Posts Tagged ‘Psychotropic’

ADHD Video by Gary Null exposes Over Medication of Children in America for Hyperactivity

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.

New Reports Claim U.S. Teen Suicide Rates Increase after Drop in SSRI Use

Thursday, September 6th, 2007

Depression

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.

(more…)