Autism treatments: Risky alternative therapies have little basis in science

Thousands of U.S. children undergo these therapies and many more at the urging of physicians who say they can successfully treat, or "recover," children with autism, a disorder most physicians and scientists say they cannot yet explain or cure.

But after reviewing thousands of pages of court documents and scientific studies and interviewing top researchers in the field, the Tribune found that many of these treatments amount to uncontrolled experiments on vulnerable children.

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Viagra Helpful for Children With Heart Defect

Viagra Helpful for Children With Heart Defect

The erectile dysfunction drug sildenafil, commonly known as Viagra, boosts the heart’s pumping ability in children and young adults who’ve had the Fontan operation to correct single-ventricle heart defects, researchers report.

Excerpts from Robert Whitaker's "Anatomy of an Epidemic: Psychiatric Drugs and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America"

The percentage of Americans disabled by mental illness has increased fivefold since 1955, when Thorazine - remembered today as psychiatry's first "wonder" drug - was introduced into the market.

Excerpts from Robert Whitaker's "Anatomy of an Epidemic: Psychiatric Drugs and the Astonishing Rise of Mental Illness in America"

How much medication is too much for kids with ADD?

Attention deficit disorder is a neurological disorder causing problems with attention span, hyperactivity and impulsive behaviors.

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Baby Z Cured of Rare Disease in 3 Days

Baby Z had a one in a million chance of developing a rare metabolic disorder called molybdenum cofactor deficiency and zero chance of avoiding the inevitable death sentence that comes with it.


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Cures aren't profitable. That's why they usually like to manage disease.

Why is Your Doctor Getting Your Child Hooked on Unnecessary Drugs?

Unfortunately it is becoming more and more common to hear reports of how the pharmaceutical industry is manipulating scientific findings and in turn readily handing out prescriptions to children, often unnecessarily. The factor that seems to be driving this trend is very simply the almighty dollar. Keep reading to find out who is responsible for this recent trend, and why your doctor may be getting your child hooked on unnecessary drugs.

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Regulation of Psychotherapy: The Maresfield Report

Worth reading.

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Foster-"Guinea Pigs":

Foster-"Guinea Pigs":
A System of Perpetrators, Not "Protectors"

Too many times, our systems of authority lose sight of the reason(s) for their establishment.

That's not to say that we, the people, are absolved of any responsibility where that is concerned; for we are supposed to maintain vigilant eyes over our systems and offices. The people, of any state or nation, should always be the firm voices of governance for their elected officials and public servants.

Commentary: The Medicated Child and the Compliant Parent

On November 3rd, 2009 Frontline aired a program on the subject of a dramatic increase in the number of children being diagnosed with serious psychiatric disorders.

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