Psychiatry is a Pseudoscience

Here's a great message from Citizens Commission on Human Rights president, Jan Eastgate, that puts the "Post Partum Depression" controversy in the right perspective and shows that psychiatric practice is based on pseudo-science.

For nearly 30 years I’ve worked with women who have been abused by psychiatry, including those diagnosed with “post partum depression” (PPD). I’ve documented horror stories of past “miracle cures” for PPD where psychosurgery mutilated their brains or electroshock wiped out their memory of the birth of their child. Today, mind-altering drugs are passed off as a solution for depression that can follow a traumatic labor. Brooke Shields suffered a grueling labor and was promised that the antidepressant she was prescribed was non-addictive and safe. She was lied to.

The Physicians Desk Reference lists these side effects: agitation, amnesia, confusion, mood swings, nightmares, insomnia, hallucinations, hostility, and psychosis. The FDA warns of suicidal thoughts. Withdrawal effects indicate addiction, a fact that ABC’s Primetime Live exposed last year was suppressed by drug manufacturers.

As for claims that PPD results from a “chemical imbalance” that mind-altering drugs can supposedly correct, the weight of medical opinion shows that there is no way to even determine a “normal balance,” let alone how to correct one. Just more lies.

None of this diminishes the fact that new moms can go through hell and can become desperate. Women may experience drastic drops in hormone levels after the birth of a child that can deliver a major shock to their body. Iron deficiency may also be a problem. But they need medical, not psychiatric help.

There are many alternatives but psychiatrists, defending a more than $14 billion a year psychiatric drug industry, would prefer women didn’t know about them. That’s information worth warning others about—and something about which Tom Cruise has thankfully raised the alarm bell.