After Sanctions, Doctors Still Get Drug Company Pay
The NY Times’s examination of Minnesota’s records on drug company payments to doctors found that from 1997 to 2005, at least 103 doctors who had been disciplined or criticized by the state medical board received a total of $1.7 million from drug makers.
Read the article in full at:
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/06/03/health/03docs.html?em&ex=1180929600&en=be941c18ea9cfbfa&ei=5087%0A
Friday, June 8, 2007
Wednesday, May 9, 2007
Prozac is a Killer - The FDA Knows, do you?
Think psychiatrists don't know their drugs cause violence? Think again. In 1991, CCHR brought evidence before the FDA.
Watch the video and see for yourself - FDA Prozac Testimony Video
Watch the video and see for yourself - FDA Prozac Testimony Video
Watch more from CCHR - Psychiatry, Industry of Death - CCHR Industry of Death DVD Introduction
Sunday, May 6, 2007
Ritalin - Schedule II Narcotic Killer like Cocaine
Ritalin is the common name for methylphenidate, classified by the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as a Schedule II narcotic — the same classification as cocaine, morphine and amphetamines. It is abused by teens for its stimulant effects.
Learn the facts at: Ritalin - Kiddie Cocaine Booklet
Learn the facts at: Ritalin - Kiddie Cocaine Booklet
Also, check out http://www.ritalindeath.com/ to learn more about Death Caused by Ritalin.
Depression Drug Suicide Warning
San Diego - The Union Tribune reported that the Food and Drug Administration ordered makers of the drugs like Prozac, Zoloft, and Paxil to expand suicide warning for 18-to 24-year-olds.
Provaz is said to have 12 times the suicide rate as other depression drugs!
With 12 million people under 44 on depression drugs and a 2% rate of maniacal behavior that is almost 250,000 maniacs running loose in society due to psych drugs!
Read the Union Tribune article at: Depression drugs suicide warning!
Provaz is said to have 12 times the suicide rate as other depression drugs!
With 12 million people under 44 on depression drugs and a 2% rate of maniacal behavior that is almost 250,000 maniacs running loose in society due to psych drugs!
Read the Union Tribune article at: Depression drugs suicide warning!
Saturday, May 5, 2007
Virginia Tech Shooter on Psych Drugs?
Douglas Kennedy (son of Robert Kennedy) reported on FOX NEWS that the Virginia Shooter was on pyschiatric drugs.
View the video in full at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAeABmVOS0s.
Kennedy reported Cho was completely emotional-less, a condition only found with people taking anti-depressants. The mental health system failed him!
It is time to investigate psychiatic drugs as a source of violence in schools.
View the video in full at http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GAeABmVOS0s.
Kennedy reported Cho was completely emotional-less, a condition only found with people taking anti-depressants. The mental health system failed him!
It is time to investigate psychiatic drugs as a source of violence in schools.
Friday, May 4, 2007
Local School Threats
Vista - Gun In School?
Schools locked down in Vista after report of gunfire; one detained
VISTA, 2:00 p.m. May 4 (UNION-TRIBUNE) A report of gunfire at Olive Elementary School prompted eight local schools to be locked down late Friday morning and into the afternoon, as sheriff's deputies detained one man.
Sheriff's Lt. Phil Brust told reporters that deputies found no evidence that shots were fired. No students were injured and no weapons were found.
Schools locked down in Vista after report of gunfire; one detained
VISTA, 2:00 p.m. May 4 (UNION-TRIBUNE) A report of gunfire at Olive Elementary School prompted eight local schools to be locked down late Friday morning and into the afternoon, as sheriff's deputies detained one man.
Sheriff's Lt. Phil Brust told reporters that deputies found no evidence that shots were fired. No students were injured and no weapons were found.
Ramona Lockdown?
Ramona deputies find boy with pellet gun - By: North County Times
RAMONA ---- A 16-year-old boy with a pellet gun seen walking toward a Ramona High School bus stop this morning returned home after showing it to friends, authorities said.
Sheriff's Lt. Jim Nolan said the boy never threatened anyone, and he never made it to the school.
Ramona Unified School District employees said at least four schools ---- the high school; the school next to it, Olive Peirce Middle School; Ramona Community School, and Barnett Elementary School ---- were locked down for about an hour while deputies searched for the boy, unaware that he was home.
Columbine shooter was prescribed anti-depressant
(CNN) -- Reports surfaced Wednesday that one of the gunmen in the Littleton, Colorado, school shooting, Eric Harris, was rejected by Marine Corps recruiters days before the Columbine High School massacre because he was under a doctor's care and had been prescribed an anti-depressant medication.
