I am here in vigorous opposition to SF 2841 that would implement mental health screening for three-year-old children entering public school. Continue reading →
Children at Risk
Syracuse, NY Mental Screening Drganet
"Every fifth-grader and ninth grader" is targeted form mental screening in Syracuse, NY. Continue reading →
A Response to Dr. Richard Friedman’s Defense of TeenScreen
Dr. Karen Effrem refutes Dr Friedman who claims there is "a silent epidemic of mental illness among teenagers." Continue reading →
4-year old Rebecca Riley,a Casualty of Psychiatric “Treatment”_BostonGlobe_NYT
“To me one of the miracle of children’s brains is that we don’t see more harm from these treatments.” Continue reading →
Substantial Settlement: Children’s Hospital_Predatory Psychiatrist_Sexual Assault
"Fallon was in the psychiatric unit at Children's because her mother was dying of brain cancer and
Fallon, then 13, had just tried to kill herself." Continue reading →
Child Abuse in Russia’s Health & Welfare Institutions_AP
Post-Soviet Russia: Babies in hosptials and orphanages are at especially high risk of abuse by caretakers. Continue reading →
Facts Behind Merck’s Mandatory Vaccine Campaign to Help Pay forVioxx
American preteen girls have been designated to pay the price by exposing their bodies to risks of harm.
Assaultive Prescribing of Psych Drugs for Children
Australian psychiatrist: "Does anyone else see tardive dysmentia after atypicalantipsychotics?"
U.S. Doctors are prescribing the antidepressant, Effexor (150mg) for infants under age one!
Psychiatric Drug Mix for Young On Shaky Grounds_ NYTimes
The lead story in The New York Times on Thanksgiving day (below) acknowledged several facts demonstrating that children are the victims of major medical malpractice:
Guinea Pig Kids Stir Furor: NYC Allows Racial Studies in Schools_NYPost
The banner headline news story in today's New York Post (below) reports that New York City's "Department of Education has turned thousands of public school students into "guinea pigs" –allowing researchers to use kids in lucrative and racially explosive studies, critics charge."
Pediatrician: DON’T DRUG THEM: /Parents’ obsession with their children’s self-esteem
"The amount of legal stimulants used as medication and produced in our country has grown 2,000 percent in the last 15 years."
ABC News Poll: Should Babies Be Given Prozac?? Vote NO
We urge you to Vote — http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/OnCall/story?id=2640591&page=1 We need a letter writing campaign to stop the mad doctors from stunting infants' development The psychiatrists among you, please raise your voice –Help! Latest Vote Tally (Sunday. 8:00AM: "Absolutely NO'–5,450; No, babies can't be depressed—612; OK if doctors says so—124. TOTAL VOTE: 6,186