Thanks for posting this Jeff. My friends child is on ADHD drugs and he is trying to find an alternative. I will forward this article to him.
--- In [email protected], "Jeff Fischer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Testimony to the State of Georgia Senate > Re: Senate Bill 430TeenScreen > by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD > August 16, 2006 > > Whether you speak of teen-screen, infant-screen, toddler-screen or > elder-screen (they are all on their way to the nearest school), > there is one thing you need to know about psychiatric diagnosis: > there is no such thing as a psychiatric "disorder," "disease," > or, "chemical imbalance." And yet, psychiatry, Big Pharma, the > House, Senate and White House, drunk on money and power, insist that > all psychiatric diagnoses are "diseases" which must be treated, if > even by court order; if even they have to call you a "negligent" > parent and make the court your child's parent. > > We continue to accept the "chemical imbalance" lie at our own > peril. Infinite damage has already been done. Think Columbine, > think Conyers, Georgia, where T.J. Solomon shot six, think Haditha, > Iraq, and think of the Armed Forces recruiting shortfalls due to the > burgeoning psychiatric epidemic in the nation's schools. Think of > the accumulative toll of our believing in this brazen, > Machiavellian, lie. Think of a child in your own family (like > classrooms, every family has oneor more). > > In 1948, psychiatry and neurology were made into separate > specialtiesneurology, my specialty, to diagnose and treat actual > diseases of the brain; psychiatry to address the emotional and > behavioral (psychological) problems in normals, and, in the > physically ill as wellnone of them diseases. [1] > > In the fifties, chlorpromazine/Thorazine, the first antipsychotic > drug was synthesized. Other psychotropic drugs followed. Today, > 91% of children who see a child psychiatrist are put on a drug, 18% - > -most of them normal--on a dangerous, deadly, antipsychotic. > > In 1960, when I graduated from the NYU School of Medicine, no such > thing as a psychiatric disease existed. > > In 1963 when I was the first to analyze the chromosomes of cancer > cells from the spinal fluid [2] and in 1969 when I was the first to > describe glioma-polyposis syndrome (another word for disease) [3] > there was still no such thing as a psychiatric diseasea disease > being a demonstrable macroscopic, microscopic, or chemical > abnormalitiesa palpable or visible tumor, a positive "Pap" smear or > biopsy, or, an elevated blood sugar as in diabetes mellitus or > phenylalanine level, in PKU. > > Little did I know that Psychiatry, Big Pharma and the Federal > Government were well along with their "big lie," marketplace > strategy--to tell the publicall patients at one time or another, > that emotional and behavioral problems were not due to their > upbringing, environment, circumstances, but thateureka!--they > were "disorders"/ "diseases"/ "abnormalities" /"chemical > imbalances" of the brain, each needing, or requiring, a chemical > balancer--pill. > > On September 29, 1970, Representative Cornelius Gallagher of New > Jersey launched the Congressional hearing, Federal Involvement in > the Use of Behavior Modification Drugs on Grammar School Children: > Behavior Modification Drugs in School Children, saying: "I have > received letters critical of minimal brain dysfunction, one of > thirty-eight names attached to this condition." > > But, clearly, the "chemical imbalance" strategy was in place. Dr. > Ronald Lipman, Chief of the Clinical Studies Section, FDA, > testified: " hyperkinesis is a medical syndrome. It should be > properly diagnosed by a medical doctor." > > In the DSM-III of 1980 it was ADD; in the DSM-III-R of 1987, ADHD; > in the DSM-IV of 1994, it was ADHD of another sort. No science to > get in the way. > > On December 22, 1994, Paul Leber, MD, Director, Division of > Neuropharmacological Drug Products of the FDA, wrote to me: " no > distinct pathophysiology for the disorder (ADHD) has been > delineated." > > On May, 13, 1998, F. Xavier Castellanos of the NIMH wrote to me: " > we have not yet met the burden of demonstrating the specific > pathophysiology that we believe underlies this condition." > > At the November 16-18, 1998 Consensus Conference, William B Carey > [4], speaking on the subject: "Is ADHD a Valid Disorder?" > concluded: "What is described as ADHD in the United States appears > to be a set of normal behavioral variations..." > > James M. Swanson and F. Xavier Castellanos [5] reviewed the > structural/anatomic MRI research [5-18] concluding: " ADHD > subjects have on-average 10% brain atrophy." > > From a floor microphone I (Baughman) challenged Swanson: "Why didn't > you mention that virtually all of the ADHD subjects were on > stimulant (Ritalin, Dexedrine, Adderall) therapy and that this is > the likely cause of their brain atrophy?" > > With their main line of evidence shown to be a lie, the Consensus > Conference Panel confessed: " ...we do not have an independent, > valid test for ADHD there are no data to indicate that ADHD is a > brain malfunction." > > Palco of NPR observed: "ADHD is like the Supreme Court's definition > of pornography: `You know it when you see it.'" > > On October 9, 2002, Castellanos, et al [6], published the one-and- > only MRI study of an ADHD-untreated group. Inexplicably, they > failed to use matched controls. This voided the study. ADHD > remained without validation as a disease while the ADHD drugs > methylphenidates and amphetamines remained the probable cause of > the "on-average, 10 percent" brain atrophy. > > In 2002, Weinberger [7] of the NIMH claimed "major psychiatric > diseases" are associated with "subtle but objectively > characterizable changes." However, he could not reference proof > that a single psychiatric "disease" actually exists. > > In 2002, the Advertisement Commission of Holland determined that > Brain Foundation-Holland claim that ADHD is an inborn brain > dysfunction " gives a wrong and misleading representation and > enjoined them to stop. > > In 2003, Ireland prohibited GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) from claiming on > it's Paxil/paroxetine leaflet: "(it) works by bringing serotonin > levels back to normal." > > While the FDA's Goodman [8], acknowledged that claims that SSRIs > correct a serotonin imbalance go "too far," he lied every bit as > much, suggesting: "this is reasonable shorthand for expressing that > this is a chemically or brain-based problem." > > Saying any psychiatric diagnosis " is a brain-based problem and > that the medications are normalizing function," is an anti- > scientific, pro-drug, lieone that reflects FDA and government > policy generally." > > There is nothing more despicable than a physician who knowingly > tells normal patients that they are "sick," "ill," or "diseased," > for profit. Yet this has become standard practice throughout > medicine, and at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), American > Psychiatric Association (APA), American Medical Association (AMA), > American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), > American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), American Academy of Neurology > (AAN), Child Neurology Society (CNS), American Academy of Family > Practice (AAFP), and countless other organizations. > > All health care agents and agencies, and all manufacturers of drugs > must cease their representations of psychological/psychiatric > diagnoses as diseases/ "chemical imbalances." The right to informed > consent--universally abrogated by such lies--must be restored to US > medicine. > > Because psychiatric patients are physically/medically normal but are > called "diseased" their right to informed consent has been revoked. > > Because those made into "patients" are known to normal to begin > with, those who "treat" them actually poison them and are guilty, > not of an iatrogenic medical mistake, but of willful, for-profit > poisoninga felony. > > What are we to call it when children die pursuant to a fraudulent > diagnosis, such as ADHD, such as the 186 known to have died from > methylphenidate/Ritalin, between 1990 and 2000? First degree > murder? Second degree murder? Justifiable homocide? Manslaughter? > > From 1970 to the present, thirty-six years--the House, Senate and > White House have accepted (with a nod and wink) the "disease" > lie/perjury from representatives of the Psychiatry-Big Pharma > cartel, have embraced it, and have authorized and funded (with our > hard-earned tax) billions for the research, diagnosis and treatment > of "diseases" that do not exist, conferring upon them the only hint > of legitimacy they would ever have. So doing, our Federal > Government has become the third, essential member of the Psychiatry- > Big Pharma-US Federal Government cartel. > > Our Federal Government is no longer free commit to our health and > well-being. > > FRED A. BAUGHMAN, JR. M.D. > NEUROLOGY AND CHILD NEUROLOGY (Board Certified) > FELLOW, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY > Author: The ADHD FraudHow Psychiatry Makes "Patients" of Normal > Children > www.Trafford.com > 1303 HIDDEN MOUNTAIN DRIVE, EL CAJON, CA 92019, U.S.A. > > > References: > > 1. Cohen MM, editor. American Academy of Neurology: The first 50 > years, 19481998 p 1-8. (1998). St. Paul (Minnesota): American > Academy of Neurology. > > 2. Baughman, F. A., Jr., Hirsch, B.: Karyotyping of Cells from > Cerebrospinal Fluid (letter). Lancet. 1963; 2:417. > > 3. Baughman, F. A., Jr., List, C. F., Williams, J. R., Muldoon, J. > P., Segarra, J. M.: The Glioma-Polyposis Syndrome. New England > Journal of Medicine, 281:1345-1346, 1969. > > 4. Carey, WB. NIH Consensus Conference on ADHD, November 16-18, > 1998. > > 5. Swanson J, Castellanos FX. Biological Bases of Attention Deficit > Hyperactivity Disorder. NIH Consensus Development Conference on ADHD > (p 37-42, program and abstracts), November 16-18, 1998, National > Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD > > 6. Developmental Trajectories of Brain Volume Abnormalities in > Children and Adolescents With Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity > Disorder F. Xavier Castellanos, Patti P. Lee, MD; Wendy Sharp, > MSW; Neal O. Jeffries, PhD; Deanna K. Greenstein, PhD; Liv S. > Clasen, PhD; Jonathan D. Blumenthal, MA; Regina S. James, MD; > Christen L. Ebens, BA; James M. Walter, MA; Alex Zijdenbos, PhD; > Alan C. Evans, PhD; Jay N. Giedd, MD; Judith L. Rapoport, MD JAMA. > 2002;288:1740-1748 . > > 7. Weinberger DR. In "Imaging for psychiatric disorders is done > mainly for research, not clinical purposes," Neurology Today, June, > 2002. > > 8. Wayne K. Goodman, MD Chair of the US Food and Drug Administration > (FDA) Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee, quoted in > Canadian Medical Association Journal, March 14, 2006. SSRI ads > questioned. Colin Meek. Wester Ross, Scotland > To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! 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