More Mental Health Nonsense
Connecticut Mirror – May 5, 2014 By Sheila Matthews Gallo In response to the op-ed of Saturday, May 3rd, titled “Biological change can be verified…
Connecticut Mirror – May 5, 2014 By Sheila Matthews Gallo In response to the op-ed of Saturday, May 3rd, titled “Biological change can be verified…
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…
A “model” program that was part of a controversial plan to screen all US citizens for mental illness has announced that it is closing down.
On 15 November, TeenScreen, a program to detect depression in young people, announced on its website: “The National Center will be winding down its program at the end of this year.”
The pharmaceutical industry and organized psychiatry act as if the greatest challenge today is to identify new psychiatric disorders, to promote the supposedly high prevalence of existing disorders, and to find new blockbuster drugs, all the while heavily promoting current moneymakers. Even the United Nations is involved in “World Mental Health Day,” announcing that depression is a “global health crisis”:
A highly effective public relations technique is the “third party technique” of creating front groups to endorse or promote the need of any service or product. The first party is the original group or client that would benefit more from increased public trust or affinity. The second group is the public or consumers. A third group is created with a contrived name to appear publicly as a disinterested party endorsing the industry of the first party.
Often, the third party, or front group, uses a name that implies authority or concern for the public’s welfare or concerns. You can be sure these bogus front groups are usually only concerned about their clients welfare and themselves.