After decades of blowing billions in tax payer funds on fake science… the NIMH denounces the APA’s DSM and decides that medical tests should be used for diagnosis.

I noticed today that there is a bug affecting youtube playback, where the video randomly stops, not reaching the  full 15:33. I may be correcting this by re-rendering the project file and re-uploading today.

Yet you can still hear psychiatrists and psychologists today claim that what they do is “very scientific”. In those instances, they might reference some alleged “research” that they themselves cannot explain. These are the quacks who think they can just throw the word “scientific” into a sentence with their crooked world view, and magically their imaginary crap turns into real facts. I wonder if they really believe that the fake research is legit, or if they know that it is a scam but think everyone else is dumb enough to believe their crap. I wonder what Loren R. Mosher would be writing if he saw the now legalized direct-to-consumer drug advertising on television. With all the bouncing bubble heads, wind-up dolls, and trendy yuppy’s skipping along the beach… come to think of it, the Abilify spokesperson stopped taking the drug and made his own video as a public warning.

The qualifications of this man are a rarity. You will see that in his biography which I also read aloud in the video. If there is one thing that people should learn from the legacy left by Loren R. Mosher, it’s the lesson of the Soteria House experiment.

A non-drug approach to treating those in psychological distress far exceeds the results of drugs.

Pharma and their criminal friends do not want you to know about this!

Supportive, non-judgmental, caring relationships, and liberty, far exceed the results of any pill, shot, or electric shock. And changing to such environment and lifestyle does not cause brain damage or loss of natural abilities! So please learn what you can from this. There is also a video documentary of the Soteria House experiment online. You may want to watch that as well. You will be struck at the dramatic difference between that supportive community center setting and today’s establishment of stigmatizing, suppression, coercion, force, abuse, and drugging.

Reading out loud – Loren R. Mosher resignation letter to the APA, and biography.

Within a few days, the administration, or someone from Whitehouse.gov, allegedly shut down the entire petition early (it was supposed to remain up for 30 days and it was shut down at only 7 days!), meanwhile allowing another to receive continuous attention and even a video from President Obama showing his support for it.

Our friend and a new blogger with The Bitter Pill, Daniel Guild, created this video. Please watch and share.

A new petition was then created, and you can sign it here: http://www.thepetitionsite.com/967/364/876/demand-federal-investigation-into-psychiatric-drugs-school-shootings/

With fewer and fewer days left in this important campaign, you can make a difference today for future generations of children, high school, college, and graduate students BEFORE their moms, teachers, dads and doctors get a chance to diagnose them with some kind of problem leading to the use of risky and damaging, potentially fatal stimulants. This project needs donations. Please help us spread the word.

Check it out at http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/libproductions/addicted-feature-film?ref=live

Also read what award-winning writer Kelly O’Meara has to say about it here:

http://www.cchrint.org/2013/02/26/kick-starting-a-worthy-film-addicted/

Many of you already know about the Irving Kirsch reports which examined the combined total of all antidepressant studies including those which were never submitted to the FDA. What you may not be aware of, is the level of manipulation required to achieve the appearance of the effect that Zoloft was as good as or better than placebo in the faked studies that were submitted. If you know of all the horrible effects (aka “side effects”) of antidepressants, you may be wondering, “Where is the supposed benefit if it is all negative, deadly stuff that we are dealing with?”

The answer is, there are no benefits compared with a placebo. According to Attorney Michael Baum of Baum, Hedlund, Aristei & Goldman, the alleged benefits were “achieved” in studies by “unblinding” which means that study researchers know who is on the drug versus who is on the placebo. When the defective unblinded subjects were removed from the study, analyses showed that Zoloft failed to outperform placebo.

This is a travesty and something that one would hope could be caught by the FDA before this drug was ever approved.

The class action is for patients who were prescribed Zoloft for depression.

For more information, see the press release here: http://www.baumhedlundlaw.com/consumer-class-actions/zoloft-placebo-efficacy-class-action.php.

Matthew Schultz would have been four years old today. Rest in peace, little Matthew.

Dr. Thomas Szasz has passed away at the age of 92 (Read More Here). We hope you will spend some time reading about his life and work. If you have something you would like to post as a memory or tribute, we suggest adding comments here on our tribute page, or on our Facebook page, or commenting on The Cato Institute’s Facebook Page.

