Shocking News About Psychiatric Medications and Treatments is a bit of a public service announcement in that it strives to provide reliable sources of information about Psychiatric medications and treatments, to include electroconvulsive therapy or ECT, and to address some misperceptions that create a stigma and even fear for many who are in need of treatment.  Author Judith Warner is presented in a video interview with NIMH Director regarding her book, We’ve Got Issues.  She describes how her initial impression about children and psychiatric medication changed as a result of her six year investigation, and raises concerns about the need for more and better research on psychiatric medications.  Also, presented is the view held by some that psychiatry is not really a medical field, but an attempt by power hungry psychiatrists to control the population in the same manner that Nazi’s gained control of Germany – and a response to that view.