Deutsche Bank Sold Massive Amounts of Phantom Stock

" delivery records,” there were “only two failures to deliver.” So Deutsche Bank systematically failed to even locate the stock that it sold, but the NYSE isn’t calling it “naked short selling,” and...

Omar Khadr "Child Terrorist" denied independent psychiatrist: US

Opinion Barry Artiste. Now Public Contributor Certainly an unbiased psychiatrist is needed to determine Omar Khadr’s mental condition, especially if he is to be released back to Canada. Hopefully counseling...

Why Prozac ain't all that

Antidepressants have been garnering a lot of bad press lately, and here's some more. Scientists are beginning to understand depression in a radical new way that downplays the importance of neurochemicals, and thus...

Doctor: Social networking sites skew kids' world view; can be psychologically...

Will generations of kids raised with "online lives" have less grasp of reality and be at psychological risk? Some health professionals see real problems ahead."Children growing up amid the rise of social networking Web sites may have a "potentially dangerous" view of the...

Half a Decade of War: Five Years After Iraq Invasion, Soldiers Testify at Win...

" AMY GOODMAN: [Five years ago] on March 19th, 2003, the US began bombing Baghdad. The invasion was on. Six weeks later, President Bush stood under a banner reading “Mission Accomplished” and declared an end to major military combat operations in Iraq. Now, half a...

Britney Spears has "mental issues," manager says

"Sam Lufti, the manager and companion of troubled pop star Britney Spears, has said the singer suffers from "mental issues" and has seen a psychiatrist, talk show host Barbara Walters revealed on Monday. On her...

Deciphering Chávez’s psyche

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is clearly colorful — breaking out in song in the middle of speeches, firing government officials in public, repeatedly alleging plots to kill him and, most recently, pushing...

Psychiatrist: Showing Cho's Video Is 'Social Catastrophe'

I was one of the many people to say "What did he send??" -all I needed to hear was a description of the materials...not their contents.I cannot believe how irresponsible and insane it is for the public to be bombarded with continual looping video from this mentally unstable...

Addiction doctor gets 6-month sentence

"But in Maine, where he was not licensed to prescribe controlled drugs, his practice of forging prescriptions and then falsifying log books to make it look as though patients had been seen by doctors with valid...

Women Settle for Mediocre Sex, Scientist Finds

"Women have high expectations for nearly every area of their lives, but when it comes to sex, they settle for less. And most women keep their dissatisfaction with sex a secret, leaving their partners (let alone...

Controversial Quebec psychiatrist suspended for over-prescribing meds

MONTREAL -- A controversial psychiatrist has been temporarily suspended by the Quebec College of Physicians for over-prescribing medication to two patients.

Judges Must Stop Being Puppets of Psychiatry in Probate Courts

Studies: Psychiatrists have no courtroom expertiseInvoluntary Commitment – An unconstitutional injustice NO CRIME, NO JUSTICE: You are considered by a psychiatrist to be a danger to yourself or others although...

Visions of Peace -- A Combat Vet's Dream

A place to consider why we can't break the addiction to violence and war.

The Iraq War -- On Drugs

Wounded U.S. soldiers junked out on Valium and being returned to active duty in Iraq. Some committing suicide.

Horrors of war haunt the nights

More than 30 years later, Vietnam Veterans experience recurrent nightmares. PTSD does exist. These men are not draft-dodgers.

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