Solutions
CCHR UK does not claim to have all the answers. However, it does refuse to turn a blind eye to the abuses carried out in the name of psychiatric treatment.
There are no cures in this field according to psychiatrists themselves, yet we spend billions in taxpayers’ money through the NHS for psychiatric opinions, unworkable psychiatic practices and expensive drugs that have serious effects.
The Government pays huge sums for psychiatric advisors and consultants to aid them in the education system, the courts and drug rehabilitation where effective solutions are needed but not delivered.
The practice of polypharmacy (multiple prescriptions of different drugs for one diagnosis), involving mind-altering and addictive drugs or combined with highly addictive painkillers, is a serious irregular practice - yet practiced every day in psychiatric facilities.
Even prescriptions of single psychiatric drugs can be so dangerous as to cause serious effects including death or suicide.
In order to protect and preserve your mental health you may find some of our recommendations useful:
First and foremost, one should sign an Advance Statement, a psychiatric living will, stating you do not wish to receive psychiatric drugs or practices should you lose capacity to consent to treatment. Ensure this is kept with your medical records, your lawyer and a trusted member of the family.
When presented with a mental problem, whether it be from a loss of a loved one or a job, through taking illicit drugs known to produce psychosis, through some physical trauma such as rape, an operation or simply feeling down and depressed, remember all these things are "symptoms." When such conditions exist, they don't require harmful practices such as restraints, dangerous drugs and electro shock treatment. Many conditions can be triggered by an undiagnosed and untreated physical condition. Doctors should always look for the underlying causes that would alleviate the mental symptoms and not just leave patients drugged without any cures.
It is vitally important that you find out what is causing the 'symptoms' you are experiencing. Remember, these 'symptoms' cannot be seen under any microscope, unlike real deseases such as cancer and diabetes. So, before any treatment is undertaken, you have the right to demand of your doctor to test for underlying, undiagnosed medical conditions, allergies, toxins or even chiropractic adnormalities (pinched nerves), causing the mental stress or problems.
