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

Pharma Influence on the American Psychiatric Association

It was 95 degrees with 99 percent humidity. The Gulf had the biggest oil spill in U.S. history. And attendees to the American Psychiatric Association (APA) annual meeting in New Orleans May 22–26, had to brave 200 protestors chanting “no drugging kids for money” and “no conflicts of interest” to get into the convention hall.

Pharma Influence on the American Psychiatric Association

Vaccines at birth could result in Ritalin for breakfast aged 5

Big Pharma's only interest in society today is profit. Healthy people are of no use to them whatsoever, after all a healthy person does not need a cure. So bearing this in mind a few adverse reactions here and there do not worry the likes of Glaxo Smith Kline, Merck and Eli Lilly because where there is an adverse reaction there is the chance to prescribe another drug.

Vaccines at birth could result in Ritalin for breakfast aged 5

Too many drugs in treatment of depression

Psychiatric treatment for depression in this country relies too much on medication and needs to reviewed. Today other industrialized countries, including Britain, recommend different approaches.

Too many drugs in treatment of depression

NEW FDA recalls PediaCare children's products

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has announced a voluntary recall by Blacksmith Brands for four kinds of PediaCare children's products. The agency notified health-care professionals and patients about a nationwide recall of all lots of four PediaCare medicines, sold exclusively in the United States and manufactured by McNeil Consumer Healthcare in Pennsylvania.

NEW FDA recalls PediaCare children's products

J&J Faces PR Nightmare Over Recall Of Children’s Medicines

Johnson & Johnson is facing a public relations nightmare as they continue to face a great deal of criticism from lawmakers over their recall of children’s medicines.

J&J Faces PR Nightmare Over Recall Of Children’s Medicines

Kids Count says prevention is lacking in R.I.

Programs such as Incredible Years are a window on what many hope will be the future of wellness and mental health services for children.

Kids Count says prevention is lacking in R.I.

Kids Count says one in five children age 9 to 17 in Rhode Island and across the nation has a diagnosable mental disorder, with one in 10 children having a problem significant enough to interfere substantially with functioning at home, school or in the community.

1 in 5 have a diagnosable mental disorder? Gotta wonder how many of them grow up to be shrinks?

Mentally ill turn to e-therapy

Mentally ill turn to e-therapy

MENTALLY ill Australians are increasingly being diagnosed and treated online in virtual psychiatric clinics, without ever seeing a doctor.

Psychiatrist Peter R. Breggin MD Forms a New Organization with a New Annual Conference

Renowned reform psychiatrist Peter Breggin MD, the author of Toxic Psychiatry, Talking Back to Prozac, and Medication Madness has started a new organization with a new annual conference working toward more effective empathic and effective therapies. Professionals and members of the public can join Dr. Breggin’s inspiring Empathic Therapy Center, featuring a free newsletter and an annual conference to be held April 8-9, 2011 in Syracuse, New York.

Psychiatrist Peter R. Breggin MD Forms a New Organization with a New Annual Conference

Drug Makers Put Children at Risk, Class Says

Drug maker McNeil Consumer Healthcare and parent company Johnson & Johnson were cited for 20 major violations at manufacturing plants for children's pain and allergy medicines, "exposing innocent children ... to dangerous products which never should have been sold," a class claims in Federal Court. The drug makers then compounded the injury by offering consumers "worthless coupons" for replacements of the recalled drugs when and if they arrive on store shelves, the lawsuit states.

Drug Makers Put Children at Risk, Class Says

Government tested AIDS drugs on foster kids

Government-funded researchers tested AIDS drugs on hundreds of foster children over the past two decades, often without providing them a basic protection afforded in federal law and required by some states, an Associated Press review has found.

Government tested AIDS drugs on foster kids

FDA probes hundreds of problems with J&J medicines

* 775 reported complications, hundreds more since recall

FDA probes hundreds of problems with J&J medicines

Near 11% increase in Rx drug spending for US children in 2009, with 5% greater usage of medications

In growing numbers, children across America are adding a dose of medicine to their daily routine. In 2009, the drug trend for children - a measure of prescription spending growth - increased 10.8%, driven by a 5% increase in drug utilization and higher medication costs, according to the Medco 2010 Drug Trend Report. The growth in prescription drug use among children was nearly four times higher than the rise seen in the overall population, pharmacy benefits manager Medco noted.

Near 11% increase in Rx drug spending for US children in 2009, with 5% greater usage of medications

Quaid sues drug maker over his babies’ overdoses

Quaid sues drug maker over his babies’ overdoses

Actor Dennis Quaid has sued the pharmaceutical company that makes the blood thinner heparin following the overdoses that threatened the lives of his newborn twins three years ago.