-Amy

Clearwater, FL:  At four separate locations across the state of Florida Third Annual Candlelight Vigil in Memory of Gabriel Myers and the Right to Informed Consent took place last night. The vigil honors the memory of 7-year-old Gabriel Myers who apparently committed suicide by hanging himself in the residence of his foster parents while on several psychiatric medications.  Hosted by Dr. Elizabeth Young and the Citizens Commission of Human Rights of Florida, hundreds of participants attended the Clearwater vigil.

While there are many controversial issues that created divided mental health advocacy agendas, the issue of the overuse of psychiatric medications is one in need of a unified alliance.

Concerned child advocates in Florida have a watchful eye on the bill proposed by Florida State Senator Ronda Storms.   SB 1808: Provision of Psychotropic Medication to Children in Out-of-home Placements, is working its way through the state legislature and if passed would help protect children in foster care from being placed on harmful psychotropic medications.  The bill would place tighter controls on the DCF making it so a compelling state interest must be shown before a child is medicated.

States are required under the Child and Family Services Improvement and Innovations Act of 2011 to amend their Title IV-B state plan to identify appropriate use and monitoring of psychotropic medications, as part of the state’s current oversight of prescription medications.  (Social Security Act Sections 422 (b)(15)(A)(ii)and (v).

Among the powerful speeches at the vigil, Walter Kowalczyk Jr. gave a heartbreaking testimony regarding the harmful ADHD medications prescribed to his son Tyler.  The ADHD medications induced sudden cardiac arrest and Tyler passed away on Christmas night, 2010.

In an effort to  help others to make informed decision when choosing ADHD medications, Walter founded the Tyler Kowalczyk Foundation.  The Foundation is a nonprofit, nonpartisan group whose mission is to provide good information to the public about the dangers of the use of stimulant ADHD medication and the misdiagnosis of the disorder.

You can learn more about the Tyler Kowalczyk Foundation at:  www.ADHDecide.org

Prescription Addiction Radio Show host,  Larry G, attended the vigil and introduced me to the show which airs every  Sunday Night from 9 – 11 PM EST

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As a registered pharmacist for over 30 years, Larry is Breaking the Silence about the quiet epidemic affecting our country.

“The Prescription Addiction Radio Show is a challenge to America to discuss the culture in our country that has evolved into accepting the silent epidemic that has created a growing number of people who cannot get through their day without an addictive or psychologically mind altering drug. The show also addresses the increasing number of drugs children are being given and has developed into a unique radio show for all ages.”  

Walter read this beautiful poem last night.  Holding back the tears was pretty tough for everyone in the crowd.

    One Step Closer      

By:  Walter Kowalczyk Jr.

4/19/2011                

I spent some time thinking about some of the things we shared,        

Reminiscing about stuff, I  almost could feel you there,        

I picked up your shirt and held it close n wept,        

I went and laid in your old bed where you slept,        

I kissed a picture of you and started to cry,        

Puzzled at why you are gone, I can’t understand why,        

I listened to song, I had not heard in so long,       

I knew you would like it, and try to sing along,        

I wish I can share everything with you like before,        

I wish I buy you everything at one of your favorite stores,        

As the tears drop, and my world is continuing to fall,        

I know in my heart that you were the meaning of it all,        

I feel like I let you down, I wish I could have known,        

I am very sorry that I let that poison in our home,        

I love you Tyler, it’s getting late,        

With your death and our fight I have a lot on my plate,        

Daddy is going to stay busy, but you will always be near,        

I am the one driving the road of life but I’ll let you steer,        

Whisper to me gently in every breeze of air        

Touch me with your light and let me know you’re there,        

God blesses us sometimes in ways we can’t reason,        

We cannot desert him, for that would be treason,        

He is our father, our protector, our guide,        

Sit back, hold on tight, cuz its going to be a bumpy ride,        

You got to skip, all this tough stuff, warped ahead        

You got to go right to the end of the game instead,        

YOU WIN! High score! You are number one!        

You are not only mine, but you are also Jesus’ son,        

He will watch over you, until I get there,        

Tyler and Dad in heaven, nothing could compare!        

We can play all day everyday now,        

You won’t need school u know everything anyhow,        

I won’t waste time with the things I did,        

No time for anything else, just me and my kid,        

Does that sound good? Do we have a date?        

Cuz I am looking forward and I simply cannot wait!        

