Psycho-Pharma Front Groups
Little known but extremely relevant fact: Campaigns to “Stop the Stigma” of “Mental Illness” were launched by… the Pharmaceutical Industry. With a seemingly altruistic agenda, the…
Father sues Harvard over son’s suicide – 3 psychiatric drugs prescribed him were all documented to cause suicide
The father of a Harvard College sophomore who killed himself in 2007 sued the school’s president and fellows for wrongful death, alleging the institution’s health service prescribed drugs known to increase suicide risk.
Number of Prescriptions Written in UK for Antidepressants Nearly Equals Entire Population
Writing in the Guardian, Ed Halliwell examines the reason for this trend, noting that antidepressant prescriptions have increased more than threefold since the beginning of the 1990s, far outstripping the increase in the percentage of the population classified with a “common mental disorder.”
With 2 million kids on antipsychotics (extremely powerful/dangerous drugs) FDA finally urges review of use in kids
FDA drug reviewers said medical researchers have found a direct link between the use of so-called atypical antipsychotics (Seroquel, Zyprexa, Abilify, Risperdal) in younger children and weight gain, high cholesterol, and increased blood pressure.
Kids diagnosed ADHD prescribed ‘medical’ marijuana. Harvard Psych agrees – Says he has no hesitation doping kids
Stephen Hinshaw, professor of psychology at the University of California at Berkeley, said marijuana is a “cognitive disorganizer” that produces roughly the same effect in users as those associated with ADHD. “The active ingredient in pot, THC, causes short-term memory problems and inattention,” Hinshaw said, “the very same things you want a medicine for ADHD to help alleviate.” However, Lester Grinspoon, emeritus professor of psychiatry at Harvard Medical School, states,
“I’d have no hesitation of giving a youngster with ADHD a trial of oral marijuana.”