Depression Tests Urged for Teenagers

An influential government-appointed medical panel is urging doctors to perform routine screening on all American teenagers for depression, a step that acknowledges that nearly two million teenagers are affected by this debilitating condition.

Depression Tests Urged for Teenagers

They just want kickbacks from the drug companies.

The Truth about Mental Health Disorders - Psychology

The Truth about Mental Disorders.

Dr. John Breeding, Ph.D. psychologist discusses how mental disorders are created by the American Psychiatric Association and listed in the DSM (Diagnostic and Statistical manual of Mental Disorders.

Disorders such as bipolar, ADHD, OCD, Anxiety Disorders, etc. are voted into existence by APA committees.

The underlying assumption of biological psychiatry is that mental illness is biologically based despite the fact that no solid science has been able to identify biological markers for mental illnesses.

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Approval process lowers the number of kids on atypical prescriptions.

Nudged by public pressure, Florida health officials took a baby step last year toward reining in the use of power­ful antipsychotic drugs among children: They began requiring that doctors get approval before giving these drugs to kids under 6 on the Medicaid program.

Approval process lowers the number of kids on atypical prescriptions.

Study forces rethinking on ADHD drugs

New data from a large federal study have reignited a debate over the effectiveness of long-term drug treatment of children with hyperactivity or attention-deficit disorder and have drawn accusations that some members of the research team have sought to play down evidence that medications do little good beyond 24 months.

Study forces rethinking on ADHD drugs

Kids with ADHD May Learn Better by Fidgeting

Like nose-picking and a preoccupation with feculence, the inability to sit still for long periods is a defining characteristic of childhood. But children with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) often squirm constantly, even when other kids can remain still. Many parents and teachers respond by trying to get ADHD kids, at any cost, to stop fidgeting. The assumption is that if they could just stop wriggling, they would be able to focus and learn.

Kids with ADHD May Learn Better by Fidgeting

Ministry orders full probe

Leader of the House, Health Minister Nimal Siripala de Silva told parliament yesterday a full scale investigation will be conducted to probe into the death of a student and another 26 students of St. Thomas' Girls' School, Matara who fell sick after the Rubella vaccination.

Following the investigations, Health Ministry officials will take stern action against doctors and Ministry officials if they are found to be at fault.

Ministry orders full probe

First Ritalin, then cocaine - CCHR

Thousands of South African children who may have been wrongly diagnosed with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and are using a popular Schedule 7 medication could grow up to be cocaine junkies.

First Ritalin, then cocaine - CCHR

Senator expands investigation of Harvard psychiatrist

Senator Charles E. Grassley has widened his investigation into well-known Harvard child psychiatrist Dr. Joseph Biederman, questioning whether Biederman promised pharmaceutical giant Johnson & Johnson that his research into the company's drugs would yield positive results before even beginning the studies.

Senator expands investigation of Harvard psychiatrist

Bipolar Disorder Children

Children as young as 6 years old have been diagnosed with bipolar disorder. In order for a proper diagnosis to be done, they need to be observed long enough to tell the difference between normal childlike behaviors and bipolar disorder behaviors. One thing that must be taken into consideration is the problems that children go through can also overlap with bipolar disorder. When diagnosing children, the same criteria that are used to diagnose adults can also be used except for some minor modifications because of the age levels.

Bipolar Disorder Children

Most Kids With ADHD Aren't Getting the Treatment They Need

Most Kids With ADHD Aren't Getting the Treatment They Need

When kids with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) aren't adequately treated, they may seem like a whirlwind of overwhelming energy or unable to concentrate long enough to complete tasks. And that can make them — and even their parents — feel pretty out of control. But treatment can help make life feel much more manageable for kids with the common behavioral disorder.

Model peaceful behavior for your child

Model peaceful behavior for your child

Over the years, I've talked to you about developing kindness and a sense of service in your children. Human beings need one another - in fact, forced isolation and the inability to interact with others can cause insanity and death. Babies in orphanages who receive little verbal stimulation turn their faces to the wall and die, even if they are fed and clothed adequately.

Depression pill OK'd for kids but probe goes on

Just weeks after prosecutors accused Forest Laboratories Inc. of illegally marketing its anti-depressants Celexa and Lexapro to children and paying pediatricians kickbacks, U.S. health regulators have approved Lexapro for depression in kids.