Judith Warner Q and A: Kids, Medications, Pesticides and ADHD

Judith Warner Q and A: Kids, Medications, Pesticides and ADHD

A nationwide study linking Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in children and exposure to pesticides from fruits and vegetables has fired up moms in the blogosphere.

Now independent thinkers are considered diseased by psychiatry

Now independent thinkers are considered diseased by psychiatry

Psychiatrists have been working on the fourth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) and, in it, they hope to add a whole slew of new psychiatric disorders. Unfortunately, many of these disorders are merely differences in personality and behavior among people.

Our Psychiatric Civilization

It has been a routine week in my clinical and forensic practice. I evaluated a malpractice case involving a woman on the West Coast whose family doctor from a decade earlier kept prescribing Prozac to her for ten years without ever seeing her again. When she ran into emotional difficulty, she called this doctor who simply raised the dose and added a new drug, still without seeing her for a decade. This woman, a respected professional and parent in her community, then landed in a hospital where her adverse drug reaction was mistaken for a mental illness, more psychiatric drugs were added, and she soon killed herself in a most horrendous fashion.

Our Psychiatric Civilization

Is the shrink’s manual just plain madness?

Is the shrink’s manual just plain madness?

A psychiatric diagnostic manual widely used by shrinks is a “fraud” claims a group calling itself the Citizen Commission on Human rights, in reference to the DSM IV.

CCHR issued a statement calling the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders or DSMIV a “fraud perpetrated on society for the sole purpose of enormously increasing their income base by labeling and drugging individuals, particularly helpless little children, for profit.”

Treatment for Teen Depression: Medication, Therapy, and Self-Help

Treatment for Teen Depression: Medication, Therapy, and Self-Help

Depressed teens have trouble succeeding in school and maintaining healthy relationships. The good news is there are plenty of treatment options available.

How Deeply-Flawed Medical Studies Lie About Drug Safety…

How Deeply-Flawed Medical Studies Lie About Drug Safety…

Is modern medicine actually "scientific"? The gold standard for modern medicine is the double-blind and placebo-controlled trial. But there are serious problems with these studies, unknown to most, but widely acknowledged by researchers.

How many psychiatrists does it take to change a light bulb?

One. But the light bulb has got to want to change.

Sharp rise in the use of shock treatment sparks old debate

A SHARP increase in the use of electric shock therapy on severely mentally ill Victorians has sparked concerns the controversial psychiatric treatment is being overused.

New figures show almost 20,000 sessions of electroconvulsive therapy, or ECT, were carried out on 1791 patients in Victorian hospitals in the past financial year - a 10 per cent increase on procedures carried out in the previous year.

Data from Victoria's chief psychiatrist's yearly report also reveals that seven children aged 17 or younger were given a total of 46 ECT treatments, while a further 163 were administered to an undisclosed number of 18 to 19-year-olds.

Sharp rise in the use of shock treatment sparks old debate

Research points to new causes of autism

Research points to new causes of autism

Could delayed childbearing, infertility treatment, and premature birth contribute to autism?

Research presented this week in Philadelphia suggests the answer is yes.

Drugmaker Pfizer spent $4.3M lobbying gov't in 1Q

Pfizer Inc., the world's biggest drugmaker, spent $4.3 million lobbying Congress and federal agencies in the first quarter on numerous aspects of the health care overhaul, coverage of its medicines and tax and patent issues, according to a quarterly disclosure report.

Drugmaker Pfizer spent $4.3M lobbying gov't in 1Q

Psychiatry Enters Dangerous Territory

The new fourth revision of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM) published by the American Psychiatric Association may define several new psychiatric disorders. Some of these do not sound like varieties of mental illness at all, but rather opinions and attitudes. What would “oppositional defiant disorder,” for example, represent?

Psychiatry Enters Dangerous Territory

Big Pharma Makes More Money On Kids, Use Of Medications Among The Young Rises

The pharmaceutical industry has found a growing source of sales–the prescription of medicines, primarily used by adults in the past, to children. A portion of the sharp increase in drugs used by children last year was due to H1N1 doses. But, the majority of the “improvement” in sales was because children are being treated for a rising number of chronic illnesses.According to an annual study done by Medco Health Solutions, Inc. (NYSE: MHS):

Big Pharma Makes More Money On Kids, Use Of Medications Among The Young Rises

Prescription drug use by U.S. children on rise: Medco

Prescription drug use by U.S. children on rise: Medco

Children were the leading growth demographic for the pharmaceutical industry in 2009, with the increase of prescription drug use among youngsters nearly four times higher than in the overall population, according to a report by Medco Health Solutions Inc.

