Psych Drug Truth. With the news of Tom Cruise, Brook Shields,,
Post Partum Depression, PPD, antidepressants, Mental Disorders, Anxiety
Disorders, and Depression, I thought my readers would like inside scoop of
what is happening. You have to read the story of the President of the American
Psychiatric Association admitting there is no such thing as a chemical
imbalance.
I would like to thank CCHR for sending to this Web Site their recent press
releases as well as their help in uncovering the antidepressant deception.
Make sure you read the article just below.
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In an explosive admission, American psychiatric Association President Steven
Sharfstein did a 180-degree turnaround from his TODAY show interview (June 27)
and admitted that there is no way to test for a “chemical imbalance” as the
cause for mental disorders. PEOPLE magazine (July 11), quoted Dr. Sharfstein
conceding, “We do not have a clean-cut lab test.”
Dr. Sharfstein is not alone. Elliot Valenstein, Ph.D. says, “[T]here are no
tests available for assessing the chemical status of a living person’s brain.”
The late Dr. Loren Mosher stated, “…there are no external validating criteria
for psychiatric diagnoses.”
In 2004, psychiatrist M. Douglas Mar debunked the theory that brain scans can
help diagnose mental diseases stating, “There is no scientific basis for these
claims [of using brain scans for psychiatric diagnosis].”
Harvard University professor, Joseph Glenmullen, author of “Prozac Backlash,”
said the questionnaires of symptoms used to “diagnose” depression “may look
scientific,” but “are utterly subjective measures.”
“But unfortunately, the tragedy in this misinformation campaign has been the
children who have been pegged with these invented illnesses and given
life-destroying drugs,” said Marla Filidei, VP of CCHR International. “We’ve
seen hundreds of cases where children’s lives have been destroyed as a result of
these labels.”
Ten-year-old Shaina Dunkle collapsed and died from toxic levels of the
psychiatric drug she was prescribed. “Shaina looked into my eyes as her life
ended and I could do nothing to save her. It’s been two years and I relive those
last few minutes every day. Believe me, it is a nightmare no parent should ever
have to live with, said Mrs. Vicki Dunkle.
By their own admission, psychiatrists cannot cure. Norman Sartorius, President
of the World Psychiatric Association from 1996-1999 concluded that “the time
when psychiatrists considered that they could cure the mentally ill is gone. In
the future the mentally ill have to learn to live with their illness."
The Citizens Commission on Human Rights has been documenting the truth behind
psychiatry’s lies for 36 years. “You wouldn’t allow a nuclear scientist to mess
around with atomic fission if he couldn’t define an atom. So we shouldn’t allow
psychiatrists to treat with powerful behavior-altering drugs that they cannot
even define or prove the cause of,” stated Jan Eastgate, CCHR’s international
president.
Post Partum Depression http://www.cchr.org/pseudoscience/index.htm
Postpartum Depression and Paxil
http://www.cchr.org/postpartum.htm
Abusing women in the name of psychiatry, prescription drugs
By JAN EASTGATE
For nearly 30 years I've worked with women who have
been abused by psychiatry, including those diagnosed with "post
partum depression"(PPD).
I've documented horror stories of past "miracle cures" for PPD where
psychosurgery mutilated women's brains or electroshock wiped out
their memory of the birth of their child.
Today, mind-altering drugs are passed off as a solution for
depression that can follow a traumatic labor. Brook Shields suffered
a grueling labor and was promised that the antidepressant she was
prescribed was non-addictive and safe. This isn't true.
The "Physicians Desk Reference" lists these side effects: agitation,
amnesia, confusion, mood swings, nightmares, insomnia,
hallucinations, hostility, and psychosis.
The FDA warns of suicidal thoughts. Withdrawal effects indicate
addiction; a fact that ABC's "Prime Time" exposed last year and that
was suppressed by drug manufacturers.
As for claims that PPD results from a "chemical imbalance" that
mind-altering drugs can supposedly correct, the weight of medical
opinion shows that there is no way to even determine a "normal
balance," let alone how to correct one. Just more lies.
