Are You Normal or Finally Diagnosed?

The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is a list that can be abused to the detriment of patients and benefit of drug companies.

Are You Normal or Finally Diagnosed?

Growing numbers of children on medication

Here’s just one statistic that Danbury school psychologist Charles Manos worries about: 42 percent of all kids in foster care are taking three or more mood-altering drugs.

Growing numbers of children on medication

Mix-Up Complicates Child's Cancer Surgery

When a little boy needed brain surgery, his family learned he didn't have insurance because of a paperwork mistake.

A guide to psychiatric medications that increase suicide risks

This type of intoxication is called "involuntary," because the patient has been following doctor's orders while simultaneously and unknowingly worsening their condition. Most people have been accustomed to following doctors' orders unquestioningly. Also, patients experiencing an altered state of mind are not always able to ask the most important questions about their medications or clearly convey the reaction they are experiencing.

A guide to psychiatric medications that increase suicide risks

Drugging Our Children Side Effects

Antidepressants during pregnancy cause alarming 68 percent increased risk of miscarriage

Back in 2005, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) warned that exposure to the antidepressant paroxetine (sold as Paxil, Paxil CR, and Pexeva) in the first trimester of pregnancy might increase the risk for birth defects, especially heart problems. Did this halt the widespread prescribing of paroxetine and other antidepressants for pregnant women? Unfortunately, the answer is no.

Antidepressants during pregnancy cause alarming 68 percent increased risk of miscarriage

New Drug Not Effective In Preventing Stroke In Anemic Children

Hydroxyurea, a new drug, does not seem to be effective in reducing the risk of recurrent stroke in children with sickle cell anemia and iron overload.

The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), US, said it was giving up a major trial as there was no evidence that the drug could be any better than the existing treatment.

New Drug Not Effective In Preventing Stroke In Anemic Children

Diagnosis of boy's autism pits doctors vs. schools

A frustrated teacher and a child struggling with autism have combined for a tumultuous year for the Brunos.

Diagnosis of boy's autism pits doctors vs. schools

BBC - Louis Theroux Americas Medicated Kids (2010) PDTV XviD MP3-MVGroup

Faced with the challenging behaviour of their kids, more and more parents in America are turning to psychoactive medication to help them cope, even though the drugs, and sometimes the diagnoses, remain controversial. Louis travels to one of America's leading children's psychiatric treatment centres, in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, to get to know the diagnosed children and hoping to understand what drives parents to put their kids on drugs.

BBC - Louis Theroux Americas Medicated Kids (2010) PDTV XviD MP3-MVGroup

Effects of Adhd Drugs on Children – Parents on High Alert

One of the alarming effects of medications for ADHD children is that beginning after the terrible path of addiction. Children who have used Ritalin (a drug most commonly prescribed ADHD) may be predisposed to street drugs such as cocaine, crack, amphetamines and methamphetamines in general. This should mot surprising, since the main ingredients of these drugs are amphetamines and methylphenidate. Both drugs act on the central nervous system of the brain. They have shown that addiction.

Effects of Adhd Drugs on Children – Parents on High Alert

Meeting the Drug Industry

It was 95 degrees with 99 percent humidity. The Gulf had the biggest oil spill in US history. And attendees to last week's American Psychiatric Association (APA) annual meeting in New Orleans had to brave 200 protestors chanting "no drugging kids for money" and "no conflicts of interest" to get into the convention hall.

Meeting the Drug Industry

UPDATE 1-Roche drug combats children's brain tumors

An experimental drug being developed by Roche Holding AG (ROG.VX) showed promising results in a small, early stage trial involving children with medulloblastoma, the most common type of malignant brain tumor in children.

UPDATE 1-Roche drug combats children's brain tumors

1 in 5 Teens Abuses Prescription Drugs

A new study by the Centers for Disease Control finds that one in five high school students have taken a prescription drug that they didn't get from a doctor. We talk to a local expert about this disturbing trend.

Help Available For Child Storm Phobias

Ever get a little uneasy when storms are in the area? That's natural -- but for some, especially children, it's extreme.

Medicating Children: A “Whistleblower’s” Lawsuit Raises a Novel Legal Question

In the past few years, a number of pharmaceutical companies have admitted to federal charges that they illegally marketed psychiatric medications for non-approved uses, with the companies paying large sums to settle the cases. Now, a legal complaint filed by the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights in an Alaskan federal court is raising a related question. When healthcare providers bill Medicaid for prescriptions of psychiatric drugs to children for non-approved uses, are they committing Medicaid fraud?

Medicating Children: A “Whistleblower’s” Lawsuit Raises a Novel Legal Question

Attention Deficit Disorder tied to maternal education

A new study of more than a million children has found strong links between receiving medication for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and limited maternal education, single parent families and welfare benefits.

