Sir Arthur
2008-08-24 23:18:40 UTC
THE CONTROVERSY BEHIND AND THE DIVERSE MEDICAL OPINION ON ATTENTION
DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) AND LEARNING (AND BEHAVIORAL
DISORDERS(
http://www.ritalindeath.com/Page/Controversy.html
These drugs make children more manageable, not necessarily better.
ADHD is a phenomenon, not a brain disease. Because the diagnosis
of ADHD is fraudulent, it doesn't matter whether a drug works.
Children are being forced to take a drug that is stronger than
cocaine for a disease that is yet to be proven.
Beverly Eakman Author, President National Education Consortium 2001
Situation:
More than six million American children have been diagnosed with
a disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), for
which there is no scientific basis. They are prescribed powerful,
potentially addictive drugs.
The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published
an authoritative study showing that one of the stimulants used to
treat ADHD is more potent than cocaine.(
You may receive literature or read in the media claims about ADHD
being a brain dysfunction, a no fault brain disease,( a chemical
imbalance in the brain( a severe disorder effecting 5% of our
nations children.
The following is to provide you with facts about the lack of science
and veracity behind these assertions and to show that there has
been a severe dereliction of duty with regards to informing parents
fully about the causes of classroom behavior and learning problems,
thereby violating the very essence of informed consent.(
Consequently, parents have been coerced into placing their child
on a psychotropic drug and even threatened with a charge of medical
neglect if they took their child off the drug. In some cases, all
that was wrong was that the child had a problem with allergies and
needed phonics and extra tutoring.
Schools are now required by law to screen children for ADHD and
the numbers of children being labeled with ADHD in the public
schools has skyrocketed.
Special Education budgets are astronomical and many Special Education
analysts attribute this to the number of children now being
categorized as "learning disordered", and particularly ADHD.
Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD)
In 1980, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), which is literally a
list of behaviors, was voted to be a mental disorder( at a committee
meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), and included
in the APA Diagnostic & Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders,
DSM-III (third edition).
In 1987, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), was
literally voted into existence by the American Psychiatric Association
and inserted in the DSM-IV. Within one year, 500,000 children in
the U.S. were diagnosed with the disorder.
"...We do not have an independent, valid test for ADHD, and there
are no data to indicate that ADHD is due to a brain malfunction."
(go to: http://www.RitalinDeath.com for full article)
DEFICIT HYPERACTIVITY DISORDER (ADHD) AND LEARNING (AND BEHAVIORAL
DISORDERS(
http://www.ritalindeath.com/Page/Controversy.html
These drugs make children more manageable, not necessarily better.
ADHD is a phenomenon, not a brain disease. Because the diagnosis
of ADHD is fraudulent, it doesn't matter whether a drug works.
Children are being forced to take a drug that is stronger than
cocaine for a disease that is yet to be proven.
Beverly Eakman Author, President National Education Consortium 2001
Situation:
More than six million American children have been diagnosed with
a disorder, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), for
which there is no scientific basis. They are prescribed powerful,
potentially addictive drugs.
The Journal of the American Medical Association recently published
an authoritative study showing that one of the stimulants used to
treat ADHD is more potent than cocaine.(
You may receive literature or read in the media claims about ADHD
being a brain dysfunction, a no fault brain disease,( a chemical
imbalance in the brain( a severe disorder effecting 5% of our
nations children.
The following is to provide you with facts about the lack of science
and veracity behind these assertions and to show that there has
been a severe dereliction of duty with regards to informing parents
fully about the causes of classroom behavior and learning problems,
thereby violating the very essence of informed consent.(
Consequently, parents have been coerced into placing their child
on a psychotropic drug and even threatened with a charge of medical
neglect if they took their child off the drug. In some cases, all
that was wrong was that the child had a problem with allergies and
needed phonics and extra tutoring.
Schools are now required by law to screen children for ADHD and
the numbers of children being labeled with ADHD in the public
schools has skyrocketed.
Special Education budgets are astronomical and many Special Education
analysts attribute this to the number of children now being
categorized as "learning disordered", and particularly ADHD.
Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity
Disorder (ADHD)
In 1980, Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD), which is literally a
list of behaviors, was voted to be a mental disorder( at a committee
meeting of the American Psychiatric Association (APA), and included
in the APA Diagnostic & Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders,
DSM-III (third edition).
In 1987, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), was
literally voted into existence by the American Psychiatric Association
and inserted in the DSM-IV. Within one year, 500,000 children in
the U.S. were diagnosed with the disorder.
"...We do not have an independent, valid test for ADHD, and there
are no data to indicate that ADHD is due to a brain malfunction."
(go to: http://www.RitalinDeath.com for full article)