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Children Drugged with Psychotropics for Profit, Social Control

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Rape - Unlicensed Mind Altering Drugs used on Children

Unlicensed Mind Altering Drugs such as Seroxat used in IRELAND to distort childhood memories of abuse.

Rape - Unlicensed Mind Altering Drugs used on Children

Parent of misdiagnosed girl: 'listen to your child'

Adrianna Mininno's parents questioned the pediatrician's initial diagnosis of headaches and vomiting as a viral incident. Turns out Adrianna had a cancerous tumor, and is now undergoing treatment. Her father, James, said "Had we listened to other people's advice, we might not be in the same situation we are in now."

Time to reexamine bipolar diagnosis in children?

Psychiatrists in favor of a new label, temper dysregulation disorder, cite a spike in bipolar diagnoses. But others worry it will add uncertainty to the treatment of an already confusing condition.

Time to reexamine bipolar diagnosis in children?

Scary ADHD Drug Side Effects

Scary ADHD Drug Side Effects

ADHD take choose effects are a frightening reality for galore children and their parents. As a concern of fact, the danger of tralatitious ADHD medications has metamorphose such a concern that umpteen parents are intelligent for else alternatives. Fortunately for them, the makers of homeopathic products know been hearing and they now request a compass of possibilities, all of which are pull significance released.

Kids in drugs trials for a fast buck

Kids in drugs trials for a fast buck

PARENTS are enrolling children as young as nine months in drug trials in exchange for hundreds of dollars.

Are Modern Medications the Cause of a Triple Increase in Children’s Peanut Allergies?

A new study showing that peanut allergies in children have increased at a shocking rate has researchers wondering what caused the spike.

Are Modern Medications the Cause of a Triple Increase in Children’s Peanut Allergies?

Psychiatrist Calls Many Docs 'Pill Pushers'

Doctors Get Incentives to Prescribe, Not Talk

Psychiatrist Calls Many Docs 'Pill Pushers'

In a new book, a local psychiatrist calls doctors in his own field "pill pushers" and says not enough is being done to treat patients with more than a prescription.

ANOTHER TRAGIC MISDIAGNOSED CHILD IN METRO DETROIT

A local area mother shares the traumatic story of her damaged child, due to Dr. Awaad's negligence, & the Oakwood Hospital System

Doctor Accused of Misdiagnosing Kids

He worked at Oakwood Hospital as the director of pediatric neurology for much of the last decade. However, now he is accused of misdiagnosing hundreds, even thousands of children in his care.

Drug maker recalls 43 medicines for children

A division of Johnson & Johnson is recalling 43 over-the-counter medicines made for infants and children -- including liquid versions of Tylenol, Motrin, Zyrtec and Benadryl -- after federal regulators identified what they called deficiencies at the company's manufacturing facility.

Drug maker recalls 43 medicines for children

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.

Prescription For Disaster (Gary Null)

Prescription for Disaster is an in-depth investigation into the symbiotic relationships between the pharmaceutical industry, the FDA, lobbyists, lawmakers, medical schools, and researchers, and the impact this has on consumers and their health care. During this thorough investigation, we take a close look at patented drugs, why they are so readily prescribed by doctors, the role insurance companies and HMO's play in promoting compliance, and the problem of rising health care costs. We examine the marketing and public relations efforts on behalf of the pharmaceutical companies, including sales reps, medical journals and conferences. Further, we look at alternatives to traditional pharmacology and drug therapy, such as vitamins and nutritional supplements, and why they are often perceived as a competitive threat to the drug manufacturers. Alternative therapies also include diet, exercise and a healthy lifestyle. Prescription for Disaster takes you on a journey through the tangled web of big business, the way...all » Prescription for Disaster is an in-depth investigation into the symbiotic relationships between the pharmaceutical industry, the FDA, lobbyists, lawmakers, medical schools, and researchers, and the impact this has on consumers and their health care. During this thorough investigation, we take a close look at patented drugs, why they are so readily prescribed by doctors, the role insurance companies and HMO's play in promoting compliance, and the problem of rising health care costs. We examine the marketing and public relations efforts on behalf of the pharmaceutical companies, including sales reps, medical journals and conferences. Further, we look at alternatives to traditional pharmacology and drug therapy, such as vitamins and nutritional supplements, and why they are often perceived as a competitive threat to the drug manufacturers. Alternative therapies also include diet, exercise and a healthy lifestyle. Prescription for Disaster takes you on a journey through the tangled web of big business, the way disease is treated today, and the consequences we suffer as a society

Dr. Bonkers presents The Nearly Genuine and Truly Marvelous Psychoneuropharmacological Mental Medicine Show

Dr. Bonkers presents The Nearly Genuine and Truly Marvelous Psychoneuropharmacological Mental Medicine Show

Online gallery of modern and vintage psychiatric drug advertising.

