Sunday, October 7th, 2007
In 2005, Gary Null produced a video entitled “The Drugging of our Children” that questions the validity of medicating so many children for symptoms of ADHD.
Tags: ADD, ADHD, Child, Children, Documentary, Drugs, Film, Gary Null, Movie, Psychotropic
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Thursday, September 6th, 2007

A new study funded by the federal government and Pfizer shows that heavy warnings in 2003 about the possibility of antidepressants (SSRIs: Zoloft, Paxil, Prozac, etc…) increasing suicidal behavior among teens coincides with an increase in suicides among adolescents between 2003-2004. The 2003 warnings may have had a ripple effect on adult drug treatment for depression as well, which have declined significantly according to a new report. This report, however, does not mention that there has been an increase in the use of antipsychotic drugs among the U.S. pediatric population.
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Tags: Antidepressant, Antipsychotic, Children, Citalopram, Depression, Drugs, GRIA3, GRIK2, Paxil, Pfizer, Prozac, Psychotropic, SSRI, Suicidal, Suicidal Behavior, Suicidal Tendencies, Suicide, Suicide Rate, Teen, Zoloft
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