by CCHR Florida | Jun 7, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Fraud, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Thomas Power from director of the Center for Management of ADHD at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia and US NEWS writes, recent findings that 11 percent of children have attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder raise legitimate concerns about over diagnosis,...
by CCHR Florida | May 27, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Fraud, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
It is all too common these days that a child who can’t sit still in class or can’t focus on his school work will be diagnosed with ADHD and put on psychotropic drugs as treatment. At least nine percent of American school children have been given such a diagnosis and...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 21, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
A new study followed children diagnosed with ADHD into adulthood. It claims that ADHD is not just a childhood disorder but can continue into adulthood. It claims that children diagnosed with ADHD were more likely to develop at least one other psychiatric disorder. ...
by CCHR Florida | Mar 15, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Stimulant drugs are routinely prescribed these days for children who can’t sit still in class or who can’t concentrate and focus on their work. Many doctors will be overly quick to diagnose ADHD and write a prescription. If this wasn’t bad enough, it has now gone...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 18, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, DSM, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
An article in CNN Health, of January 21st, 2013, suggests that ADHD is on the rise, with 5.6% of America’s white children being diagnosed in 2010 and a marked increase of some 69.6% of African-American children diagnosed with the so-called disease between 2001 and...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 22, 2013 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
There is a relationship between the chemical imbalance theory and ADHD myths. The drugs are not “correcting chemical imbalances.” These are psychoactive drugs that cause an altered physical and mental state. Psychiatrist Dr. Peter Breggin, a staunch critic of...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 9, 2012 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
Pesticides have been around for a very long time. These chemicals are designed to kill mosquitoes, termites and other household bugs by damaging their nervous systems. They are sprayed as a preventive measure to keep bugs from destroying crops. They are quite...
by CCHR Florida | Aug 24, 2012 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, DSM, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
It is true that children can be inattentive, unfocused, fidgety and hyperactive. Children are not adults and should not be expected to behave like one in class or any other place. Boys especially can have a lot of energy but it doesn’t mean they have a “mental disorder.”
by CCHR Florida | Apr 23, 2012 | Alternatives, Children and Teens, DSM, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Rights
The dangers of food dyes cause symptoms in children that are the same exact symptoms listed as “ADHD”.
by CCHR Florida | Feb 20, 2012 | Alternatives, Mental Health Screening, Mental Illness, Psychiatric Abuse, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs, Suicide
It is well known that people with ADHD may be at risk for suicidal thoughts and behavior. But in the 1950s and 1960s children daydreamed and stared out the window during school, or barely sat still while their teacher droned on about subjects the child had no interest...
by CCHR Florida | Feb 9, 2012 | Mental Illness, Psychiatric Disorders
Over the past thirty years, the use of ADHD meds has increased twenty-fold so that three million children are taking these drugs today. Innocently enough, someone could assume there must be a lot of kids out there that have ADHD and it’s good that they are getting...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 23, 2012 | Alternatives, Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
In Science Daily of March 12, 1997, a press release states medical researchers found a positive link between patients with ADHD and specific Thyroid levels. At the University of Maryland School of Medicine, Dr. Peter Hauser, Psychiatrist, warns “The correlation...
by CCHR Florida | Jan 9, 2012 | Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Disorders
An alarming report was issued by the FDA in 2007 regarding people with ADHD and possible cardiovascular risks. In February of 2007, the US Food and Drug Administration released a report to all drug manufacturers that were involved in the production of medication to...
by CCHR Florida | Nov 3, 2011 | Psychiatric Disorders, Psychiatric Drugs
In September, the American Academy of Pediatrics demanded increased FDA warnings about psychotropic drugs causing diabetes and other health problems in children. Despite the contradiction, the American Academy of Pediatrics just now approved testing even more...
by CCHR Florida | Sep 29, 2011 | Children and Teens, Mental Health Screening, Psychiatric Disorders
A Four Year Old Boy—Gets to go to school and be a child CCHR Florida received a call from a mom who was told that her four year old son probably had ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder). The School Psychologist suggested the mother take her little boy...