NHS spending on 'chemical cosh' child-calming drugs soars by 60% to £31m

NHS spending on 'chemical cosh' child-calming drugs soars by 60% to £31m

NHS spending on 'chemical cosh' drugs to treat hyperactivity has soared by two-thirds to £31million in just four years, new figures revealed yesterday.

Spending on ADHD drugs 'soars by two-thirds'

Growing numbers of children are being given drugs to combat behavioural problems, poor concentration and learning difficulties, figures suggest.

Spending on ADHD drugs 'soars by two-thirds'

Special Report: Adderall: abusing the brain drug

Tiffany Franks is finishing the requirements for high school graduation at Hope Academy. She's sober now but her journey has been a rough one.

The downside of meds

Robert Whitaker wants to start a national conversation about psychiatric medications. In his new book “Anatomy of an Epidemic,’’ Whitaker, a Cambridge-based science writer, argues that drugs for depression, bipolar disorder, and schizophrenia are actually causing a surge in disability. He traces the history of medications for these disorders, how they got to the market and how they’ve grown in popularity.

The downside of meds

Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs To Infants, Toddlers A Lucrative Business

Of all the harmful actions of modern psychiatry, “the mass diagnosing and drugging of children is the most appalling with the most serious consequences for the future of individual lives and for society,” warns the world-renowned expert, Dr Peter Breggin, often referred to as the “Conscience of Psychiatry.”

Prescribing Psychiatric Drugs To Infants, Toddlers A Lucrative Business

The pill: 50 years of birth control changed women's lives

On the eve of the birth-control pill's 50th anniversary — which, coincidentally, falls on Mother's Day — it's time to clear up some misconceptions, if you'll pardon the expression:

The pill: 50 years of birth control changed women's lives

Missouri A Leader In Drugging Its Children

Over Diagnosing Over Prescribing Disorder is apparently a common disorder among physicians in the state of Missouri.

Missouri A Leader In Drugging Its Children

Are We Over-Medicating Our Children?

Andrew is like many seven-year-olds. He likes to pretend, often in costume. But Andrew's grandmother, Nancy Brizendine, says unlike many of his peers, he is escaping from villains that torture his mind. Andrew has been diagnosed with schizo-affective disorder. He has hallucinations along with sadness and anger. Andrew has had four stays since last fall at Marillac, a psychiatric treatment facility for kids in Overland Park.

Are We Over-Medicating Our Children?

A lawsuit from Utah

http://www.psychsearch.net/Utah_Seroquel_Risperdal_Complaint.pdf

FDA finds bacterial contamination in children's medicine ingredients

Raw materials used to make over-the-counter infant's and children's medications, which are subject to a massive recall, tested positive for bacterial contamination, according to a Food and Drug Administration inspection report released late Tuesday.

FDA finds bacterial contamination in children's medicine ingredients

Dr. Murray Feingold: Little data on prescribing psychotropic drugs to children

Prescribing medications to children with emotional problems is like venturing into uncharted waters.

Dr. Murray Feingold: Little data on prescribing psychotropic drugs to children

Little info on recall of child medications

Little info on recall of child medications

Doctors and pharmacists don't know any more about the large-scale recall of commonly used children's medications than the cryptic details released by the drug maker, but they do have advice.

Low Folate Linked To Hyperactivity in Children

A study has found that consuming low levels of folate during the early stages of pregnancy can result in hyperactive behavior among children. Low levels of folate hamper the development of brain in fetus during the early stage of pregnancy.

Low Folate Linked To Hyperactivity in Children

Leigh Donaldson: Psychiatric drugging of American children is cause for alarm

The use of powerful drugs to treat younger and younger patients has gone far beyond disturbing.

Leigh Donaldson: Psychiatric drugging of American children is cause for alarm

New group to promote Children’s Mental Health Awareness

Mule Town Family Network, a local group, has been formed to plan and execute a series of activities across the nation to promote National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day on May 6.

New group to promote Children’s Mental Health Awareness

Children’s and Infant’s Drug Recalls Announced – McNeil Product Recall 2010 Details

Children’s and Infant’s Drug Recalls Announced – McNeil Product Recall 2010 Details

Children’s and Infant’s Drug Recalls Announced – McNeil Product Recall 2010 Details. Every parent’s worst nightmare is giving their child medicines that are bad. Many panicking parents are worried because of a newly announced McNeil Product recall. Affected by the recall is 40 commonly used children’s and infant’s medications which include Tylenol, Tylenol Plus, Benadryl, Zyrtec, and Motrin.

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 to get $1 million in drug settlement

Johnson and Johnson subsidiary agrees to pay federal, state governments in drug marketing case

State to get $1 million in drug settlement

That money should go to the kids not the states.