Teen screen
unscrupulous doctors
irresponsible parents
kids with no human rights or advocates
Big Pharma lies
foster care
schools geared toward behaviour modification
breakdown in the RULE OF LAW
(which prevent child abuse to some degree)
MSM propaganda machine
Essay over
Ricky's diagnois based on mom's input
Jack Kresnak
Special to the State Journal
For nearly three years, Dr. Aurif Abedi, a child psychiatrist at Jackson's Foote Hospital, treated Ricky Holland's strange and reportedly violent behavior with drugs, adjusting them based on reports from Ricky's mom, Lisa Holland.
Abedi first diagnosed the boy with attention deficit-hyperactivity disorder, using assessments from a psychologist and a therapist, Lisa's accounts of Ricky's behavior and his own observations.
Abedi prescribed stimulants such as Ritalin for the ADHD and the antidepressant trazadone to help Ricky sleep.
"He had periods where he did better and then he had periods where he was not doing well," Abedi recalled recently. "When we started finally addressing it as a mood disorder, he did very well."
Abedi prescribed the anti-psychotic drug Zyprexa to help stabilize Ricky's moods. Some of the drugs given to him - trazadone and Zyprexa - are not FDA-approved for children, but their use is fairly common, said Dr. Sheila Marcus, a child psychiatrist and director of child and adolescent psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical School. The "off-label" use of such medications may occur in children who have disruptive or aggressive behaviors, she said.
"Everybody is aware that you could be taken for a ride" by bad parents, he said. "Could this happen again? I hope not. Will it happen again? Unfortunately, I can see it happening again."
Reader Comment | Wed Dec 05, 2007 6:03 pm |
OGIC, That's what ticked me off. The child is now an adult, who does not now or ever did have seizures or epilepsy. It was prescribed off label from the psychiatrist. THIS pyschiatrist. Not a medical doctor or neurologist. Brandy, Did you follow the controversy about the State of Maine prescribing birth control pills for children as young as 11 years old, through the school health clinics? They will not share medical information with parents without a release from the student. There are no national figures on how many middle schools provide such services. Most middle schoolers range in age from 11 to 13. http://www.cnn.com/2007/HEALTH/10/18/middleschool.contraception.ap/index.html Permission is needed by the parent to treat the child, but once you give your permission, all bets are off unless litte susie wants to include you. Most children would tell their parents that the school doctor wanted to prescribe them prozac for their depression after sally broke up with johnny, but not all of them. The schools don't have to tell you either. The schools in Illinois don't even have to tell you they are testing your children for depression or bipolar, they just do it. It's "MANDATORY". http://www.aapsonline.org/confiden/mhspaul.htm The state of Illinois has also approved a mental health screening program. The Illinois legislature passed the Children's Mental Health Act of 2003 which will provide screening for "all children ages 0-18" and "ensure appropriate and culturally relevant assessment of your children's social and emotional development with the use of standardized tools."In addition, all pregnant women in Illinois are to be screened for depression. Dr. Karen R. Effrem, another physician and leading opponent of mandatory screening recently stated, "Universal mental health screening and the drugging of children, as recommended by the New Freedom Comission [presidential commission], needs to be stopped so that many thousands if not millions of children will be saved from receiving stigmatizing diagnoses that would follow them for the rest of their lives. America's school children should not be medicated by expensive, ineffective, and dangerous medications based on vague and dubious diagnoses."Sounds nice. Check out all the people who collect a check for getting their hands in the cookie jar of the pharmaceutical industry. But it's all in the best interest of the children. Riiiiiiiiiight. http://www.ivpa.org/childrensmhtf/pdf/2007ICMHPAnnualReport.pdf For the sheep and constitutionalists alike. Don't miss this. Where else can you get NCLB being a portal for drugging children AND the FBI saying that people who defend the constitution are "mentally unstable" in one page? I knew some lawyers were pretty whacko, but all of them? http://edaction.org/2004/082704.htm | |
Reader Comment | Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:38 pm |
I also think that children are prescribed far too much medication. I also think that children are diagnosed with ADD and ADHD when it really is not the case. However, there are times when children are in need of medication. Phenobarbital is prescribed for seizures. Epilepsy can be tested for, and if children who have seizures are denied medication to control their seizures, they can die or end up brain damaged. My oldest son is an epileptic and was prescribed Phenobarbital as a toddler. As he got older, the medications changed and he eventually was prescribed other medication. There aren't too many FDA approved medications for babies with epilepsy. nineball, if your friend’s child has seizures and doesn't give her child their medication, he could die, end up with brain damage and she could be charged with medical neglect. Dr's should not be so eager to prescribe non-lifesaving medications, however medication for children should not be automatically dismissed in accurately diagnosed conditions. | |
Reader Comment | Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:22 pm |
Yep, I have to agree too. My husband and I are against it too. I told the school we would have to work together to achieve the goals we want my child to have. | |
medicating our children | Wed Dec 05, 2007 2:18 pm |
My youngest in still in middle school and it has a Health Center and as far as I know Im still the parent to the minor child and they HAVE to tell me of his medical condition. He is a minor and I am his parent. HIPPA doesnt apply to a minor. I do agree with society/parents wanting to put our kids on drugs because they cannot control them, well lets start w/ a good butt whipping and see what happens. I bet they wisen up quickly. My son came home from 6th grade and told me not to tell anyone but his math teacher asked him if he was taking medication (ritalin) and if so had he taken it today. WTH! If he was on it which he's NOT its not of their business. He is a hyper kid but aren't all kids or shouldnt they be. My husband has refused to get him tested and says the teachers just want an easy way out. I have to agree w/ him. | |
Reader Comment | Wed Dec 05, 2007 12:43 pm |
My son will tell me if they slip him anything. As long as they don't give it to him in a drink. but even then, he should be suspicious. |
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