Archive for October, 2006

IARP Survey of hospitals using Reiki

October 31, 2006

http://www.satyacenter.com/services-reiki-iarphospitalsurvey.html The International Association of Reiki Professionals (IARP) has conducted a survey of “America’s Best Hospitals” to determine the extent that Reiki is used at the world’s finest and most progressive hospitals and what kinds of programs if any, formal or informal, are in place. Reiki is an ancient healing art practiced in great numbers [...]

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World Peace Crystal Grid, South Pole

October 26, 2006

http://www.reiki.org/GlobalHealing/southp.html The WPCGs (World Peace Crystal Grids) have symbols for all the major belief systems of the world and their inscriptions read, “May the followers of all religions and spiritual paths work together to create peace among all people on earth.” “In May, 1997, I placed a specially designed and empowered Reiki Grid – the [...]

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NNT, the crucial health stat you’ve never heard of

October 25, 2006

Drug companies of course have an incentive to exaggerate a drug’s benefit – there’s lots of money to be made – but in the following article, you learn that public-health authorities tend to tolerate these exaggerations. The reason is because even if there’s only a slight percentage of people who benefit, but millions are on the drug, it may save a [...]

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Stevie Wonder and Tiger Woods

October 24, 2006

Stevie Wonder and Tiger Woods are in a restaurant having dinner. Woods turns to Wonder and says, “How’s the singing career going?” Stevie Wonder replies, “Not too bad. How’s the golf?” Woods replies, “Not too bad, I’ve had some problems with my swing, but I think I’ve got that going right now.” Stevie says, “I [...]

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Elderly abuse, psychiatry abusing seniors

October 24, 2006

http://www.mental-health-abuse.org/elderlyAbuse8.html “To psychiatrists old age is a ‘mental disorder,’ a for profit ‘disease’ for which they have no cure, but for which they will happily supply endless prescriptions of psychoactive drugs or damaging electroshock treatment.” — Jan Eastgate President, Citizens Commission on Human Rights International It’s not just the young that may fall victim to [...]

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Artists harmed by psychiatry

October 20, 2006

Found this pdf on Psychbusters – Artists who were harmed by psychiatry – http://h11.protectedsite.net/files/7513/artists_EN.pdf You can also find the html version here: http://www.mental-health-abuse.org/harmingArtists.html.  Here is an excerpt: “The true story about the pain, confusion and the crushed artistic dreams that psychiatry (and its cousins psychology and psychoanalysis) have brought to the artistic community is one that must be [...]

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Psychbusters

October 19, 2006

Psychbusters is a great resource! Here is one of their recent press releases found on PR.com:  Canada’s ADHD Drug Warning Lifts Lid on Questionable Diagnosis London, United Kingdom, July 04, 2006 –(PR.COM)– Last month, Canada’s health ministry issued a new warning concerning the controversial drugs used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). The drug warning stated [...]

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Psychiatry revealed

October 19, 2006

Found the following video on YouTube. Thomas Szasz, Professor Emeritus in Psychiatry, discusses the difference between a physical disease, for which there are objective tests like blood tests and X-rays, and a psychiatric one. He also gives a little history lesson on psychiatry. Learn about drapetomania, hysteria and how for hundreds of years, psychiatrists have used so-called diagnostic terms to stigmatize and control people. [...]

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Quick and dirty solution

October 18, 2006

I never knew that LSD and PCP were, for a time, touted as wonder drugs, safe and effective if properly administered. Cocaine I knew about, but not those psychotropic drugs. Doesn’t it ring a bell? The following video is very hard-hitting. There is a warning that it’s not for the faint of heart. The video: “Psychiatry In Your [...]

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Qui bono – who benefits from psychiatry?

October 18, 2006

The person asking this question in the video you’ll find just below is Dr. Thomas Szasz, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry at the State University of New York Health Science Center.  Also appearing is Dr. Fred A. Baughman Jr., neurologist and Dr. Grace Jackson, a board certified psychiatrist. Here is a transcript from a public lecture she gave - What doctors may not [...]

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