Psychiatric drugs can be reason of school attacks in US - expert

Alex Hribal, 16 year old suspect in Wednesday’s stabbing spree at a Pennsylvania high school, has been charged as an adult with four counts of attempted homicide and 21 counts of aggravated assault. Ten students injured in the rampage — including three in critical condition — remain hospitalized. "It is too early to judge what caused this particular school attack, but what we know is that there have been 31 school shootings or related acts of violence of which 6 of those were stabbings. And all 31 of those were either on psychiatric drugs or withdrawing from psychiatric drugs at the time of the incident," Kelly Patricia O’Meara from Citizens Commission on Human Rights, the mental health watchdog based in Los Angeles, told The Voice of Russia.

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Stephen Cook asks 'Are Psychotropic Drugs Killing our Kids?'

There is an issue of utmost urgency, to which I would like to draw your attention and invite you to look into it. It concerns the psychiatric drugging of our children.

Stephen Cook asks 'Are Psychotropic Drugs Killing our Kids?'

Children Drugged To Death - Channel 4 News

Harry Hucknall was only 10yrs old when he took his own life after being prescribed powerful anti depressants and ADHD drugs. These powerful drugs are prescribed to children to "ease the symptoms" of a mental health diagnosis based solely on theory. Doctors have been accused of handing these drugs out like sweets. Hundreds of children between the ages of 4 and 6yrs old are being put straight onto these drugs without receiving any form of counselling or talking therapy.

Child victims of the chemical cosh: Boy who killed himself after taking Ritalin

Child victims of the chemical cosh: Boy who killed himself after taking Ritalin

Captured in a family video, Harry Hucknall gives a cheeky grin before whizzing off down the street on his new bike. His father, Darren, will never forget the moment — when Harry was seven — and often watches the scene again and again.

How much do you think they were paid to sign off on this?

Study Finds No Risk of Death from Ritalin, Adderall, Other ADHD Drugs

The findings of a new study failed to find any correlation between the potential side effects of Ritalin, Adderall and other Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) medications and an increased risk of death in children.

DEAD WRONG - How Psychiatric Drugs Can Kill Your Child

Psychiatric disorders are not medical diseases. There are no lab tests, brain scans, X-rays or chemical imbalance tests that can verify any mental disorder is a physical condition.

The Untold Story of Psychotropic Drugging and The Marketing of Madness: Are We All Insane? comes this searing new documentary, exposing how devastating—and deadly—psychiatric drugs can be for children and families.

Behind the grim statistics of deaths, suicides, birth defects and serious adverse reactions is the human face of this global drugging epidemic—the personal stories of loss and courage of those who paid the real price.

Psychiatrists claim their drugs are safe for children?

Once you hear what eight brave mothers, their families, health experts, drug counselors and doctors have to say instead, you will come away convinced of one thing...

Psychiatrists are DEAD WRONG.

WikiLeaks and a Failed Secrecy Bid Push Pfizer to Settle Fatal Drug Test Case

Pfizer (PFE)’s settlement of the Trovan case — in which it was accused of unethically testing a meningitis drug on African children in 1996 without their consent — appears to have been triggered, in part, by WikiLeaks and Pfizer’s failed attempt to keep secret allegations it bribed Nigerian officials. Eleven children died in the experiment. The settlement, for an undisclosed sum, came after three linked events:

WikiLeaks and a Failed Secrecy Bid Push Pfizer to Settle Fatal Drug Test Case

Pfizer Settles Lawsuits Over Drug Trials on Children in Nigeria

Nearly 15 years after its controversial drug trial on 200 children with meningitis in Nigeria, Pfizer Inc. and all plaintiffs in the cases related to the trial announced today that they have reached a global settlement.