Harris' prescription was for Luvox, an anti-depressant medication commonly used to treat patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9904/29/luvox.explainer/
Harris' prescription was for Luvox, an anti-depressant medication commonly used to treat patients with obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Source: http://www.cnn.com/HEALTH/9904/29/luvox.explainer/
Map of School Shootings
Here is a map of the violence showing how psych drugs ruin lives all over the country!
http://www.svrc.net/ShootingsMap.htm
http://www.svrc.net/ShootingsMap.htm
Human Right to an Education
UN Declaration of Human Rights #26 - the right to an education.
Our sons and daughters should be able to go to schoool without worrying about guns, violence, psych drugs and suppression.
youthforhumanrights.org/Human_Right_26.mov
CCHR International - Investigates School Violence
Do you know someone on psych drugs. Get the facts on the risks and the harm that may result. You can report psychiatric abuse at www.cchr.org.
Get the DVD that shows the REAL story!
Order the CCHR Psych DVD
Get the DVD that shows the REAL story!
Order the CCHR Psych DVD
Douglas Kennedy - More on Pysch Drugs and School Violence
Check out more video by Douglas Kennedy on the history of school violence.
And another from a student shot a Columbine. Prozac kills...
Is violence right in your medicine chest?
And another from a student shot a Columbine. Prozac kills...
Is violence right in your medicine chest?
The Real "Mental Health Lessons" from Virginia Tech
Focusing on Virginia Tech mass murderer Cho as a disturbed mental patient has led media analysts to ponder how he could have been more readily identified by the mental health system. But Cho is not someone who slipped beneath the psychiatric radar. Instead, he was frequently detected as a large object on the screen.
On separate occasions, he was involuntarily hospitalized, sent for psychological evaluation, and referred to the university counseling center. Consistent with getting him more psychiatric "help," experts have also opined on how he might have benefited from medication. These are all the wrong lessons.
The mental health system was fully alert to Cho's existence and to serious manifestations of dangerous behavior. A faculty member of the English department was so frightened by Cho's behavior that she insisted on having him pulled him out of class. The police and the counseling center were notified and ultimately Cho was given individual tutoring, instead of quick removal from the campus. Also, a number of students called the campus police, probably at least twice in regard to his stalking behavior. Furthermore, he had previously been involuntarily hospitalized in Virginia as a danger to himself and others.
The answer to vengeful, violent people is not more mental health screening or more potent mental health interventions. Reliance on the whole range of this system from counseling to involuntary treatment failed. There is not a shred of scientific evidence that locking people up against their will or otherwise "treating" them reduces violence. As we'll see, quite the opposite is true.
And what about drugs for the treatment of violence? The FDA has not approved any medications for the control of violence because there are no such medications. Yes, it is possible to temporarily immobilize mind and body alike with a shot of an "antipsychotic" drug like Haldol; but that only works as long as the person is virtually paralyzed and confined--and forced drugging invariably breeds more resentment.
Instead of offering the promise of reducing violence, all psychiatric drugs carry the potential risk of driving the individual into violent madness. For example, both the newer antidepressants such as Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft and Celexa, and the antipsychotic drugs such as Risperdal and Zyprexa, cause a disorder caused akathisia--a terrible inner sensation of agitation accompanied by a compulsion to move about. Akathisia is known to drive people to suicide and to aggression. Indeed, these tragic outcomes of drug-induced akathisia are so well documented that they are described in the most establishment psychiatric book of all, the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
For the past fifteen years or more, I've been writing about the capacity of psychiatric drugs to cause mayhem, murder and suicide. In early 2005 the FDA finally issued a warning that antidepressants cause both suicidality and violence. For example, the FDA's new mandated warning label for antidepressants states that these drugs produce "anxiety, agitation, panic attacks, insomnia, irritability, hostility, aggressiveness, impulsivity, akathisia (psychomotor restlessness), hypomania, and mania."
Note the reference to "irritability, hostility, aggressiveness, impulsivity" in the label or package insert for antidepressants. That's a formula for violence. Note the mention of akathisia, another source of both violence and suicide. And finally, note the reference to mania, yet another drug-induced syndrome associated with violence and suicide.
