On AlterNet: antipsychotics

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "antipsychotics"

Nation of Pill Poppers: 19 Potentially Dangerous Drugs Pushed By Big Pharma

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. December 5, 2010.

Here are some of the dicey drugs many Americans are hooked on, thanks to greedy pharmaceutical companies.

Are Some States Drugging Incarcerated Kids to Alter Their Behavior?

Marian Wang, ProPublica. October 6, 2010.

Despite the risks to the kids, adolescents in detention are being given antipsychotic drugs instead of counseling.

Pharmaceutical Giant Paid $500,000 to Psychiatrist Who Used Chicago's Poor as Guinea Pigs

Christina Jewett and Sam Roe, ProPublica. November 20, 2009.

Dr. Michael Reinstein reaped a cool half million off his patients' misery.

States Taking Pharma to Court for Risky Antipsychotic-Prescribing Spree

Martha Rosenberg, AlterNet. October 19, 2008.

Certain antipsychotics are leaving legions of children and elderly in chemical straightjackets for treatment of conditions they didn't even have.

How Teenage Rebellion Has Become a Mental Illness

Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. January 28, 2008.

Big pharma has some new customers. Not complying with authority is now, in many cases, labeled a disease.