Tag Archives: ADHD

Neurodiversity – The Latest Psychiatric Disability Trend

We’ve written a considerable amount previously about topics involving various disabilities and their relation to psychiatric fraud and abuse; here is a small selection for example: Popular Autism Treatment Yields No Benefits Autism Federal Funds for Learning Disorders ADHD Does … Continue reading

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Mental Health, Social Justice and Education

  Social Justice: Fair and just relations between the individual and society, assigning rights and duties in the institutions of society, so that people receive basic societal benefits in return for their cooperation and participation.   In the Health Care … Continue reading

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“Shoot ’em up” Is No Longer Just for Westerns

“Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence, three times is enemy action.” [with thanks to Charles Stross in The Apocalypse Codex.] The Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR), a mental health watchdog that has investigated school and other mass shootings since … Continue reading

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Psychs Poo-Poo Intelligence

A study published 8 October 2017 by three psychologists and a neuroscientist surveyed 3,715 members of American Mensa (persons whose IQ score is ostensibly within the upper 2% of the general population), who were asked to self-report diagnosed and/or suspected … Continue reading

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The First Line of Therapy

Dr. Hansa Bhargava, a practicing pediatrician and medical editor with Medscape, is starting to recognize that drugs should not be the first line of therapy for children with symptoms of difficult behavior. While ADHD itself is a fake illness, the … Continue reading

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Prescription Drug Monitoring Programs (PDMP)

According to PDMP proponents, because some people abuse prescription drugs, the government should track all people who use them – regardless of whether a person has committed any crime. We call this “inspection before the fact of any wrongdoing,” or … Continue reading

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Another Day Another Anti-depressant (Again)

Another Day Another Anti-depressant (Again) On July 10, 2015, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved Rexulti (brexpiprazole, an atypical antipsychotic) tablets to treat adults with so-called schizophrenia and as an add-on treatment to an antidepressant medication to treat adults with … Continue reading

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ISIS Fighters Widely Reported to be Fueled by ADHD Drug

ISIS Fighters Widely Reported to be Fueled by ADHD Drug CCHR has been exposing the link between psychiatric drugs and violence for decades. Today, CCHR joined ranks with the likes of CNN, The Washington Post, The Boston Globe, The Independent, … Continue reading

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The Havering Crowd

The Havering Crowd haver – verb gerund or present participle: havering [Scottish] talk foolishly; babble. “Tom havered on.” [British] act in a vacillating or indecisive manner. “Most people giggle at their havering and indecision.” Psychiatry and psychology employ havering as … Continue reading

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Huffington Post Admits Mental Disorders Are Not Medical Conditions

Huffington Post Admits Mental Disorders Are Not Medical Conditions A leading psychiatrist featured in the Huffington Post just admitted what CCHR has said for decades — mental disorders are not medical conditions. Allen Frances, professor emeritus at Duke University and … Continue reading

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