Drugged Generation of Students
Atlantic Highlands Herald—August 5, 2013 by Woody Zimmerman Recently, substantive reports have been emerging on drugs used to treat Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder in children…
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New FDA approved “brain test” for ADHD—is bogus
Given the enormous potential for great harm, one has to wonder how the Food and Drug Administration, FDA, gets away with giving its stamp of approval on a new “brain wave test,” that allegedly will “help confirm an ADHD diagnosis,” when there is no scientific or medical proof that any physical abnormality exists.
Psychiatry does not have a cure
WHENEVER the media writes on the subject of disruptive, inattentive or boisterous children who have been labelled ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), there seems to be an assumption the reader accepts the psychiatric label is real, and that “experts” can treat it.
Does Ritalin really help? (Answer—Nope)
In the past few years, ADHD – attention deficit hyperactivity disorder – has become the go-to diagnosis for kids who can’t sit still in school.
Too many psychiatric diagnoses for children: an epidemic of labels
Since the publication of DSM-IV in 1994, the rates of 3 mental disorders have skyrocketed: attention deficit disorder (ADD) tripled, autism increased by 20-fold, and childhood bipolar disorder by 40-fold.