch. “He said I made up the story about our sexual relationship to his wife. Then he turned [...]
Psych Drugs Kill
PsychSearch Psych Drugs Kill More Than Heroin Colin Taufer Every day, politicians, the press, and the president condemn the heroin epidemic currently ravaging the country. They talk about its toll in lives lost and communities ruined. They appropriate millions for prevention, treatment recovery, and drug education. They declare it a public health emergency and proclaim their commitment to fight the scourge with the Prescription Opioid and Heroin Epidemic Awareness Week every September. Yet as bad as the curse of heroin is in this country, there is a much worse plague. Psychiatrists kill more Americans than heroin dealers. When he met [...]