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*Psychiatric drugs have been proven to be as effective as placebo; the studies on them only cover the drugs in a short duration (in months); have harmful side effects that deal tons of damage; and even ''cause'' the very same symptoms that they were supposed to cure.<ref>{{Citation|title=Neuroleptics from the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights|title-url=http://psychrights.org/Research/Digest/NLPs/neuroleptics.htm}}</ref> | *Psychiatric drugs have been proven to be as effective as placebo; the studies on them only cover the drugs in a short duration (in months); have harmful side effects that deal tons of damage; and even ''cause'' the very same symptoms that they were supposed to cure.<ref>{{Citation|title=Neuroleptics from the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights|title-url=http://psychrights.org/Research/Digest/NLPs/neuroleptics.htm}}</ref> | ||
:*Antidepressants have been known to cause people to become murderous (and thus increase mass shootings); increase suicide rates;<ref>https://www.madinamerica.com/2020/11/researchers-antidepressant-use-children-increases-suicide-no-evidence-benefit/</ref> and often give sexual dysfunction (referred to as post-SSRI sexual dysfunction, abbreviated to PSSD). | |||
:*Antipsychotics have a ''load'' of side effects.<ref>https://www.newscientist.com/article/2074229-rethinking-schizophrenia-taming-demons-without-drugs/</ref> | |||
*Electroconvulsive therapy has been proven to be absolutely useless for Major Depression Disorder;<ref>{{News citation|title=No evidence that ECT works for depression – new research|url=https://theconversation.com/no-evidence-that-ect-works-for-depression-new-research-139938}}</ref> yet it's abused by psychiatrists *today*. The FDA *tried* to ban ECT; but higher courts overruled the ban because "the FDA does not have jurisdiction over Psychiatry." | *Electroconvulsive therapy has been proven to be absolutely useless for Major Depression Disorder;<ref>{{News citation|title=No evidence that ECT works for depression – new research|url=https://theconversation.com/no-evidence-that-ect-works-for-depression-new-research-139938}}</ref> yet it's abused by psychiatrists *today*. The FDA *tried* to ban ECT; but higher courts overruled the ban because "the FDA does not have jurisdiction over Psychiatry." | ||
*Psychiatric wards are arguably just prisons for innocent persons under a different name; they are full of abuses and the managers running them are often unchecked. | *Psychiatric wards are arguably just prisons for innocent persons under a different name; they are full of abuses and the managers running them are often unchecked. | ||