Depression pill OK'd for kids but probe goes on

Shire voluntary recalls thirty-nine lots of ADHD patch DAYTRANA - Quick Facts

Shire voluntary recalls thirty-nine lots of ADHD patch DAYTRANA - Quick Facts

Shire plc (SHPGY: News ,SHP.L: News ) announced a voluntary market withdrawal/recall of thirty-nine lots of the ADHD patch DAYTRANA. Shire said that it is taking this action because some DAYTRANA patches no longer meet their release liner removal specification, and as a result, patients and caregivers could have difficulties removing the liners.

Mercury, Autism and the Global Vaccine Agenda

David Ayoub, M.D. goes through the relations of Mercury to Autism as well its connections to “National Security Study Memorandum 200”; for population control. Showing its shocking connections to today’s G.A.V.I. Are powerful forces really trying to help the poor people or could it be for another agenda; the sterilization of the poor? This is an upsetting video, so brace yourself.

Non-stimulant treatment for ADHD funded

From 1 April 2009 atomoxetine (Strattera) will be funded for people with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Available under Special Authority, the drug will be available to people who have not responded to, or who are unable to take, stimulant-type ADHD treatments such as methylphenidate and dexamphetamine.

Non-stimulant treatment for ADHD funded

ADD-care -- A Natural, Homeopathic Alternative Reducing Symptoms Related to Attention Deficit Disorder

ADD-care provides a natural and homeopathic alternative for reducing the symptoms related to attention deficit disorder (ADD) and attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) without a prescription and without negative side effects. Findings included in a study of chronic medication use in children ages 5 to 19 released December 2008 in the journal Pediatrics by researchers from the Saint Louis University School of Medicine, pharmacy benefit manager Express Scripts and the Kansas Health Institute concluded that the utilization patterns for ADD and ADHD medication increased 40.4 percent during the four year study period.

ADD-care -- A Natural, Homeopathic Alternative Reducing Symptoms Related to Attention Deficit Disorder

ADHD misdiagnosis

After a long series of doctors, specialists and medications - all tackling ADHD - it turns out Kenny never had ADHD in the first place.

Instead he had a parasite that mimicked the affects of ADHD.

ADHD misdiagnosis

ADHD Studies Target Circuitry, Stimulants’ Effects

ADHD Studies Target Circuitry, Stimulants’ Effects

A new brain-imaging study by researchers at the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) suggests that taking psychostimulant drugs for attention deficit/ hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, does not adversely affect development of the cortex.

Narcolepsy Drug Might Be Addictive

Narcolepsy Drug Might Be Addictive

A drug used to treat narcolepsy is increasingly being taken to sharpen mental skills, but researchers now report troubling evidence that it also harbors the potential for abuse.

Kids Exercise Reduces Risk of ADHD

Researchers at the University of Illinios, Urbana-Champaign have discovered that kids exercise helps reduce the symptoms of ADHD in children. Kids all across the country were involved in this study and the results even showed kids with no previous reduction of symptoms with medication showed improvement.

Kids Exercise Reduces Risk of ADHD

Adderall: Deadly Drug Treats Bogus Disease

(NaturalNews) The drug Adderall is linked with heart attack and sudden death in children and young adults according to a newly released study at the New York Medical College of Family Medicine. This drug is commonly prescribed to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), a phony disease that has been diagnosed in 15 percent of school-aged children. Although incidence of heart attack and sudden death is greater in children who take Adderall on a regular basis, it has also been associated with one-time users.

Adderall: Deadly Drug Treats Bogus Disease

ADHD drugs can give kids nightmarish hallucinations

Well, they've found another side effect to ADHD treatments: "rare" cases of hallucinations. And of course, since children are by far the largest segment of the population being treated for so-called attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder, it's kids that are suffering from these side effects.