So I am going to sleep now to dream of you and me,        

Playing in heaven, being just as happy as we can be,        

When I wake up I will be one step closer,        

For  Heaven awaits me, when this world has closure,        

Good night Tyler Kowalczyk, a.k.a. Tyler the Great!        

Until we meet for our eternal heavenly play date..-Dad

Please visit www.tyler-k.com where you will find: a biography, pictures, movies, all of the artwork he did over the years, home videos, sound clips he recorded on his Dsi that he got for his last Christmas, and got to play with on his last day on earth, a memorial musical slideshow, a place to light a tribute candle, poems written about Tyler after he left this world, a memorial shop for you to order Tyler merch, and links and information about what happened to Tyler and what you can do to make sure it never happens to your child.

By Maria Mangicaro

Dr. David Healy’s recent post, “If Pharma Made Cars“,  crafts several very clever analogies regarding mandatory compliance of consumer safety regulations imposed on the auto and airline industries, as compared with the safety expectations of products manufactured by the tobacco and the pharmaceutical industries. [1]

Healy’s points are well made and by further exploring various concepts of consumer protection,  his analogies become much more multi-faceted for mental health consumers, advocates and lawmakers to consider.

By far, the U.S. is the global leader in the consumer protection movement.  The Consumer Bill of Rights includes eight specific guarantees:  the right to satisfaction of basic needs, the right to safety, the right to be informed, the right to choose, the right to be heard, the right to redress, the right to consumer education, and the right to a healthy environment. [2]

U.S. consumers are protected against deceptive business practices by the Federal Trade Commission (FTC).  The FTC acts to protect consumers, prevent fraud and maintain competition in the marketplace.  The FTC vision is stated as:

“A U.S. economy characterized by vigorous competition among producers and consumer access to accurate information, yielding high-quality products at low prices and encouraging efficiency, innovation, and consumer choice.“[3]

The characteristics of the mental health care system deprive many individuals of this “vision” and consumerism, which in some cases is forced, is concentrated on the purchases of psychiatric services and pharmaceutical products.

 A recent resolution introduced in the Illinois House of Representatives by Rep. Mary Flowers (D-Chicago), calling for the establishment of a “Task Force on Mental Diagnosis and Illinois Law“, may help break apart psychiatry’s ”monopoly of the mental illness epidemic“.   Click here to read more.

The duty of the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission involves protecting the public from unreasonable risks of injury or death from consumer products under the agency’s jurisdiction.  Over the past thirty years, the CPSC has contributed significantly to the 30 percent decline in the rate of deaths and injuries associated with consumer products and continues to use innovative methods, including social networking to communicate warnings of potential hazards, especially to children. [4]

Even products that have been around for decades and seem like they would be extremely safe for children are monitored and evaluated for every possible danger.  I would never have imagined that the bean bag chairs so common in the ’70s were a potential suffocation hazard to young children.

The CPSC announced a recall of 30,000 bean bag chairs that were sold in 1999 after 3 reported incidents of young children opening the zipper and handling the foam beads.  One child needed medical attention after inhaling some of the beads.

In the same year, the most severe case of Adderall Induced Psychosis occurred, resulting in a father killing his infant daughter.  The manufacturer of Adderall announced:  “Despite the slaying, Adderall remains a safe and effective drug for controlling ADHD.”  I would never have imaged the U.S. government accepting this statement from a manufacturer.

Not all consumers are protected equally – Buyer Beware of Adderall.

Thanks to an aggressive safety approach and risk management assessment practices, consumers are given many warnings to potential hazards to children that may seem like common sense.

Standard warnings and symbols are used to ensure consumers of plastic bins are aware of the product becoming a serious suffocation risk to young children.

Most plastic bags have warnings that they are not toys and should not be placed over a child’s head (apparently for very good reasons).

While the controversy of Mercury in Vaccines and symptoms of Autism continues, the CPSC has been instrumental in preventing lead poisoning and chemical poisoning in children for several decades.

Large recalls for popular toys for children like Thomas the Train involve lead-based paint from manufacturers in China.  The CDC has a number of recommendations to prevent lead poisoning in children on their website, as our government recognizes this hazard in children.

