-Caveat Lector-
This guy is not meantioning food or nutrician as a role.
So, is he bait for those that think there is actually someone
that is on their side - against Ritalin?
Breggin was suppenaed as a witness - for a trail in Utah.
School system wanted to take children for their homeschooling
parents, and put the kids back in the public school system and on
Ritalin! The kids were taken away, foster homes, one was raped
at the foster home and (I believe) commited suicide
( I will have to find the web site, I haven't kept
up with the case reciently)
Let's just say that from what I know
"Why don't you come over for dinner?"
Said the spider (Breggin) to the fly.
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> Forwarded from the New Paradigms Project [Not Necessarily Endorsed]:
> From: Ian Goddard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: RITALIN: Breggin Responds
> Date: Sunday, November 14, 1999 7:02 PM
>
> Last year the American Medical Association conducted
> a review "to deal with public and professional concern"
> about the use of psychotropic drugs to control the minds
> of children. [*] Not surprisingly, their conclusion was
> that there is no problem -- children who display excessive
> energy and who don't pay enough attention to adults should
> be dosed with potentially harmful drugs that are intended
> to overcome their free wills, bringing them under control.
>
> Below is the response of Peter Breggin, M.D., to the AMA,
> presented in a letter that was published in the Journal of
> the American Medical Association. Here are some highlights:
>
> "While admitting there are no proven long-term benefits, the
> AMA report supports the long-term use of the drug [Ritalin]."
>
> "The council report specifically denies that methylphenidate
> [Ritalin] is used for behavioral control but the diagnostic
> items are entirely limited to behaviors. The drug is almost
> always given to suppress behaviors that signal unmet needs
> in the child or conflicts between the child and adults."
>
> "Cookie-cutter diagnoses and assembly-line pharmacological
> treatments do not do justice to the needs of our children.
> On an individual level, America's children need much more
> attention to their personal, family, and educational needs.
> On a social level, they need improved schools and family
> life and a value system that emphasizes their individuality
> rather than drug-induced compliance and conformity."
>
> =========================================================
> Journal of the American Medical Association,
> April 28, 1999 -- Volume 281, Number 16, pages 1490-1
> =========================================================
>
> To the Editor: By promoting the diagnosis of ADHD and the
> use of methylphenidate [Ritalin] as a treatment, the AMA
> Council on Scientific Affairs' report [1] does a disservice.
> The council report fails to cite any of the dozens of
> critical publications spanning decades. [2-6] It exaggerates
> the benefits of methylphenidate, claiming short-term use
> improves academic performance. Reviews instead conclude
> that methylphenidate has no positive effects on learning
> but can impair it. [3] While admitting there are no proven
> long-term benefits, the AMA report supports the long-term
> use of the drug. The report ignores methylphenidate's many
> adverse effects. [3]
>
> The council report calls ADHD a "neuropsychiatric disorder,"
> but it is a diagnosis of exclusion made only in the absence
> of any known medical or neurological cause. All the "symptoms"
> are drawn from normal childhood behaviors, such as squirming
> in a chair, acting bored, talking out of turn, and being
> forgetful and inattentive. When these behaviors increase
> in number or intensity, it really signals that the child
> requires more individualized attention to unmet basic needs,
> such as a more engaging and individualized educational
> environment, more rational or consistent discipline in the
> home or school, unconditional love, or security and safety.
> An increase in ADHD-like behaviors almost always indicates
> that we, as adults, are not giving the child much-needed
> attention.
>
> The council report specifically denies that methylphenidate
> is used for behavioral control but the diagnostic items are
> entirely limited to behaviors. The drug is almost always
> given to suppress behaviors that signal unmet needs in the
> child or conflicts between the child and adults.
>
> The council report minimizes how widely methylphenidate
> is being used and abused. By contrast, the International
> Narcotics Control Board [5] and the Drug Enforcement
> Administration [4] warn that 90% of the worlds
> methylphenidate is consumed in the United States, that
> 10% to 12% of boys aged 6 to 14 years are being diagnosed
> and given methylphenidate, that more high school seniors
> are abusing the drug than receiving it through physicians,
> and that methylphenidate is one of the nation's most
> commonly stolen and diverted substances.
>
> Cookie-cutter diagnoses and assembly-line pharmacological
> treatments do not do justice to the needs of our children.
> On an individual level, America's children need much more
> attention to their personal, family, and educational needs.
> On a social level, they need improved schools and family
> life and a value system that emphasizes their individuality
> rather than drug-induced compliance and conformity.
>
> Peter R. Breggin, MD
> Bethesda, Md
>
> 1. Goldman LS, Genel M, Bezman RJ, Slanetz PJ, for the
> Council on Scientific Affairs, American Medical Association,
> Diagnosis and treatment of attention-deficit/hyperactivity
> disorder in children and adolescents. JAMA. 1998;279:1100-1107.
> 2. Armstrong T. The Myth of the ADHD Child. New York, NY:
> Dutton; 1995.
> 3. Breggin PR. Talking Back to Ritalin. Monroe, Me: Common
> Courage Press; 1998.
> 4. Drug Enforcement Administration. Methylphenidate: A
> Background Paper. Washington, DC: Drug Enforcement
> Administration, US Dept of Justice; 1995.
> 5. International Narcotics Control Board, INCB Sees
> Continuing Risk in Stimulant Prescribed for Children.
> Vienna, Austria: International Narcotics Control Board;
> 1997. INCB Annual Report Background Note 4.
> 6. McGuinness D. Attention deficit disorder: the emperor's
> new clothes, animal "pharm," and other fiction. In: Fisher
> S, Greenberg RP, eds. The Limits of Biological Treatments
> for Psychological Distress. Hillsdale, NJ: Lawrence
> Erlbaum Associates; 1998:151-188.
>
> ============================================================
> Peter Breggin's web site: http://breggin.com
> http://www.breggin.com/ritalinbkexcerpt.html
> ============================================================
> [*]
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