Citizens Commission on Human Rights

Australia is experiencing a tidal wave of psychiatric drugging. In a population of 27 million, there were 47.3 million prescriptions written for psychiatric drugs in 2023/2024. Over $13.2 billion is spent annually on mental health. Of great concern is the growing numbers of children and teenagers on antidepressants when no antidepressant is approved for use in children under the age of 18 for depression. There were 161,729 Australian children aged 0-17 on an antidepressant in 2023/24. Considering the huge increases in psychiatric drug consumption over the last twenty years – drugs we are told are nothing short of miraculous – why aren’t we doing better? This compelling documentary details the real story of what lies behind the ever-increasing psychiatric funding and drugging of our children and society. Watch Psychiatry: Friend or Foe? The Untold Story of Australian Psychiatry. It is vital information everyone needs to know.

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  Australian Government Psychiatric Drug Warnings
  There are over 105 Australian Government psychiatric drug warnings. Provision of information about these warnings are a vital component of every patient’s right to fully informed consent. The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) The Therapeutic Goods Administration (TGA) is Australia’s drug… Read more: Australian Government Psychiatric Drug Warnings
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  SA Psychiatrists Want to Keep Being Able to Electroshock Children and Now Want to Make Restraint Use Easier to Give Involuntary Electroshock
  The SA Mental Health Act is under review. Electroshock is legal for use on all ages including children, pregnant women and the elderly in SA and there are no proposals to change this. The SA Chief Psychiatrist has now proposed… Read more: SA Psychiatrists Want to Keep Being Able to Electroshock Children and Now Want to Make Restraint Use Easier to Give Involuntary Electroshock
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  Restraint & Seclusion of Children and Electroshock of Children Over 14 Years are Legal in Western Australia
  The WA Mental Health Act is under review. Now is the time to change this. The WA Mental Health Act allows psychiatry to commit the above torturous practices on vulnerable children and adults. Under the WA Animal Welfare Act, if… Read more: Restraint & Seclusion of Children and Electroshock of Children Over 14 Years are Legal in Western Australia
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  Psychiatric Labelling and Drugging of Australian Children: The Facts
  There has been a dramatic increase in the psychiatric labelling and prescription of antidepressants, antipsychotics and ADHD drugs to Australian children. In 2023/24 there were 400,070 children on a psychiatric drug, 2,916 of these aged 0-4.1 Parents have a right to… Read more: Psychiatric Labelling and Drugging of Australian Children: The Facts