The proponents of ECT(Electro-Convulsive Shock Therapy) lament that ECT has a poor public image. Well, I love that part. In an article on a website called Mescape, a Dr. Puffer of the Mayo Clinic is quoted: “The findings also suggest that while ECT improves outcomes, it is not a cure.” Read more…
When you have psychiatrists criticizing the volume and types of drugs that are being given to these kids then you know something is seriously wrong: http://abcnews.go.com/2020/video/foster-kids-meds-finding-solutions-congress-hearing-foster-care-psychotropic-drugs-2020-15077829 If this does not inspire you to do something…
Here is one where the psychiatrists and the police state did not win. Several months ago Maryanne Godbolbo tried to keep her daughter from forcibly being taken by child care services in Detroit (they had no legal right to take her daughter). The police forcibly entered her home and took Read more…
How far can government agencies push us. Maryanne Godboldo is pushing back to defend her child and her basic rights laid out by the Constitution of the United States of America no less her basic human rights. Child Protective Services took Maryanne’s daughter without a legal warrant – by force. Read more…
By Richard Martin, Times Staff Writer In Print: Sunday, July 18, 2010 From St Petersburg Times, St Petersburg, FL If you are pregnant or know someone who is, then you need to read this article: http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/article1109348.ece http://www.tampabay.com/news/health/article1109348.ece
“Malicious” use of drugs an under-recognized form of child abuse By Laura Stone, Postmedia News “The “malicious” use of pharmaceuticals on children is an under-recognized form of child abuse, according to a study released on July 22. New research that analyzes information from the U.S. National Poison Centre Data System Read more…
“In the same year, the Washington Post published the fact that Ritalin which is prescribed to very young children had never been tested on that age group (under 6’s) and yet, between 150,000 – 200,000 children between the ages of 2 and 4 were prescribed Ritalin.” ~ Hilary Butler letter to Read more…
You remember that movie, “One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest”? Do they still do ECT therapy? Ask around. People will say to you, “No, they give people medication now.” Nope. Stop Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy In Canada, 130 hospitals give ECT. Statistics for ECTs given yearly are: · Ontario, Canada – Read more…
