October 19, 2006

NIMH pushes psych drugs for preschool tots

One day after a CBS News investigative report exposed the abusive drugging of children in foster care, a news 

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NIMH pushes psych drugs for preschool tots

October 1, 2006

Alternative Medicine Cover story: Kids & Psychiatric Drugs: Big Pharma Comes to the Classroom

The featured story, The Other Youth Drug Problem, takes aim at a prescription drug menace threatening the

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Alternative Medicine Cover story: Kids & Psychiatric Drugs: Big Pharma Comes to the Classroom

August 18, 2006

Texas Comptroller orders 5 doctors: return Medicaid psych drug money_

The Houston Chronicle reports that Texas comptroller, Carole Keeton Strayorn is using the purse strings to rein

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Texas Comptroller orders 5 doctors: return Medicaid psych drug money_

July 16, 2006

Checklist for Camp: Bug Spray, Sunscreen, Pills

Here, children jostle for their morning medications: Zoloft for depression, Abilify for bipolar disorder, Guanfacine for twitchy

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Checklist for Camp: Bug Spray, Sunscreen, Pills

May 25, 2006

ADHD drugs send thousands to hospital ERs

Their toxic “therapeutic” arsenal is posing a serious public health hazard. The psychotropic drugs they prescribe with

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ADHD drugs send thousands to hospital ERs

May 12, 2006

Tots Used as Guinea Pigs? ABC News

The drugs being tested on very young, defenseless children are the most toxic, harm producing psychotropic prescription

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Tots Used as Guinea Pigs? ABC News

May 3, 2006

Antipsychotics Killed at least 45 Children_FDA Not Concerned –USA Today

The drug damaged his brain–he now has to live with tardive dyskinesia (TD), an irreversible, severely disfiguring,

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Antipsychotics Killed at least 45 Children_FDA Not Concerned –USA Today

April 3, 2006

An Out of Control Profession_NewScientist / Infant Mental Health Now Targeted by Psychiatry_MSNBC

A graph from the World Health Organization quantifies America’s bizarre prescribing pattern:   “The figures are mind-boggling. Nearly

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An Out of Control Profession_NewScientist / Infant Mental Health Now Targeted by Psychiatry_MSNBC

March 24, 2006

The Ball is in their court–Is FDA preparing to drop it?

On Thursday, FDA’s Psychopharmacology Advisory Committee voted 12 to 1 toreject approval of the drug modafinil as

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The Ball is in their court–Is FDA preparing to drop it?

March 14, 2006

TeenScreen – “Under Intense Criticism Nationally”

“Opponents say the program, which supports efforts in 460 communities in 42 states, has a record of

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TeenScreen – “Under Intense Criticism Nationally”

March 7, 2006

Fix the Diagnosis, Not the Children

Psychiatrist Paul Steinberg concedes: ‘Essentially, ADHD is a problem dealing with the menial work of daily life,

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Fix the Diagnosis, Not the Children

February 23, 2006

AHRP Complaint Validated: Columbia “Changes Policy” on ‘Guinea Pig’ Kids

The New York Post and the Associated Press report that the federal Office ofHuman Research Protection issued

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AHRP Complaint Validated: Columbia “Changes Policy” on ‘Guinea Pig’ Kids