Kids with`ADHD' being caged by drugs, Thornbury photographer says

Kids with`ADHD' being caged by drugs, Thornbury photographer says

DRUGGING energetic children so they comply to classroom activities should be stamped out, says Thornbury photographer Sean O’Carroll.

Health department schedules immunization clinics

In an effort to increase the immunization rates for school-age children, the Harford County Health Department will be holding early Back-to School Immunization Clinics for uninsured and underinsured students.

Health department schedules immunization clinics

ADA: Antipsychotics Change Metabolism in Kids

Antipsychotics appear to increase body fat and increase the risk of metabolic abnormalities in children and adolescents, researchers said here.

ADA: Antipsychotics Change Metabolism in Kids

Psychiatrists are the least effective of mental health professionals, says consultant psychologist

Psychiatrists are the least effective of all mental health professionals, a consultant clinical psychologist has claimed.

Psychiatrists are the least effective of mental health professionals, says consultant psychologist

Psychiatric Drugging of Foster Kids

52% of kids in foster care are being prescribed dangerous and deadly psychiatric drugs. Many are on cocktails of prescribed drugs, including antipsychotics and antidepressants with documented side effects of diabetes, stroke, mania, psychosis, tumors, coma, suicide and death.

Bipolar label soars among kids

Someday, Jenna Beckman's daughter might be diagnosed with bipolar disorder, an incurable swaying between manic rage and depression. But it won't be now, at age 8.

Bipolar label soars among kids

My Thoughts on ADHD and the Drugging of Children

Uncensored, unscripted rant about ADHD, why I think it's basically a fraud foisted upon the public by Big Pharma. Sure to cause some controversy.

Guest commentary: Children diagnosed with ADHD may just be advanced creative thinkers

Guest commentary: Children diagnosed with ADHD may just be advanced creative thinkers

The medical profession is responding to research verifying that millions of children have been misdiagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

Food Coloring and ADHD - No Known Link, But Wider Safety Issues Remain

When University of Maryland psychologist Andrea Chronis-Tuscano testified before a U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) hearing last March, it changed her mind about possible risks of artificial food coloring for children, and drove her to look more closely at the products in her own pantry that she feeds her kids.

Food Coloring and ADHD - No Known Link, But Wider Safety Issues Remain

Stealth Vaccine Laws Allow Children to Consent to Vaccines

Stealth Vaccine Laws Allow Children to Consent to Vaccines

A current California bill, AB 499, would “allow a minor who is 12 years of age or older to consent to medical care related to the prevention of a sexually transmitted disease.”[1] That is, children as young as 12 will be able to get a Gardasil or other STD vaccine without their parents’ knowledge or consent if this bill passes. Disturbingly, North Carolina has a much broader child consent law already on the books: “Any minor may give effective consent . . . for medical health services for the prevention . . . of venereal disease and other [reportable] diseases…”[2] I call these laws “Stealth Vaccine Laws” because they provide for the administration of vaccines without the word “vaccine” or “immunization” appearing in the law. Thus, they may slip under the radar of anti-vaccine activists doing electronic searches for vaccine bills and laws using those terms.

How Children Get ADHD Was Once Thought To Be The Flu

Let’s take a walk back in time to 1919 in a rural schoolhouse. Mrs. Smith has fifteen students half of which have the primary ADHD symptoms of hyperactivity, inattentiveness, and impulsivity.

How Children Get ADHD Was Once Thought To Be The Flu

ADHD Drug Side Effects- Looking At The Valid And Safer Alternatives.

by Robert William Locke

There is a lot of concern nowadays about ADHD drug side effects. This is because they are powerful mind altering drugs and their effects on the child's whole development is causing a lot of worry and angst. Others say that only about 30% of children on these drugs cannot stand the side effects but that seems to be a very high percentage to me.

Over 5 million children in the USA and about 20 million kids worldwide are now branded with the label ADHD. They seem to have attention problems, are hyperactive and are also disruptive which, according to the ADHD deniers, they are just being typical children. As the vast majority of these children are on prescribed drugs, we can see why there is so much worry and concern.

Those who insist that there is a biological/neurological disorder which must be medicated, represent the other extreme view. These are usually in the pay of the drug companies and include teachers, doctors and parents too who are recruited to appear on Facebook and pretend that they are bona fide parents of children with ADHD.

The pharmaceutical industry is so afraid of the backlash from worried parents that they have even paid for research which sets out to discredit the homeopathic and herbal remedies. It is not surprising really, given that there are millions of dollars involved.

What are the ADHD drug side effects?

These range from sleepiness during the day and then sleepless nights. There is also a negative effect on appetite and there are reports of stunted growth among these children. There may be nausea, psychotic episodes, suicidal thinking, cardiac events and also depression. Some children feel zombie like and cannot wait to get off these drugs.

ADHD drug side effects may also involve an addiction for substance abuse given that these drugs are basically amphetamines.

