The Great Psychiatry Swindle

Native Americans and Alcohol

What do you think Native Americans were doing before they were invaded by the Europeans, getting drunk every night?

Actually, you can blame the western Europeans for stealing their land, destroying their culture, and introducing them to alcohol.
Indians and alcohol

But wait, isn't alcoholism genetic? Not according to the following study, which compared 438 pairs of twins:

"...genetic influences were moderate for all alcohol abuse ...debilitating drug use [was] largely environmentally determined."
Wiley Interscience

Iraqis, American Kids, and Psychiatry

"Most Iraqi people now deal with each other in an aggressive way; they show disturbed behaviour." says Dr. Haidr al-Maliki, a psychiatrist in Baghdad. I'm sure not even Dr. al-Maliki would pretend the cause of disturbed behavior amongst Iraqis today is 'genetic'.
BBC

But American psychiatry's response (with their collaborators in the wealthy pharmaceutical industry) would be to label it a genetic problem, or a "chemical imbalance"-- and then prescribe Ritalin, thorazine, Prozac, and all their other snake oils.

"there are currently an estimated 5 million school-age children on [Ritalin]. Another 2 million children are thought to be on other psychiatric drugs, such as adderall and dexedrine."
Frontline: medicating kids

Ritalin

Is it really logical to believe that millions of kids in the USA are so dysfunctional they need to be on psychiatric drugs? Or is this just drugs for profit. Are parents and teachers too easily swayed—or forced?
Kids on drugs

"District marks parents as alleged child abusers for wanting to take their 7-year-old son off the medication."
Times Union

Even pre-schoolers are being drugged.
Prozac nursery

A recent study by the University of Buffalo shows no long-term benefit, and damaging effects and children's behavior and development.
BBC

Psychiatry and Automobiles

Psychiatrists use a guidebook of mental problems, the DSM ("Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders". But it's just a list of illnesses, not a description of mental health. That's because psychiatry is not in the business of promoting mental health-- they are in the business of getting rich off of fixing problems after the problems occur.
DSM authors' financial ties to drug companies

Don’t you think there are auto-mechanics out there who invent imaginary problems with your car-- just so they can get you to pay them real money to "fix" it?

George Bush on Drugs

George bush's 'new freedom initiative' is designed to exploit this system.




In depth discussion of Bush's "New Freedom Initiative"

Mental Illness Prevention

Ultimately, promoting mental health requires preventing mental problems, not waiting until it's too late. And that requires fixing families and society. In the long run, it's more effective and less expensive than any psychiatric treatment. Insurance companies, psychiatrists, and insurance companies don't want prevention, because there's no profit in it.

"...research does suggest many important actions that individuals and families can take (or avoid) to lower the risk of schizophrenia and other mental illnesses..."
Schizophrenia prevention

"Emerging evidence suggests that certain mental health problems can be prevented, while in others onset may be delayed and severity of symptoms decreased."
the prevention institute

"Better understanding of the nature of mental health and mental illness is the key to changing the priorities, policies and practices in education, law, social services, housing and health critical in turn to the conditions conducive to mental health."
Australian and New Zealand journal of psychiatry

US Surgeon General on Prevention

Boston Globe on Prevention

University of Wyoming on Prevention

US Department of Health on Prevention

Bill Maher on Drugs


Note, I have never had any personal or professional association with Scientology. One does not need to be a Scientologist to notice how corrupt our mental health system is. I have never been diagnosed with any mental illness. I studied psychology in college. A loved-one committed suicide after years of conventional treatment for schizophrenia. He was not psychotic when he died, only hopeless and sad. His mind and dignity had been destroyed by years of institutionalization, pharmaceuticals, and shock treatment ("electroconvulsive therapy", or ECT). I believe people can have severe mental and emotional problems. I do not agree with the disease and drug approach to treatment.

I have no personal or professional association with the producers of these videos