None of this diminishes the fact that new moms can go through hell
and can become desperate.
Women might experience drastic drops in hormone levels after the
birth of a child that can deliver a major shock to their body. Iron
deficiency may also be a problem. But they need medical, not
psychiatric help.
There are many alternatives but psychiatrists, defending a more than
$14 billion a year psychiatric drug industry, would prefer women
didn't know about them. That's information worth warning others
about - and something about which (movie star) Tom Cruise has
thankfully rang the alarm bell.
Eastgate is the international president of the Citizens Commission
on Human Rights.
The Drugging of "Post Partum
Depression"— Clearing up Misconceptions About "Chemical Imbalances,"
Antidepressant Drugs and Non-Drug Solutions
A MESSAGE FROM JAN EASTGATE
INTERNATIONAL PRESIDENT, CCHR
For nearly 30 years I’ve worked with women who have been abused by
psychiatry, including those diagnosed with “post partum depression”
(PPD). I’ve documented horror stories of past “miracle cures” for
PPD where psychosurgery mutilated their brains or electroshock wiped
out their memory of the birth of their child. Today, mind-altering
drugs are passed off as a solution for depression that can follow a
traumatic labor. Brooke Shields suffered a grueling labor and was
promised that the antidepressant she was prescribed was
non-addictive and safe. She was lied to.
The Physicians Desk Reference lists these side
effects: agitation, amnesia, confusion, mood swings, nightmares,
insomnia, hallucinations, hostility, and psychosis. The FDA warns of
suicidal thoughts. Withdrawal effects indicate addiction, a fact
that ABC’s Primetime Live exposed last year was suppressed by
drug manufacturers.
As for claims that PPD results from a “chemical
imbalance” that mind-altering drugs can supposedly correct, the
weight of medical opinion shows that there is no way to even
determine a “normal balance,” let alone how to correct one. Just
more lies.
None of this diminishes the fact that new moms can
go through hell and can become desperate. Women may experience
drastic drops in hormone levels after the birth of a child that can
deliver a major shock to their body. Iron deficiency may also be a
problem. But they need medical, not psychiatric help.
There are many alternatives but psychiatrists,
defending a more than $14 billion a year psychiatric drug industry,
would prefer women didn’t know about them. That’s information worth
warning others about—and something about which Tom Cruise has
thankfully raised the alarm bell.
Jan Eastgate
International President, CCHR
Doctors Lambast Shields’ Dangerous Position
on Paxil
CCHR 7/2/2005 4:03:31 PM
Medical doctors today struck out against the
dangerous position actress Brook Shields has taken in promoting the
antidepressant Paxil for treatment of post partum depression (PPD). “Ms.
Shields does not address the tremendous body of medical opinion against
antidepressants being prescribed for PPD, nor does it appear she was
medically advised of this. The FDA warns that these drugs can cause
hostility, anxiety, agitation, panic attacks, and mania, which is a
public health warning ignored in recent media coverage,” said Anthony P.
Urbanek, M.D., a surgeon from Nashville.
Today, the FDA issued a warning that adults who use the
antidepressants could also be at risk of suicidal behavior. After
analyzing hundreds of studies, the FDA put out a notice about a
higher-than-expected rate of suicide attempts in adults taking the
drugs.
Julian Whitaker, M.D., the founder of the Whitaker Wellness Center in
California, said, “PPD should be treated as a medical, not psychiatric
condition. Add psychiatric drugs to the hormonal imbalance that occurs
at birth and you’ve potentially created a time bomb. Texas mother Andrea
Yates was prescribed antidepressants for PPD, became psychotic and
drowned her five children.”
A statement by Edward G. Ezrailson, Ph.D., at the time of Ms. Yates’
trial, warned the drugs she was prescribed caused involuntary
intoxication, leading to the murder of her children.
Psychiatrist Nancy Mullan, who practices non-drug alternatives to
health care problems, warned, “There is a terrific plummet in hormones
when giving birth which needs to be normalized. Blood sugar imbalances,
nutrient deficiencies, low adrenal gland function, thyroid imbalance and
copper and zinc deficiencies should all be tested for. The last thing
you need is an antidepressant masking or messing with this.”