In a damning report which runs to over 700 pages, the Drug Effectiveness Review of Oregon State University actually did over 2,000 studies on whether the ADHD drug side effects were worth the risk. They found that they were not worth very much at all and there did not seem to be any conclusive evidence that they actually helped at all!

Basically they were not helpful in the long run and were just about managing the symptoms, which is what the drug companies claim. But is that enough? Can that justify drugging the nation's children?

Other studies have shown that the effects of ADHD drugs wear off after about three years and the child is put on stronger medication or just left to cope.

In conclusion, we can only say parents should read more and find out what the alternatives to the side effects of ADHD drugs are. There is a very simple answer which I have explained on my website. Why not check it out?

Love, cherish and protect your child. Experts now tell us that natural ADHD treatments . combined with child behavior modification techniques is by far the most effective ADHD treatment. Robert Locke has written extensively on ADHD and Mental Health for many years. For more parenting and ADHD advice, visit :- http://natural-adhd-cure.com

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.

Drugging our Kids on Antidepressants

The number of children aged six and under being prescribed anti-depressants has soared by almost 50 per cent since the federal government pledged to investigate the issue, new figures show.

Federal health department data reveals prescribing rates of the controversial drugs have risen from 852 in 2007-08 to 1264 in 2009-10.

Drugging our Kids on Antidepressants

CDC: Most U.S. kids get recommended vaccines

Although nearly all American children get the recommended vaccinations to prevent serious diseases, many parents express concerns about the shots, and a small number refuse to have their kids inoculated, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

CDC: Most U.S. kids get recommended vaccines

To medicate or not: That is the question

Parenting has never been, nor ever shall be, for the faint of heart. No, parenting is a gutsy and courageous task demanding that we, the parents, make hundreds and hundreds of decisions for our children. As your child's primary care-giver, you hope and pray that by becoming a good parent, you will be able to open all the doors life has to offer for your child.

To medicate or not: That is the question

Alarm as more kids on antidepressants

Alarm as more kids on antidepressants

“Alarm as more kids on anti-depressants” Herald Sun, 30 May 2011, read the full article on the Herald Sun website

Parents: Don't be drug dealers for your kids

How to keep your kids safe from prescription drugs this summer.

Parents: Don't be drug dealers for your kids

Letters: Way too many children on anti-psychotic drugs

Letters: Way too many children on anti-psychotic drugs

Thank you Palm Beach Post and reporter Michael LaForgia for the "Drugging delinquents" series on the overuse of anti-psychotic drugs by the Florida Department of Juvenile Justice. It was a great wake-up call.

Are antidepressants over-prescribed to young people?

In the Spring Issue of McClung’s Magazine, Julianna McDermott examines how young Canadian women are being prescribed powerful antidepressant drugs in record numbers. She discovers that family doctors, who most patients turn to, don’t always have the time or the training to properly diagnose depression. They spend only an average of ten minutes with patients who complain of depression, but 80 per cent of those patients walk away with prescriptions for Selective Seretonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI). SSRIs are widely believed to be effective treatment for depression, but they have serious side-effects, including an increased risk of suicide in young people. Here is an except from McDermott’s feature article Chemicals for Candy.

Are antidepressants over-prescribed to young people?

Drug firms cut vaccine prices to the developing world

Several major drugs companies have announced big cuts to the amounts they charge for their vaccines in the developing world.

Drug firms cut vaccine prices to the developing world

High suicide rates related to anti-smoking drug Chantix were 'left out of crucial safety review'

Hundreds of reports of suicides and violent reactions tied to the stop-smoking drug Chantix were left out of a crucial government safety review.

High suicide rates related to anti-smoking drug Chantix were 'left out of crucial safety review'

ADHD Diagnosis, Treatment Differ Across the Globe

ADHD Diagnosis, Treatment Differ Across the Globe

In Israel, highly active children are well tolerated in the classroom, making it difficult to distinguish high activity from attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) manifestation. In Brazil, light physical punishment is considered by a large number of teachers to be “therapeutic,” and physical exercise is considered a viable alternative to medication for children with ADHD. In Canada, health professionals view ADHD as an impairing, often lifelong disorder that requires careful assessment and multimodal intervention.

Wendy Berman Joins Sweetser's Sanford Psychiatric Medication Management Team

This is the first time I have come across anything regarding a Psychiatric Medication Management Team.

Wendy Berman Joins Sweetser's Sanford Psychiatric Medication Management Team

Wash. has highest rate of kids' vaccine exemptions

Washington state is home to the nation's highest rate of parents exempting their children from vaccines, according to a new federal report released Thursday.

Wash. has highest rate of kids' vaccine exemptions

Drugging our children

Thousands of children 'not ready for school' at five

Up to half of five-year-olds are not ready for school as working parents increasingly abandon traditional games, nursery rhymes, bedtime stories and lullabies, according to research.

Thousands of children 'not ready for school' at five

Psychiatrists Push to Gain Support for Electroshocking Kids

Note from CCHR: The audacity of psychiatry never ceases to amaze us. Take the issue of electroshock ‘treatment’,

Psychiatrists Push to Gain Support for Electroshocking Kids