Pfizer Settles Lawsuits Over Drug Trials on Children in Nigeria

ADHD: Commonly diagnosed disorder in children. Study links childhood deaths and stimulants

Attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (AD/HD or ADHD) is a neuron behavioral developmental disorder. It is the most commonly diagnosed psychiatric disorder in children affecting about 3 to 5% of children globally with symptoms starting before seven years of age. It is characterized by a persistent pattern of impulsiveness and inattention, with or without a component of hyperactivity. ADHD is diagnosed twice as frequently in boys as in girls, though studies suggest this discrepancy may be due to subjective bias. ADHD is generally a chronic disorder with 30 to 50% of those individuals diagnosed in childhood continuing to have symptoms into adulthood. As they mature, adolescents and adults with ADHD are likely to develop coping mechanisms to compensate for their impairment.

ADHD: Commonly diagnosed disorder in children. Study links childhood deaths and stimulants

Controversy continues over ADHD medication, sudden cardiac deaths

Controversy continues over ADHD medication, sudden cardiac deaths

Due to a paucity of data, controversy persists regarding the risk of cardiac events associated with children taking medications for attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder, according to a speaker here at the 2010 American Academy of Pediatrics National Conference and Exhibition.

Baby Dies From Overdose At Children’s Hospital

Baby Dies From Overdose At Children’s Hospital

Seattle Children's Hospital is under investigation after an infant died from a medication overdose, reported KIRO 7 Eyewitness News.

Drug Laws Violated for Foster Kids : Deeper Concerns

In the wake of a little boy's suicide and the admission by child welfare chiefs that they violated a 2005 law aimed at protecting kids from psychiatric-drug use, some Florida lawmakers suggest the death may be a symptom of deeper problems.

Drug Laws Violated for Foster Kids : Deeper Concerns

Medication Mistake Kills Toddler at Hospital-Ran Care Facility

Children's Hospital & Medical Center believes human error led to the accidental death of a 19-month-old girl. Alicia Coleman had a seizure and went into cardiac arrest Saturday morning after medication was improperly routed into her system.

Medication Mistake Kills Toddler at Hospital-Ran Care Facility

Gabriel Myers Investigation: New Report Says 7-Year-Old's Suicide Could Have Been Prevented

Gabriel Myers Investigation: New Report Says 7-Year-Old's Suicide Could Have Been Prevented

The suicide of 7-year-old Gabriel Myers in April 2009 was tragic in and of itself, and now a new report set to be released by the Gabriel Myers Work Group - appointed by Department of Children & Families Secretary George Sheldon to investigate Gabriel's death - says that, with a little oversight by counselors and communication between caregivers, it could have been prevented.

So much bluster, but foster kids' drug nightmare continues

His shocking death supposedly galvanized Florida. It would mean something, this suicide of a foster kid who had been drugged into nether-consciousness with antidepressants and antipsychotics never intended for any child, much less a 7-year-old.

So much bluster, but foster kids' drug nightmare continues

State let danger linger after foster kid’s drug death

Denis Maltez, a 67-pound wisp confined to a state-licensed group home, suffered the debilitating effects of his startling drug cocktail.

State let danger linger after foster kid’s drug death

Controversial Miami psychiatrist dropped from Medicaid program

State healthcare regulators have booted from the state Medicaid program a Miami psychiatrist who had prescribed a cocktail of potent mental health drugs to an autistic, 12-year-old boy who later died of complications from over-medication.

Controversial Miami psychiatrist dropped from Medicaid program

Red flags overlooked in prescription drug death of 12-year-old

Red flags overlooked in prescription drug death of 12-year-old

Born with autism, 12-year-old Denis Maltez was “hyper, needy, pesty,” his psychiatrist wrote following a May 2007 visit.

Dr. Steven L. Kaplan solved the 70-pound boy’s problems with a prescription pad, writing orders for two different anti-psychotic drugs along with a tranquilizer and a mood stabilizer — three of them in the highest doses recommended for adults, records show.

Judge approves $110M settlement in E-Ferol case

A federal judge has approved a $110 million class-action settlement against the manufacturer and distributor of an intravenous vitamin E supplement that federal officials have linked to the deaths of dozens of premature infants in the mid-1980s.

Judge approves $110M settlement in E-Ferol case

Child dies in hospital from accidental overdose