Lead-induced neurotoxicity acquired by low-level long-term exposure has special relevance for children. A plethora of recent reports has demonstrated a direct link between low-level lead exposure and deficits in the neurobehavioral-cognitive performance manifested from childhood through adolescence. In many studies, aggressiveness and delinquency have also been suggested as symptoms of lead poisoning. [5]

Fairfax economist Rick Nevin has spent more than a decade researching and writing about the relationship between early childhood lead exposure and criminal behavior later in life.  The possibility of childhood exposure to lead and criminal behavior should be a consideration for lawmakers and the psychiatric treatment of criminals in state or federal custody.

Our government does not want children to touch or ingest toys made of lead, but it somehow finds it o.k. to ingest medications to control behavior, even though they can be deadly or have adverse effects like drug causes boys and male adolescents to develop the serious and potentially irreversible condition gynecomastia (breast development).

“The antipsychotic drug Risperdal® was originally approved by the FDA for use in adults with schizophrenia.  The drug was used “off-label” in children and adolescents, meaning it had not been approved by the FDA, for bipolar disorder, autism, irritability, aggression and behavior disorders including Attention Deficit Disorder/Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).”

“The manufacturer of Risperdal® applied for approval for use in children and adolescents for certain conditions. In October 2006, the FDA approved the use of Risperdal for irritability associated with autistic disorder in children and adolescents.  Additional approval in August 2007 was for treatment of acute mania or mixed episodes associated with Bipolar 1 disorder in children and adolescents.” [6]

Not all of what children may ingest is considered equally – Buyer Beware of Risperdal

The “Tour Our Product Testing Lab” CPSC Youtube video states:  “For a recall to happen, a product needs to be found to be unsafe.  But exactly what does that mean?  Here’s an inside view.  Meet the scientists.  See some of the tests.  Think about these tests when you buy and use consumer products.”

Youtube Credits:  Uploaded by     USCPSC on Dec 16, 2011

For the FDA to place a Black Box warning on a pharmaceutical product, the medication needs to be found to be unsafe.  But exactly what does that mean?  Here’s an inside view.  Meet the people, hear their testimonies and investigate these stories.  Mental health consumers continue to need protection where our government continues to fail.

Youtube Credits:  Uploaded by     CCHRInt on Dec 13, 2006

Thank you Amy for your amazing accomplishments in becoming the advocate you are!

A post by Peter Breggin:

Often when I think about how much I love my wife, Ginger, I wish I could sing to her. But I cannot sing. Instead, I imagine Whitney Houston singing to Ginger in her incredible soaring voice. Whitney became the voice expressing how much I love my wife. That is how much Whitney came to mean to so many of us who knew her only through her music. She became the music about love we carry in our hearts.

Whitney’s passing has raised the specter that she was taking the benzodiazepine Xanax (alprazolam) at the time she died.

If it turns out that Whitney was under the influence of Xanax (alprazolam), then there’s a good chance she would be alive today if that drug had never been put on the market.

Although Xanax is the most commonly prescribed benzodiazepine, and in my experience the most dangerous, the same harmful effects can be caused by all benzodiazepines, including Valium, Ativan, Klonopin, Serax, Halcion, Dalmane, and Halcion. When I address Xanax, I’m also talking about all of these drugs.

Reports that Xanax and other benzos are not usually lethal when taken alone are vastly misleading. Xanax is rarely taken alone. Why? Because as much or more than any other prescribed drug, Xanax causes medication spellbinding. It corrupts judgment, memory and self-control, so that individuals have no idea how badly they are being impaired. Eventually it erodes all mental faculties, often without the person fully grasping this loss of function. The impairment of judgment and self-control causes people to overdose on drugs or alcohol without intending to, leading to coma, cardiovascular collapse and death. The Xanax-induced memory impairment causes them to forget how many pills or how much alcohol they have already taken, again increasing the lethal risk.

Xanax has been called “alcohol in a pill” because its effects are so similar to alcohol. However, as will be documented, Xanax can be far more dangerous than alcohol. It should not be prescribed to patients with alcohol problems, because it becomes a powerful impetus for alcohol abuse.

At critical moments in their lives when individuals are suffering from serious emotional problems, their ability to deal with them is further compromised as a result of Xanax-induced medication spellbinding and cognitive deficits. In acute distress, they often have no idea what is happening to them. They have no idea how impaired they have become, they forget what they’ve already taken, or increase the dose, or increase or add other medications or alcohol.

This cannot be over-emphasized: Benzodiazepines, including the worst offender Xanax, can change people so that they become no longer rational, responsible or aware of the consequences of their behavior. Whether or not Xanax intoxication specifically causes death in these cases, Xanax-induced mental dysfunction contributes to the death.

