The Beginning of Wisdom

The Beginning of Wisdom

is to call things by their right name.

[Chinese Proverb attributed
to Confucius]

That is, identify the true quality of a thing by its name.

The Kabbalah further refines this by saying that one should be called according to one’s deeds.

So, in this newsletter we will be calling psychiatry by its real name, fraudiatry.

Enter Fraudiatry at your own risk.

News from the St. Louis Business Journal (August 30, 2012):

Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster, along with 37 other attorneys general, have reached a $181 million settlement with Janssen Pharmaceuticals Inc., a subsidiary of Johnson and Johnson.

The state of Missouri will receive more than $4.3 million from the settlement, while Illinois will receive $8.3 million under the agreement. In Missouri, 75 percent will go into the state’s general revenue and 25 percent will go into the Merchandising Practices Revolving Fund, which is used for consumer protection actions in the attorney general’s office.

The settlement resolves allegations that Janssen engaged in unfair and deceptive practices when it marketed Risperdal, a drug used to treat symptoms of schizophrenia, for unapproved or off-label uses. Koster said Janssen marketed Risperdal for uses for which the FDA had denied approval.

The fraudiatric drug Risperdal is a major tranquilizer, or neuroleptic, known to cause involuntary muscular movement, confusion, nerve damage, diabetes, and premature death, among other horrific side effects. In June, 2008, the FDA issued a warning to healthcare professionals that this class of drugs is associated with an increased risk of mortality in elderly patients treated for dementia-related psychosis. In April, 2009, the Irish Medicines Board published a warning about antipsychotics causing a risk of stroke.

Do not think that these drugs heal anything. They are intended to cover up or “mask” problems. Meanwhile, they tend to wear out the body. Like a car run on rocket fuel, it may run a thousand miles an hour to the end of the block, but the tires, the engine and the internal parts fly apart in doing so. Side effects can sometimes be more pronounced than a drug’s intended effects. They are, in fact, the body’s natural response to the invasion of a chemical that is confusing its normal functions.

Antipsychotic drugs like Risperdal damage the extensive complex network of nerve fibers that moderate motor control, resulting in muscle rigidity, spasms and various involuntary movements.

There is no question that people do experience problems and upsets in life that may result in mental troubles, sometimes very serious.

But to say that these are “medical diseases” or caused by a “chemical imbalance” that can only be treated with dangerous drugs is dishonest, harmful and often deadly. What fraudiatric drugs do instead is mask the real cause of problems, often denying a person the opportunity to search for workable, effective solutions.

Fraudiatrists routinely do not inform patients of nondrug treatments, nor do they conduct thorough medical examinations to ensure that a person’s problem does not stem from an untreated medical condition that is causing the mental disturbance. Therefore, it is recommended that all patients first see a medical doctor (especially one who is familiar with nutritional needs), who should obtain and review a thorough medical history of the patient and conduct a complete physical exam, ruling out all the possible problems that might cause the person’s symptoms. According to top experts, the majority of people having mental problems are actually suffering from a real medical issue that is causing emotional stress.