The Physicians Desk Reference also warns that Paxil can be secreted
through breast milk.
Ms. Jan Eastgate, International President of the Citizens Commission
on Human Rights, a psychiatric watchdog established by the Church of
Scientology, says, “This is not a celebrity issue; it’s about the
failure of psychiatrists and doctors that have bought into psychiatric
marketing of PPD as a mental ‘disorder’ to inform women about the
dangers of these drugs despite the FDA issuing very strong drug
warnings.”
For further information, call Marla Filidei: 323-467-4242
FDA
ALERT ON VIOLENCE AND SUICIDE-INDUCING
STIMULANTS
June 28, 2005: The
Food and Drug Administration says that
“ADHD” stimulants cause visual
hallucinations, aggression, violent and
suicidal behavior….
Since the 1980s, Citizens Commission
on Human Rights has exposed the dangers
of stimulants such as Ritalin prescribed
for the psychiatric invention, Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
For years psychiatry has promoted the
notion of a “chemical imbalance” to
prescribe psychiatric drugs to over
eight million schoolchildren - a $1
billion dollar a year industry - despite
the fact that no medical or scientific
test has ever validated psychiatry’s
theories about chemical imbalances.
Medical experts say there is no evidence
that ADHD exists as a physical,
neurobiological disease and that
prescribing cocaine-like stimulants for
something that cannot be physically
diagnosed is child abuse.
On June 28, 2005, The FDA finally
ordered labeling changes to
methylphenidate [Ritalin] products,
including Concerta to warn that these
drugs can cause “psychiatric events.”
These are described as “visual
hallucinations, suicidal ideation,
psychotic behavior, as well as
aggression or violent behavior.”
Bruce Wiseman, president of CCHR in
the U.S., says, “Parents have been
denied information on these dangerous
suicide and violence-inducing drug side
effects for years, unwittingly placing
their children at risk. The public
awareness raised in the media recently
about these and other psychiatric drugs
and Congressional Hearings into why such
information has been withheld, may
finally mean that parents will be able
to make truly informed decisions about
protecting their children's health,
instead of being further victimized by
psychiatry's smoke-and-mirrors history
of fraud and deceit."
Psychiatric Watchdog
Speaks Out About Tom Cruise Speaking
Out; Warns About National Crisis of
Child-Drugging with 'Kiddy Cocaine' and
Suicide-Inducing Antidepressants; Video
Exposes Hoax of Psychiatry's 'Chemical
Imbalance' Theory
6/27/2005 9:02:00
AM
To: National Desk
Contact: Marla Filidei of Citizens
Commission on Human Rights,
800-869-2247; Web:
LOS ANGELES, June 27 /U.S. Newswire/
-- The Citizens Commission on Human
Rights (CCHR), a psychiatric watchdog
group, said Tom Cruise's remarks on
NBC's Today Show (Friday, June 24)
represent a growing public awareness
about the national crisis of children
and adults being prescribed
mind-altering drugs. More than 8 million
children in the United States now take
these drugs; millions more abuse them.
Today the group released a White Paper
on "Common Psychiatric Drugs and Their
Effects" that educates people about the
physically and mentally damaging effects
of psychotropic drugs that are often
prescribed for a "chemical imbalance"
medical experts say doesn't exist.
Accompanying this is a video documentary
on the group's website,
http://www.cchr.org, that includes
prominent doctors, neurologists and
psychiatrists debunking the hoax of
mental disorders being physically based
or the result of a chemical imbalance.
"The paper provides information that
psychiatrists are not going to tell
people, enabling them to make an
informed choice," CCHR's international
president, Jan Eastgate said. She
slammed the American Psychiatric
Association (APA) and affiliated mental
health organizations that tout false
statistics to the media about the number
of Americans suffering from "mental
illness" which she said is a fraudulent
misrepresentation.