ADHD drugs can give kids nightmarish hallucinations

A beefy market calls for non-stimulant ADHD treatments

Attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a common and highly heritable neurodevelopmental psychiatric disease. It is also an indication for commercially successful drugs. The major ADHD drugs posted 2008 sales of US$ 3.9 bln. The current generation of ADHD treatments are mostly CNS stimulants. Although the major classes such as amphetamine/lisdexamfetamine, methylphenidate and dexmethylphenidate have lost patent protection for the substance, the use of extended release or topical drug delivery formulations have maintained a rich source of revenues for major players J&J, Shire, Eli Lilly and Novartis. As many parents are concerned about the use of CNS stimulants for treatment of their kids due to their addictive properties, research is focused on new non-stimulant drug targets. Most of them are in clinical phase I and II evaluation and include reuptake inhibitors, glutaminerigic substances, histamine antagonists and nicotinic receptor agonists

A beefy market calls for non-stimulant ADHD treatments

Empowered parents combat depression

Childhood is supposed to be a happy, carefree time -- which makes the idea of childhood depression hard to imagine for adults.

However, children and even infants can indeed suffer from depression.

Empowered parents combat depression

How often should blood work be done on children taking ADHD medications?

Can you answer VT’s question about ADHD?:

How often should blood work be done on children taking ADHD medications?

Zoloft for ADHD: Helpful or Hazardous?

By the time you are finished reading this, you are going to understand why Zoloft may not be the best option for treating ADHD. Although it is not an officially recognized treatment for ADHD, it has been known to help in alleviating the symptoms of ADHD in some people. Zoloft for ADHD is often taken along with small doses of psychostimulants like Ritalin and Adderall.

Zoloft for ADHD: Helpful or Hazardous?

Book: Columbine shooters mentally ill, not bullied

Book: Columbine shooters mentally ill, not bullied

Shortly after the massacre at Columbine High School, a question popped into Peter Langman's mind: What would possess a child to pick up a gun, take it to school and mow down his classmates?

You Gotta Keep 'Em Medicated

You Gotta Keep 'Em Medicated

Focus on: Adderall

Focus on: Adderall

Midterms have come and gone. Before we know it, we will have finals to spend every waking hour studying for. Sometimes the stress factor and the overbearing workload are just too much for the average college student, so many turn to alternative methods rather than conventional exhaustive study hours. Some students cheat, some give up and some beg their professors for extra help. Others may take the medicated option, whether or not they have a prescription for the drugs.

ADHD symptoms relieved with Listol

Add is a disease impacting nearly 10% of all children in the US, and some one in twenty grownups. This is a very high percentage of population. Out of the evolving diseases in the world, attention deficit is the fastest. As many as 85% of people suffering from attention deficit hyperactivity disorder never seek treatment. Diagnosing ADHD is not straightforward because the symptoms are real subjective. attention deficit disorder patients find it virtually hopeless to concentrate on one thing at a time. A person with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder is unable to finish a given task, to focus for any extended period of time, and is very challenging to communicate with, as they are invariably in a hurry to do something. If you suffered from ADHD as a kid and it was left raw, chances are that as an adult, you will have it too.

ADHD symptoms relieved with Listol

Parents of kids with ADHD more likely to divorce, study says

For many years, scientists have explored how parental conflicts and other marital problems can affect the well-being of children. Far less attention has been paid to the opposite question: How do children, especially difficult children, influence the quality of married life?

Parents of kids with ADHD more likely to divorce, study says

Lack of mental health support for young people

Young people with mental health problems are often not receiving the support they need while waiting for treatment, a poll has revealed.

Lack of mental health support for young people

Researchers ID Link Between Ritalin & Cocaine

There's a disturbing link between a widely prescribed medication for ADHD and a street drug.

Researchers ID Link Between Ritalin & Cocaine

Utah mother explains why she won't immunize her child

Health experts have made a big plea over the last several weeks for parents to immunize their children. This comes after the dramatic increase of pertussis or whooping cough in Salt Lake County and an outbreak of meningitis in Minnesota

UCF Study: Hyperactivity Enables Children to Stay Alert

A new University of Central Florida study may explain why children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder move around a lot – it helps them stay alert enough to complete challenging tasks.

UCF Study: Hyperactivity Enables Children to Stay Alert

Expert Disputes Cause Of PRP Death

Hospital records indicate that Pleasure Ridge Park High School sophomore Max Gilpin did not die because coaches denied him water during a football practice, according to a medical expert for Max's coaches.

Instead, a prescription drug Max was taking for attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder most likely triggered the heat stroke that led to his death in August, because it contained amphetamine, which can cause overheating, said Dr. George Nichols, Kentucky's former chief medical examiner.

