‘ADHD Awareness’ Month—it’s good for Big Pharma, bad for kids
Fraudulent Information being passed off under the guise of “ADHD Awareness,” Doesn’t Deserve the Time of Day, Let Alone a Month By Kelly Patricia O’Meara…
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Drug Regulatory Agency Issues Suicide Alert for Kids on ADHD Drug
The Western Australian, October 3, 2013 by Cathy O’Leary, Medical Editor, The West Australian The Therapeutic Goods Administration [Australia’s drug regulatory agency] said in a…
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.
NaturalNews—Five lies psychiatry tells for power and profit
Psychiatry is succeeding on a large scale in convincing people that there normal human feelings are wrong – disorders. When you feel down, especially for more than two weeks, you must have major depressive disorder. If you child is super active and creative, he must be ADHD.
WorldNetDaily—Radical Increase in Kids Prescribed Ritalin
More than a decade after a national scandal regarding the over-prescription of Ritalin and similar drugs to millions of American children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD, the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention now reports a far higher rate of diagnosis than a decade ago.
An astounding 19 percent of high school-age boys – ages 14 to 17 – in the U.S. have been diagnosed with ADHD and about 10 percent are taking medication for it. Ten percent of high school-age girls have likewise been diagnosed.