Tag Archives: ADHD

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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Mallinckrodt Sues FDA Over Methylphenidate

Mallinckrodt Sues FDA Over Methylphenidate Mallinckrodt is a pharmaceutical company with U.S. headquarters in St. Louis, Missouri. One of their products is the generic drug Methylphenidate HCl Extended-Release (ER); methylphenidate is known as Ritalin or Concerta in some branded versions, … Continue reading

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Common Core Gores Education

Common Core Gores Education [The quotes are from “Common Core – A Look Behind the Wizard’s Curtain” by Karen Hadley, in The Hard Truth Magazine, Issue 4, 2014. We highly recommend it.] We have written previously (here and here) about … Continue reading

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Typical or Troubled? School Mental Health Education Program

Typical or Troubled? School Mental Health Education Program The American Psychiatric Foundation (APF), the philanthropic and educational arm of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), provides grants to fund the implementation of the Typical or Troubled?™ mental health education program in … Continue reading

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ADHD and Fluoride

ADHD and Fluoride A recently published scientific study links various developmental disabilities with fluoride poisoning. [Lancet Neurol 2014;13:330-38; February 15, 2014; “Neurobehavioral effects of developmental toxicity”] Here are some salient quotes. “Neurodevelopmental disabilities, including autism, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, dyslexia, and … Continue reading

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Mary Jane comes to psychiatry

Mary Jane comes to psychiatry There has been a lot in the news recently about marijuana — “medical” marijuana, synthetic marijuana, legalizing marijuana, human interest stories about someone smoking marijuana, rants about the horrors of marijuana smoking — in short, … Continue reading

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ADHD Does Not Exist

ADHD Does Not Exist The New York Post reviews the book, “ADHD Does Not Exist: The Truth About Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder” (HarperWave, February 2014) by neurologist Richard Saul, M.D. Selected quotes from this article: “After a long career … Continue reading

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Parents Know Your Rights

ADHD and Other Psychiatric Drugs Parents Know Your Rights Parents are quite simply not being given accurate information about psychiatric labels (mental “disorders”) or the drugs being prescribed to “treat” their children. The drugging of children for ADHD (Attention Deficit … Continue reading

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ADHD Drugs Don’t Boost Kids’ Grades

ADHD Drugs Don’t Boost Kids’ Grades Studies of Children With Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Find Little Change New studies of children taking psychiatric drugs find that there is little evidence that the drugs actually improve academic outcomes. A growing body of research … Continue reading

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