Expert Disputes Cause Of PRP Death

ADDerall for more than just ADD

According to an article in the weekly science journal, Nature, as many as 25 percent of students have used prescription drugs. The American College Health Association has found that the non-medical use of prescription drugs is the second most common form of illegal drug use in the college population after marijuana.

Adderall, or "Addy" as it is known on some campuses, is the most popular of these drugs. It is a stimulant and an amphetamine, which is a class of drugs that increases the levels of norepinephrine, serotonin and dopamine in the brain. It causes an increased flow of neurotransmitters, which intensifies one’s ability to concentrate, allowing them to focus for extended periods of time.

ADDerall for more than just ADD

Meditation Helps Students With Adhd: New Study

The Transcendental Meditation technique may be an effective and safe non-pharmaceutical aid for treating ADHD, according to a promising new study published this month in the peer-reviewed online journal Current Issues in Education.

Meditation Helps Students With Adhd: New Study

ADHD Drugs: Hallucinations Not Uncommon

Treatment-related hallucinations and other psychotic symptoms in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) may be more common than previously thought, FDA officials report in the latest issue of the journal Pediatrics.

ADHD Drugs: Hallucinations Not Uncommon

Basic Parenting Tips For ADHD - Help is at Hand

By Robert William Locke

The key to ADHD treatment is not ADHD medication - it is simply parenting skills and parenting tips for ADHD is a hot topic right now. Parents want to know how to control their kids, deal with screaming and kicking, temper tantrums and failure to complete homework.

All the kids you read about in the blogs who are out of control and aggressive are sometimes just reacting to their ADHD meds. Aggression is one of the behaviours associated with these psychostimulant drugs, as indeed with marijuana, cocaine, ecstasy and other substances. When the parents are interviewed the ONE thing that comes out is their failure to set limits. This is very often the result of guilt or fear or indulgence on their part. Being over strict or over indulgent is going to have an enormous influence on the way your child behaves. The ability to set limits which are realistic is one of best parenting tips for ADHD that you can apply.

Here are some five more parenting tips ADHD:

1. How the family functions is KEY. Very often, the rules are unclear or applied unfairly. Sometimes, the father may apply the rules in a different way from the mother and confusion and misbehaviour are the result.
2. Time limits and setting the routine. The child knows what happens and when it happens. Routine is important to the ADHD child so there is a time limit for watching TV, computer and video games and so on. Letting children know when things are due to finish helps them in their time management skills, rather than finishing each activity brusquely.
3. Getting ready for bed has to follow a set routine as well . Proper preparation and calming down activities are a great help here. This also helps with sleep problems.
4. Make sure that you are communicating with your child and praising him or her when tasks, such as homework are finished. Help them to break jobs and chores into little pieces remembering that their attention span is rather short. This is especially helpful for homework.
5. Children and the whole family are aware of the rewards and withdrawal of benefits if jobs and tasks are not completed or done. A points or star system to win a special prize or treat which are put on post-its on the fridge door is a good idea.

I know one mother of an ADHD child who became a Taekwondo champion and that was because she refused to have him put on medication. Organising outdoor and physical activities together with your kids is very important too as it increases bonding. While parenting tips for ADHD are useful, there is still the question of what type of medication to give your child. You are probably scared to death about the side effects of the
ADHD drugs and wonder if there is a safer, natural treatment for ADHD. Parenting tips ADHD are just one part of the mosaic- the others are mentioned below and should make your life a lot easier and more serene.

Robert Locke is a Health enthusiast who specializes in Children's Health. He has written extensively on ADHD.

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ADD/ADHD Sufferer Should Now Make the Right Choice in Treatment

With consumers becoming more aware of the dangers of prescription ADD/ADHD medications, and with researchers devoting more resources toward uncovering treatments that will help sufferers conquer ADD/ADHD, there's no doubt that there really are other, more intelligent, choices available to those who have received an ADD/ADHD diagnosis.

ADD/ADHD Sufferer Should Now Make the Right Choice in Treatment

THE SILENT DEATH OF AMERICA’S CHILDREN

THE SILENT DEATH OF AMERICA’S CHILDREN

The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) acknowledges the problems and needs of young individuals and their need for excellent care. These things are self-evident.

However, it seems that many in our mental health system are unaware that parents looking for help do not expect their children to be harmed during the course of psychiatric “treatment,” let alone killed.