http://www.newswithviews.com/Blumenfeld/Samuel27.htm

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Every parent in America should be made aware of a presidential initiative called the “New Freedom Commission on Mental Health.” This commission issued a report last year calling for the mandatory mental health screening of American schoolchildren...

http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul232.html


From Information Clearing House

Mandatory testing and medication for childhood mental illnesses if the federal government gets their way

In its rush to pass an omnibus federal budget, the U.S. Congress recently approved measures to possibly promote the involuntary screening and consequent medication of students for suspected mental illnesses. The legislation, which passed both the House and Senate, conjoins with two Bush administration pet projects: the president’s New Freedom Commission on Mental Health and No Child Left Behind. In a telephone interview, lobbyist Michael Ostrolenk, M.A., explained that the Mental Health Commission’s recommendations for universal and mandatory mental illness screening remain just that: recommendations. Individual states remain free to decide how or if they would implement them. Ostrolenk cites the example of the state of Illinois, which attempted to force screening protocols on all pregnant women and public school children. Public outcry forced that state to retreat. Nevertheless, President Bush and the Senate requested $44 million toward block grants to states to support universal and mandatory measures, although the House cut the allocation down to $20 million. Several observers believe that the Republicans have caved into economic pressures, and accuse pharmaceutical companies of using their influence to receive favors from all levels of government responsible for mental health care. In July 7 of this year the Philadelphia Daily News reported that a government psychiatrist had filed a public interest lawsuit “charging major pharmaceutical companies, state officials and state contractors with public corruption, and fraud violations of civil and criminal law,” alleging that the drug firms had essentially dictated the diagnostic criteria that state officials used for mental illnesses, skewing them in such a manner as to favor conditions that require psychotropic medication rather than counseling or psychotherapy.

The article went on to cite similar lawsuits in several other states, as well as the firing of the original Pennslyvania whistleblower.
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From:
Aftermath News
Top Stories - December 23rd, 2004

Scientific advisers to the Food and Drug Administration next week are expected to recommend tougher warning labels or other restrictions on antidepressants linked to suicidal behavior in children. A re-analysis of studies, released last month, confirmed that those on antidepressants may be nearly twice as likely to become suicidal as kids given sugar pills, and some drugs appear to raise the risk much more than others.

June 2003: FDA advises doctors not to prescribe Paxil for kids under 18 because of possible rise in suicide risk.
August 2003: Wyeth tells doctors that studies show hostility and thoughts of suicide increase in children 6 to 17 taking Effexor and Effexor XR.

October 2003: FDA sends a "Dear Dr." letter saying studies can't rule out increased suicidal thinking and attempts in children on the antidepressants, urges caution in prescribing.

December 2003: British drug regulators advise doctors to use none of the antidepressants except for Prozac with children, saying it's the only one whose benefits outweigh risks.

http://www.newstarget.com/002916.html


From:
Aftermath News
Top Stories - December 23rd, 2004

The number of Lothians children prescribed with the behaviour-controlling drug Ritalin has risen more than sevenfold in the last seven years, it emerged today. But the dramatic rise was smaller than the ten-fold increase recorded across Scotland as a whole. NHS watchdogs said a review would look into why prescription rates vary among health boards throughout the country. The drug is given to children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). A report by the body NHS Quality Improvement Scotland (QIS) said prescribing of the drug, officially known as methylphenidate, rose "notably" between 1996 and 2003, from 69 to 603 prescriptions per 10,000 of the population aged from six to 14. In Lothian, 75 prescriptions per 10,000 children were written in 1996 and, by last year, it had risen to 541. Around one in 20 children in Scotland has ADHD, the key symptoms of which are inattention, hyperactivity and impulsive behaviour.

It is estimated that around half do not grow out of the condition and it carries longer-term risks of other problems including anxiety, depression and suicide.

http://www.infowars.com/articles/ps/rise_of_behavior_controlling_drugs.htm?id=1454132004


From:
Aftermath News
Top Stories - December 23rd, 2004


RITALIN AND RUSSIAN ROULETTE
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My question is when will professionals in this field - and science in general - roll up their sleeves and pinpoint WHY there is a mental health epidemic in children and teens in this country?

Is it the water? The flouride? The mercury in the vaccines? The chemtrails? Or some kind of toxic cocktail of all of the above? Or is it the msg that we, their parents, ingested as fast as we could get our hands in and out of the bags of snack foods that came out in the 60's and 70's? Could it be the elevated amounts of refined sugar we ingested? OR could it be pre-aspartame - saccharin??

OR is it HAARP, microwaves, radar, or electromagnetic field surges? Is it the mind tickling marketing techniques of our major toy and video game manufacturers? Or the japanimation in our children's fav cartoons???

What I'm saying is - what the hell is going on here? Yes, I'm sure now that "we" are on a roll, there are misdiagnoses of ADD/ADHD by the scores - and pills are most times the professionals' treatment. But the fact is, ALOT of kids are in deep trouble - reports of straight A students snapping like twigs, suicides, homicides, depression, fear/paranoia. This is real and there is a reason. When will they get down to business and really find the reason?

Peace - Anna



ADD & ADHD
Epidemic of a Phantom Disease
http://www.nexusmagazine.com/articles/ADHDisbogus.html


Informant: Sylviane



The Truth Behind ADHD
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/409851/