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MENTAL HEALTH

New Bill Would Require Informed Consent for Veterans Prescribed High-Risk Psychiatric Drugs

Nearly 70 percent of veterans under VA care are prescribed suicide-inducing psychiatric drugs, most without warning—spurring 17 national veterans’ organizations to support the bill.

MENTAL HEALTH

“You’ll Be Disappeared”: Whistleblower Warns Psychiatric Hospitals Are Seizing the Elderly for Profit

Families of two Vietnam veterans say they were barred from contact as hospitals took control, drained Medicare and let their loved ones die.

MENTAL HEALTH

Unseen. Uncounted. Dead: An Exclusive Freedom Investigation into the VA’s Hidden Suicide Pipeline

At least 17 veterans a day die by suicide. Some families say the VA helped pull the trigger.

MENTAL HEALTH

Florida’s Baker Act Leaves Trail of Harm for Involuntarily Committed Veterans

The ease of being involuntarily committed under Florida law discourages many veterans from seeking help. Jordan Hunkin’s suicide is a too-common outcome.

MENTAL HEALTH

Psychiatry’s Abusive Baker Act & VA Behind Soldier’s Suicide

The VA admits their own deficient care and wrongful use of Florida’s Baker Act in relation to Jordan Hunkin’s death. Worse, it’s far from the first time.

DRUGS

Pharmaceutical Mole aka VA Under Secretary Pushes Ecstasy on Our Nation’s Vets

Shereef Elnahal, Under Secretary for Health at the Department of Veterans Affairs, has a history of financial ties to a pharmaceutical company deeply involved in Ecstasy research. No wonder he keeps pushing for wider acceptance of the deadly drug.