Attention Deficit Disorder tied to maternal education

ADHD children more likely to be poor

ADHD children more likely to be poor

Poor, less educated mothers were more likely to have children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, Swedish researchers say.

Medicating Children: A “Whistleblower’s” Lawsuit Raises a Novel Legal Question

In the past few years, a number of pharmaceutical companies have admitted to federal charges that they illegally marketed psychiatric medications for non-approved uses, with the companies paying large sums to settle the cases. Now, a legal complaint filed by the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights in an Alaskan federal court is raising a related question. When healthcare providers bill Medicaid for prescriptions of psychiatric drugs to children for non-approved uses, are they committing Medicaid fraud?

Medicating Children: A “Whistleblower’s” Lawsuit Raises a Novel Legal Question

No Free Pens But Pharma Influence Still Felt at Psychiatric Meeting

No Free Pens But Pharma Influence Still Felt at Psychiatric Meeting

It was 95 degrees with 99 percent humidity. The Gulf had the biggest oil spill in US history. And attendees to this week’s American Psychiatric Convention (APA) annual meeting in New Orleans had to brave 200 protestors chanting “no drugging kids for money” and “no conflicts of interest” to get into the convention hall.

Psychiatric Group Faces Scrutiny Over Drug Industry Ties

Psychiatric Group Faces Scrutiny Over Drug Industry Ties

It seemed an ideal marriage, a scientific partnership that would attack mental illness from all sides. Psychiatrists would bring to the union their expertise and clinical experience, drug makers would provide their products and the money to run rigorous studies, and patients would get better medications, faster.

Increasing the Age at Onset for ADHD?

To the Editor: In their commentary, published in the January 2010 issue of the Journal, Christian Kieling, M.D., et al. (1) presented the rationale for a DSM–5 proposal to increase the required age at onset for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) from age 7 years to 12 years. Unfortunately, the commentary did not include a risk/benefit analysis. The authors focus only on the benefit of reducing false negatives and ignore the considerable risk that eliminating this age of onset gatekeeper will result in a flood of new false positives for a diagnosis that may already be quite overinclusive.

Increasing the Age at Onset for ADHD?

My Psychiatric Medicines Caused Terrible Problems

I was a MD/PhD student at Thomas Jefferson University in Philadelphia, PA. The CNS Gene Therapy Center, where I was a PhD student, closed so I returned to the clinical years of medical school trying to complete my PhD thesis and learn clinical medicine.

The pressure of doing both degrees at the same time was stressful and I was seeing the school psychiatrist who diagnosed me with Bipolar Disorder and placed me on Lithium and Zyprexa. I was told they would help me think more clearly and get everything I needed to get done on time. Ultimately, what happened is that these medications caused me to be very tired, gain weight, have a tremmor and other neurocognitive problems. The medical school evaluators during my final semester of medical school held the effects of the medications against me, and the University is now not allowing me the opportunity to finish my training.

My Psychiatric Medicines Caused Terrible Problems

Drug for severly asthmatic children 'available in Scotland but not England'

Drug for severly asthmatic children 'available in Scotland but not England'

A drug which can radically reduce the number of attacks suffered by severely asthmatic children will not be available on the NHS in England after the Government’s drug rationing body ruled it was too expensive.

Prescription Drug Use Soaring Among U.S. Children

Prescription drug use among youngsters in the United States is growing at nearly four times the rate as among the overall population. A new report shows that nearly a quarter of insured children and almost one third of adolescents ages 10 to 19 took at least one prescription medicine to treat a chronic condition last year.

Prescription Drug Use Soaring Among U.S. Children

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.

Y'ALL BUSTED VIDEO

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.

POLICE: Mom arrested for selling 4 y/o's prescription drugs

Westbrook Police say they arrested a woman for allegedly trying to sell her own child's prescription drugs.

POLICE: Mom arrested for selling 4 y/o's prescription drugs

Top 25 Psychiatric Prescriptions for 2009

These are the top 25 psychiatric medications by number of U.S. prescriptions dispensed in 2009, according to IMS Health. I’ve also provided their 2005 ranking. To put the percent change into perspective, the U.S. total population rose approximately 4 percent from 2005 to 2009.

Top 25 Psychiatric Prescriptions for 2009

'Anatomy Of An Epidemic': Could Psychiatric Drugs Be Fuelling A Mental Illness Epidemic?

A few years ago, while writing an article about the merits of psychiatric medications, I looked at whether the number of adults receiving a federal disability payment due to mental illness had significantly changed since 1987, which was the year that Prozac was introduced. Our society's use of psychiatric medications, of course, has soared since that time, and here's what I discovered: The number of adults, ages 18 to 65, on the federal disability rolls due to mental illness jumped from 1.25 million in 1987 to four million in 2007. Roughly one in every 45 working-age adults is now on government disability due to mental illness.

