The Mothers Act Disease Mongering Campaign – Part III
This is part three of a four-part investigative article series by award-winning journalist Evelyn Pringle on The Mothers Act Disease Mongering Campaign.
Psychiatry: Redefining everyday problems as psychiatric problems is bad news for us all – and democracy
2012 is when the fifth edition of the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders is expected to be published. If previous revisions are anything to go by, then many more people will fall within the parameters required for a diagnosis of mental disorder.
Growing national epidemic of prescription drug abuse & deaths
A 2005 report by Columbia University’s National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse (CASA) documented the problem. “This report revealed that our nation is in the throes of a growing epidemic of controlled prescription drug abuse involving opioids like OxyContin and Vicodin, depressants like Valium and Xanax, and stimulants like Ritalin and Adderall,” Joseph A. Califano, Jr. CASA Chairman and President, told the Senate Judiciary Committee in 2007.
Mother who killed infant son; history in psych hospitals; diagnosed PPD; “medication” found. What drugs was she on?
Otty Sanchez’s aunt, Gloria Sanchez, told The Associated Press that her niece had been “in and out” of a psychiatric ward, and that the hospital called several months ago to check up on her.
The Independent: How an antidepressant prescription spun a young mother’s life out of control
Rebekah Beddoe was a young mum who went to her GP for help. A routine prescription for anti-depressants later and her life was spiraling out of control
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