As a psychiatrist and medical expert, I have personally evaluated dozens of cases of individuals driven to violence by psychiatric drugs of every type, but most commonly the newer antidepressants. One of the cases I evaluated, the Columbine shooter Eric Harris, looks the most like Cho. Both were very emotionally disturbed in an extremely violent fashion for a prolonged period of time. For the entire year that Eric Harris was evolving his manic-like violence, he was taking Luvox, a drug known to cause mania at a high rate in young people
In my book Reclaiming Our Children, I analyzed the clinical and scientific reasons for believing that Eric Harris's violence was caused by prescribed Luvox and I've also testified to the same under oath in deposition in a case related to Columbine. In my book the Antidepressant Fact Book, I also warned that stopping antidepressants can be as dangerous as starting them, since they can cause very disturbing and painful withdrawal reactions.
The violence unleashed on the Virginia Tech campus should not lead to calls for more mental health screening, more mental health interventions, or more drugs. Instead, the violent rampage should confirm that psychiatric interventions don't prevent violence and instead they can cause it. Early on, Cho should have been confronted by the police and by university administrators with the reality that his behavior was unacceptable and he should have been suspended. In other words, he should have been treated as a criminal who was stalking women, and as an obviously threatening individual, not as a potential mental patient. These measures might have confronted him with sufficient reality to nip his violence in the bud and more certainly would have removed him from the circumstances that the he found intolerably stimulating, while also removing him from so many targets of opportunity.
My scientific papers describing medication-induced violence and some of my cases can be found on www.breggin.com.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-peter-breggin/the-real-mental-health-l_b_46327.html
On separate occasions, he was involuntarily hospitalized, sent for psychological evaluation, and referred to the university counseling center. Consistent with getting him more psychiatric "help," experts have also opined on how he might have benefited from medication. These are all the wrong lessons.
The mental health system was fully alert to Cho's existence and to serious manifestations of dangerous behavior. A faculty member of the English department was so frightened by Cho's behavior that she insisted on having him pulled him out of class. The police and the counseling center were notified and ultimately Cho was given individual tutoring, instead of quick removal from the campus. Also, a number of students called the campus police, probably at least twice in regard to his stalking behavior. Furthermore, he had previously been involuntarily hospitalized in Virginia as a danger to himself and others.
The answer to vengeful, violent people is not more mental health screening or more potent mental health interventions. Reliance on the whole range of this system from counseling to involuntary treatment failed. There is not a shred of scientific evidence that locking people up against their will or otherwise "treating" them reduces violence. As we'll see, quite the opposite is true.
And what about drugs for the treatment of violence? The FDA has not approved any medications for the control of violence because there are no such medications. Yes, it is possible to temporarily immobilize mind and body alike with a shot of an "antipsychotic" drug like Haldol; but that only works as long as the person is virtually paralyzed and confined--and forced drugging invariably breeds more resentment.
Instead of offering the promise of reducing violence, all psychiatric drugs carry the potential risk of driving the individual into violent madness. For example, both the newer antidepressants such as Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft and Celexa, and the antipsychotic drugs such as Risperdal and Zyprexa, cause a disorder caused akathisia--a terrible inner sensation of agitation accompanied by a compulsion to move about. Akathisia is known to drive people to suicide and to aggression. Indeed, these tragic outcomes of drug-induced akathisia are so well documented that they are described in the most establishment psychiatric book of all, the American Psychiatric Association's Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM).
For the past fifteen years or more, I've been writing about the capacity of psychiatric drugs to cause mayhem, murder and suicide. In early 2005 the FDA finally issued a warning that antidepressants cause both suicidality and violence. For example, the FDA's new mandated warning label for antidepressants states that these drugs produce "anxiety, agitation, panic attacks, insomnia, irritability, hostility, aggressiveness, impulsivity, akathisia (psychomotor restlessness), hypomania, and mania."
Note the reference to "irritability, hostility, aggressiveness, impulsivity" in the label or package insert for antidepressants. That's a formula for violence. Note the mention of akathisia, another source of both violence and suicide. And finally, note the reference to mania, yet another drug-induced syndrome associated with violence and suicide.
As a psychiatrist and medical expert, I have personally evaluated dozens of cases of individuals driven to violence by psychiatric drugs of every type, but most commonly the newer antidepressants. One of the cases I evaluated, the Columbine shooter Eric Harris, looks the most like Cho. Both were very emotionally disturbed in an extremely violent fashion for a prolonged period of time. For the entire year that Eric Harris was evolving his manic-like violence, he was taking Luvox, a drug known to cause mania at a high rate in young people
In my book Reclaiming Our Children, I analyzed the clinical and scientific reasons for believing that Eric Harris's violence was caused by prescribed Luvox and I've also testified to the same under oath in deposition in a case related to Columbine. In my book the Antidepressant Fact Book, I also warned that stopping antidepressants can be as dangerous as starting them, since they can cause very disturbing and painful withdrawal reactions.