'Anatomy Of An Epidemic': Could Psychiatric Drugs Be Fuelling A Mental Illness Epidemic?

The Pfizer Geodon Trial And Physician Mishaps

The Pfizer Geodon Trial And Physician Mishaps

Earlier this month, the FDA sent Pfizer a warning letter for failing to properly monitor pediatric clinical trials in which at least 13 children with bipolar disorder experienced overdosing that led to restless legs, tremors, involuntary facial movements and a serious skin disorder.

AstraZeneca Agrees To Fines: Ct To Get $3.15 Million

AstraZeneca Agrees To Fines: Ct To Get $3.15 Million

Attorney General Richard Blumenthal and Department of Social Services (DSS) Commissioner Michael P. Starkowski announced that Connecticut will receive $3.15 million under an agreement in principle with AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals LP for alleged off-label marketing of Seroquel, and antipsychotic drug, for uses unapproved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Adderall benefits and side effects in ADHD usage

It’s a long list of benefits for Adderall but we must not forget about the side effects in ADHD.According to a new study released by the New York Medical College of Family Medicine, the Adderall is linked to heart attacks and sudden death in children and young adults. This remedy is prescribed to treat attention deficit disorder with hyperactivity (ADHD), a disease can diagnosed 15 percent of school-age children. Although the incidence of heart attacks and sudden death is higher in children treated regularly with Adderall, they also concern former users.

Adderall benefits and side effects in ADHD usage

Correction: Children overdosed during Pfizer drug study; FDA issues warning

Legal news for drug-related injury attorneys. FDA issues warning to Pfizer for faulty testing procedures in drug trials.

Correction: Children overdosed during Pfizer drug study; FDA issues warning

Drug Giant AstraZeneca to Pay $520 Million to Settle Fraud Case

Drug Giant AstraZeneca to Pay $520 Million to Settle Fraud Case

Pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca will pay $520 million in fines to settle charges by the federal government that it illegally marketed the anti-psychotic drug Seroquel to children and elderly patients for uses not approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

US military concerned about 'over-medication' of troops

The US Army's surgeon general on Monday expressed concern about "over-medication" of soldiers returning from combat, saying the military is closely tracking how drugs are prescribed to troops.

US military concerned about 'over-medication' of troops

Television review: 'The Vaccine Wars' on PBS

The documentary focuses on the growing number of parents choosing not to vaccinate their kids over fear of autism and other disorders and the public health officials who find this trend alarming.

Television review: 'The Vaccine Wars' on PBS

Children Who Watch R-rated Movies More Likely to Drink Alcohol

If your kids are going out to see R-rated movies, they might also be prone to drinking alcohol, according to a study from Dartmouth Medical School in Hanover, N.H.

Children Who Watch R-rated Movies More Likely to Drink Alcohol

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

Adderall Associated with Serious, Life-Threatening Side Effects

Adderall and Adderall XR, schedule II controlled substances composed of amphetamine and dextroamphetamine, have several Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved uses. However, both prescribed and recreational use of these drugs, especially among young people, is associated with serious, life-threatening side effects.

Adderall Associated with Serious, Life-Threatening Side Effects

Things You Should Know About Children Taking Paxil

Today is not uncom­mon to see chil­dren suf­fer­ing from depres­sion or other men­tal dis­or­ders. Many doc­tors pre­scribe drugs is now as Paxil to improve men­tal health dis­or­der or con­di­tion of the child. But what many do not know is that the U.S. Food and Drug Admin­is­tra­tion (FDA) never approved treat­ment or use of Paxil for chil­dren. The FDA does not reg­u­late med­ical pro­ce­dures and med­ical med­i­cine to chil­dren solely on their expe­ri­ence and the find­ings require.

Things You Should Know About Children Taking Paxil

Mentally ill mom can choose son's meds, D.C. appellate court rules

The District's foster care officials were right to refuse to give a mentally ill boy his medication after the boy's biological mother objected, the District's Court of Appeals has ruled.

Mentally ill mom can choose son's meds, D.C. appellate court rules

Medication Madness: The Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence, Suicide, and Crime

In Medication Madness, psychiatrist Peter R. Breggin, M.D., describes how people taking psychiatric medication can experience abnormal behavioral reactions, including suicide, violence, emotional breakdowns, and criminal acts. Dr. Breggin explains his concept of ?medication spellbinding?: individuals taking psychiatric drugs may have no idea whatsoever that their mental conditions are deteriorating and that their actions are no longer under control.

Medication Madness: The Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence, Suicide, and Crime