ADHD—Labeling normal kids "mentally ill"

ADHD is a bogus mental "disorder" based only on a checklist of behaviors. There are no medical tests to prove any child has ADHD, yet more than 4.5 million kids have been diagnosed and put on drugs such as Ritalin, Adderall and Concerta, which the U.S. DEA places in the same highly addictive category of drugs as cocaine, morphine and opium. According to the Center for Disease Control, boys are much more likely to be diagnosed "ADHD" than girls. The "checklist" for ADHD could fit any normal child and literally includes such ridiculous criteria as " runs about or climbs excessively in situations when it is not appropriate" (we are talking about KIDS here... right?) " is often 'on the go "acts as if driven by a motor" "blurts out answers" "is easily distracted" " loses pencils or toys" "often doesn't seem to listen"

Risperdal drug maker faces $1B in lawsuits, yet mother charged for refusing use on child

What irony. Detroit mother, Maryanne Godboldo, was just charged with child neglect for refusing to obey a Child Protective Services order to give her daughter Risperdal, a powerful psychoactive drug. Meanwhile federal and multiple state prosecutors are suing Johnson & Johnson for deceptively marketing the drug – including mismarketing its use on children – and hiding dangerous adverse effects. J&J now faces a potential $1 billion in damages.

Risperdal drug maker faces $1B in lawsuits, yet mother charged for refusing use on child

Drugged kids aren’t all right

A most alarming of the recent stories in the media about the behavioral plight of America’s young children came in the form of a “Today Show” segment last week about the “No Kids Allowed Movement.” Many of us were unaware there’s a movement afoot by consumers fed up with misbehaving kids that has led some airlines, restaurants and theaters to ban children under age 6 from their establishments.

Drugged kids aren’t all right

Big Pharma’s Push to Drug Children: the Last Marketing Frontier

Big Pharma’s Push to Drug Children: the Last Marketing Frontier

It has long been evident that “Big Pharma’ has saturated their primary marketplace with their dangerous and toxic drugs. They have drugged adults, seniors, people with supposed psychological disorders–and now the only way to increase their sales share is to take business away from another drug company or to find a new disease not served by current medicines, not an easy task when all the other manufacturers are trying to do the same thing. Now, however, the marketing geniuses at the pharmaceutical companies have found a huge, lucrative new and relatively untapped market: children.

Detroit mother Maryanne Godboldo found in neglect for refusing to medicate daughter with psychiatric drugs

“The court system in Detroit appears to be trying to make an example out of Godboldo by sending a message: “Don’t resist tyranny.” When the state orders you to drug your children, don’t even think about saying no! If you do, armed SWAT teams will raid your house, CPS will kidnap your child, and you will be brought up on felony charges for resisting.”

Detroit mother Maryanne Godboldo found in neglect for refusing to medicate daughter with psychiatric drugs

Mom's questioning meds for treating ADHD

My oldest was recently diagnosed (in June) with ADHD(hyperactivity/impulsivity) and Oppositional Defiant Disorder. He was always a challenge for us to parent. My hope was that his behavior was just a phase and that he would gow out of it. But here I am years later, and his behavior is still a huge concern.

Mom's questioning meds for treating ADHD

Blaming the Parents

See, if you were the perfect parent, your kid would have no issues apparently.

How Empathic Parenting Is the Antithesis of Narcissism

If you had a narcissistic parent or if you just live in this narcissistic culture today, you may be wondering a lot about parenting and how to do things differently so you can raise a healthy, emotionally sound child. When raised in narcissistic families, children grow up with an "empty tank" because their emotional needs were not met. They may have had a roof over their heads, food to eat, and clothes to wear, but emotionally they feel orphaned and alone. Their most precious inner emotional life was not encouraged to grow and mature. Feelings were not validated or acknowledged and the result is growing up with nagging self-doubt and a fragile sense of self.

Gotta love the feminist psycho-babble, eh?

Facebook: Good and Bad for Kids?

Ever wonder how all that time spent on Facebook is affecting your child? A new study shows social media may offer risks and benefits for kids.

Facebook: Good and Bad for Kids?

Kids Who Use Facebook Do Worse in School

DELAWARE: Lack of psychiatrists takes toll on kids

DELAWARE: Lack of psychiatrists takes toll on kids

When 9-year-old Joshua gets angry, he squeezes his neck and punches his face so hard that he bruises himself.

U.S. children hospitalized for mental illness

U.S. children are increasingly likely to be admitted to the hospital for mental problems, although the rates of non-psychiatric hospitalizations have remained flat, according to a study.

U.S. children hospitalized for mental illness

Teen held in foster sister's shooting

Teen held in foster sister's shooting

A 14-year-old girl died shortly before midnight Wednesday after being shot in the neck by her 17-year-old foster sister in Ferry Pass.

Antidepressants Often Prescribed Without A Diagnosis

Antidepressants are the third most common type of medication prescribed in the U.S., with $10 billion a year in sales. Nearly three out of four of those prescriptions are written by non-psychiatric providers (many of them primary care physicians). A study in the journal Health Affairs reports that a growing number of patients receiving antidepressants from a doctor who isn’t a psychiatrist aren’t given an accompanying psychiatric diagnosis.

Antidepressants Often Prescribed Without A Diagnosis

They demand to Drug Your kids!

Anyone who’s an involvement in what’s going on in the planet of children’s wellbeing has discovered the explosion of medicinal drugs and a diagnosis of infants with PUT, ADHD, Asperger predicament or Autism. Does can be strike an individual as strange that suddenly a enormous percentage with otherwise normal and healthy and balanced children think you are diagnosed having these terrible diseases and schools and their linked medical counterparts tend to be prescribing all types of strange sound drugs to help “fix” these problems?

Whenever we were becoming an adult, just because a kid didn’t sit still with class, the coach didn’t scream that the child got some condition and need that your dog be drugged. But that’s exactly what the heck is happening to 1000s of children with public schools everywhere this land. And at some time, it’s as long as parents to perservere and state, “STOP. About to catch going to keep pumping medicines into some of our kids even though you can’t command your classrooms. “

They demand to Drug Your kids!

Trial begins over Detroit teenager's psychiatric care

Trial begins over Detroit teenager's psychiatric care

A jury will now decide whether a mother medically neglected her daughter when she refused to give her a psychotropic drug.

Insured Families No Longer Eligible For Free Vaccines

Marion County families who have insurance will no longer be eligible for free vaccines through the health department.

Insured Families No Longer Eligible For Free Vaccines

Many kids abuse controlled medications

Many kids abuse controlled medications

More than one in five teens who get strong painkillers, stimulants or other controlled medications from their doctor take too much of the substances, according to a new survey of Michigan students.

Mothers Little Helper

Kids’ Anxiety, Depression Halved When Parenting Styled to Personality

hen it comes to rearing children, just about any parent will say that what works with one kid might not work with another. Parents use all sorts of strategies to keep kids from being cranky, grumpy, fearful or moody, while encouraging them to be independent and well-adjusted.

Kids’ Anxiety, Depression Halved When Parenting Styled to Personality

Psychotropic Drugs: A Troubling Staple of Foster Care

After suffering abuse and neglect, plenty of America’s foster children need therapy and medical assistance, but across the nation it’s become too easy to throw mind-altering pills at their problems and hope they go away.

Psychotropic Drugs: A Troubling Staple of Foster Care

Transcendental Meditation Lessens Kids’ ADHD Symptoms

Transcendental Meditation Lessens Kids’ ADHD Symptoms

A new study suggests practicing transcendental meditation (TM) improves brain function and reduces symptoms among students diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).