The violence unleashed on the Virginia Tech campus should not lead to calls for more mental health screening, more mental health interventions, or more drugs. Instead, the violent rampage should confirm that psychiatric interventions don't prevent violence and instead they can cause it. Early on, Cho should have been confronted by the police and by university administrators with the reality that his behavior was unacceptable and he should have been suspended. In other words, he should have been treated as a criminal who was stalking women, and as an obviously threatening individual, not as a potential mental patient. These measures might have confronted him with sufficient reality to nip his violence in the bud and more certainly would have removed him from the circumstances that the he found intolerably stimulating, while also removing him from so many targets of opportunity.
My scientific papers describing medication-induced violence and some of my cases can be found on www.breggin.com.
Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dr-peter-breggin/the-real-mental-health-l_b_46327.html
Role of antidepressants in killings needs review
By TY PHILLIPS mailto:PHILLIPStphillips@modbee.com (excerpted)
The murderous rampage that left 33 people dead at Virginia Tech has stirred countless emotions: sadness and anger, fear and hatred, grief and disgust.
When Dr. Ann Blake Tracy heard the details, she felt many of those same emotions. Yet there is one sentiment Tracy does not share with much of the rest of the world: surprise. As terrible as it sounds, after nearly 20 years researching links between violent crime, suicide and antidepressants, Tracy is surprised only that it doesn't happen more often.
Details continue to emerge about the lonely life of killer Seung-Hui Cho, who had a history of mental illness. Among Cho's effects, officials found prescription medications related to the treatment of psychological problems.
Though it's still premature to draw conclusions without toxicology results, these are the details Tracy, an author and the executive director of the International Coalition for Drug Awareness, expected from the moment she heard about the Virginia Tech shootings. In her experience, when it comes to investigating high-profile shootings, antidepressants are as common as the presence of loneliness, despondence and rage.
"I'm just so tired of seeing people die, I could scream," Tracy said during a phone interview. "It's happening daily in this country. It's so massive, it's just unreal. We've got so many school shootings now, I can't even begin to keep up with them all. And the reason is so incredibly obvious. You don't have to look at much to figure it out."
2006, Bailey, Colo. — Duane Morrison shot and killed a girl and sexually assaulted six others. Antidepressants were found in his vehicle.
2005, Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minn. — Jeff Weise shot and killed nine people and wounded five before committing suicide. Prozac.
1998, Springfield, Ore. — Kip Kinkel killed his parents, then went to school and opened fire in the cafeteria, killing two and wounding 22. Prozac.
1989, Stockton — Patrick Purdy used an assault rifle to spray bullets through a playground at Cleveland Elementary School, killing five children and wounding 29 people before he killed himself. Elavil.
Read more at http://www.modbee.com/local/story/13533556p-14137410c.html
The murderous rampage that left 33 people dead at Virginia Tech has stirred countless emotions: sadness and anger, fear and hatred, grief and disgust.
When Dr. Ann Blake Tracy heard the details, she felt many of those same emotions. Yet there is one sentiment Tracy does not share with much of the rest of the world: surprise. As terrible as it sounds, after nearly 20 years researching links between violent crime, suicide and antidepressants, Tracy is surprised only that it doesn't happen more often.
Details continue to emerge about the lonely life of killer Seung-Hui Cho, who had a history of mental illness. Among Cho's effects, officials found prescription medications related to the treatment of psychological problems.
Though it's still premature to draw conclusions without toxicology results, these are the details Tracy, an author and the executive director of the International Coalition for Drug Awareness, expected from the moment she heard about the Virginia Tech shootings. In her experience, when it comes to investigating high-profile shootings, antidepressants are as common as the presence of loneliness, despondence and rage.
"I'm just so tired of seeing people die, I could scream," Tracy said during a phone interview. "It's happening daily in this country. It's so massive, it's just unreal. We've got so many school shootings now, I can't even begin to keep up with them all. And the reason is so incredibly obvious. You don't have to look at much to figure it out."
2006, Bailey, Colo. — Duane Morrison shot and killed a girl and sexually assaulted six others. Antidepressants were found in his vehicle.
2005, Red Lake Indian Reservation, Minn. — Jeff Weise shot and killed nine people and wounded five before committing suicide. Prozac.
1998, Springfield, Ore. — Kip Kinkel killed his parents, then went to school and opened fire in the cafeteria, killing two and wounding 22. Prozac.
1989, Stockton — Patrick Purdy used an assault rifle to spray bullets through a playground at Cleveland Elementary School, killing five children and wounding 29 people before he killed himself. Elavil.
Read more at http://www.modbee.com/local/story/13533556p-14137410c.html
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