Myth #1:
Mental illness exists.
Myth #2: Psychiatry
contributes to health and well-being.
Myth #3: Psychiatry
does more good than harm.
Myth #4: Psychiatry
employs sound scientific principles to diagnose "mental
disorders."
Myth #5: Psychiatry
treats and cures the cause of behavior problems.
Myth #6: Psychiatric
drugs do not contain toxins which are harmful and
potentially dangerous to the human body.
Myth #7: Its alright
to give children psychiatric drugs to control behavioral
problems.
Myth #8: Young
people who commit extreme acts of violence & suicide are
rarely under the care of psychiatrists.
Myth #9: There are
no safe & effective alternatives to psychiatric treatments.
Myth #10: Psychiatry
& the pharmacological industry are not primarily motivated
by money.