Ms. Eastgate said, "The Today Show
interview was a warning that people need
to study psychiatry and its purported
research rather than accepting at face
value concepts such as a chemical
imbalance in the brain is causing their
problems, which can deny them real help.
In any media interview with a
psychiatrist he should be asked what lab
test he uses to determine this. There
isn't one."
The "chemical imbalance" theory,
popularized by marketing, is "no more
than psychiatric wishful thinking," the
group's U.S. president, author and
former educator, Bruce Wiseman says. "It
has been thoroughly discredited by
researchers, doctors and scientists. The
only reason it exists is that it makes
it easier for psychiatrists to drug
vulnerable and often desperate
individuals. It is driven by more than
$23 billion in drug sales each year."
Appearing in CCHR's video is Dr.
Julian Whitaker, author and founder of
the highly respected Whitaker Wellness
Center in California, who says that
psychiatry is a pseudoscience. "There's
no pathology. There's no blood test.
There's no lab test. There's no x-ray.
Psychiatrists list out and vote on
clusters of behavior and call them a
disease. They are giving drugs to
millions of people who do not have a
defined medical problem."
Also interviewed is New York
psychiatrist Ron Leifer who says,
"There's no biological imbalance. When
people come to me and they say, 'I have
a biochemical imbalance,' I say, 'Show
me your lab tests.' There are no lab
tests. So what's the biochemical
imbalance?"
Based on this false theory, millions
of people have fallen prey to
psychiatric treatment: stimulants and
antidepressants have induced teenagers
to go on murderous shooting sprees (8
out of 13 school shootings, such as the
Columbine High School shooting in 1999,
were committed by teens on psychiatric
drugs). Mothers on these drugs have
killed their children or cut off the
arms of their baby while taking these
drugs. Electroshock-the firing of up to
460 volts of electricity across the
temples-is damaging the brains of over
100,000 Americans every year.
Because of the influence of
psychiatry in the nation's schools,
hundreds of parents have also been
forced to place their children on
psychotropic drugs as a requisite for
their education, an abuse CCHR and
others countered with congressional
support last year. The Prohibition of
Mandatory Medication amendment now
prohibits this practice.
For 14 years, CCHR, which was
established by the Church of
Scientology, has also worked with
parents and concerned groups to expose
the violence and suicide-inducing
effects of antidepressants. Last
October, the Food and Drug
Administration ordered a "black box"
label for antidepressants that the drugs
could cause suicide. But these reforms
are not enough to curb what CCHR says is
a "national crisis" of child drugging
and psychotropic drug abuse.
The International Narcotics Control
Board says that 80 percent of the
world's Ritalin consumption is in the
United States. This is a drug that
medical studies show can predispose
children to later cocaine use because
Ritalin and cocaine derive from similar
chemical properties. A study of 500
children over 26 years by researchers at
the University of California at Berkeley
found that Ritalin is basically a
"gateway drug" to other drugs, in
particular cocaine. A recent survey by
the Partnership for a Drug-Free America
found 10 percent of teens abuse the
stimulants Ritalin and Adderall. Between
1995 and 1999, the use of
antidepressants increased 580 percent in
the under-6 population and 151 percent
in the 7-12 age group.
In some communities, 20 percent of
children are taking stimulants,
according to Drug Enforcement
Administration pharmacologist Gretchen
Feussner. "That should be a wake-up call
that something isn't right," Feussner
said.
"Psychiatrists are society's biggest
drug pushers," Wiseman says. "People do
suffer from serious mental difficulties
or life- crippling problems and their
methods of coping with this can fail.
Psychiatrists exploit this, marketing
drugs for conditions they admit they do
not know the cause of or can cure. Fraud
involves intentional deception or
deliberate misrepresentation to secure
money, rights or privilege. Americans
are waking up to this psychiatric
fraud."
The group's White Paper, "Common
Psychiatric Drugs and Their Effects,"
and other website publications warn
people that they should not stop taking
psychiatric drugs unless it is under
medical advice and supervision. They
stress the need to find competent
medical (not psychiatric) doctors who
can do thorough physical examinations to
determine what could be underlying and
causing emotional problems.