Because the benzodiazepines so seriously impair judgment and other cognitive functions, it is often impossible to determine if a death was intentional or accidental, and as a result, we may never know in Whitney’s case. News coverage saying that a loud sound like a falling body was heard from the room above her may indicate that she unexpectedly and unintentionally collapsed.

Even in the short run, Xanax often makes people worse than they were before starting the drug. As I first documented in Toxic Psychiatry (1991, pp. 252-254), the original studies for panic disorder showed that at 8-10 weeks of exposure the patients were more phobic, more anxious, and had a 350 percent increase in the panic attacks for which they were being treated. Upjohn, the manufacturer, promoted the first four weeks of the study without indicating that patients were worse than ever at eight weeks. When these studies for panic disorder were published in the AMA Archives of General Psychiatry, the editor-in-chief, himself on the Upjohn payroll, permitted the misleading research to be published without comment.

Eventually, after much delay, the FDA required some of the negative data to be included in the FDA-approved label for Xanax. Perhaps because the label had become rather ominous, Upjohn has stopped putting Xanax in the most commonly used reference for prescribers, The Physicians’ Desk Reference. As a result, many or most prescribers will be using the drug on the basis of their recollection of much weaker labels from the past. To make it readily available, I’ve put the 2011 Xanax label up at http://www.ToxicPsychiatry.com. This version of the label is for the extended release or long-acting version, called Xanax XR, because this label contains the latest FDA-mandated upgrades. All page number citations in this blog are to this Xanax XR label.

Reports that Xanax only causes abuse and dependence (addiction) in addiction-prone patients are very false and extremely misleading. The 2011 label for Xanax XR states:

Some patients may find it very difficult to discontinue treatment with XANAX XR due to severe emotional and physical dependence. Discontinuation symptoms, including possible seizures, may occur following discontinuation from any dose… P. 10
While the severity and incidence of withdrawal phenomena appear to be related to dose and duration of treatment, withdrawal symptoms, including seizures, have been reported after only brief therapy with alprazolam at doses within the recommended range for the treatment of anxiety (eg, 0.75 to 4 mg/day). Pp. 18-19

Notice that “after only brief therapy” in the “recommended” dose range Xanax can cause withdrawal symptoms. Withdrawal symptoms are often the initiating factor in future abuse and addiction, including the abuse of alcohol.

After the short several-week trials used for FDA approval, many patients were simply unable to stop taking the drug. That is, they were already addicted! In various studies, the number unable to withdraw ranged from a low of 7 percent to a high of 29 percent (p. 6).

Why do so many patients have to stay on the drug after such short-term exposure? Withdrawal symptoms for Xanax and other benzos are far worse than a mere “craving” that an individual might hope to control. The person doesn’t “crave” the drug; the person needs the drug to end the agony of withdrawal.

Withdrawal reactions typically include overwhelming anxiety and panic, as well as insomnia, far worse than the individual has ever before experienced. Irritability can grow into uncontrollable anger and even violence. Muscle spasms, painful feelings in the extremities, painfully-heightened awareness of diminished mental faculties, confusion, depression, suicidality, paranoia, hallucinations, and myriad other unforeseen symptoms can demoralize and terrify the individual.

Withdrawal from Xanax can become far worse than withdrawal from morphine, hydrocodone, oxycodone, and heroin, and require weeks in rehab or months in outpatient practice (See my medical text, Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry, Second Edition, Chapter 12). Benzodiazepine withdrawal should never be taken lightly and should be conducted with experienced clinical supervision, sometimes including hospitalization.

Xanax is so short-acting and potent that it is especially liable to cause interdose withdrawal in between doses (p. 7). A person taking Xanax at bedtime can wake up in withdrawal in the early morning and mistakenly attribute it to “anxiety.” After the first pill in the morning, this same person can go into withdrawal a few hours later, again mistakenly believing that it’s “anxiety.”

As I describe in my book Medication Madness, Xanax is the benzo most likely to cause abnormal behavior, including violence and suicide. It is the drug I have most commonly found in association with SSRI antidepressants like Paxil and Zoloft in a number of legal cases involving SSRI-induced violence, suicide, and manic-like crime. These are really SSRI/Xanax induced tragedies. Xanax is the only benzo whose FDA-approved label warns about the risk of causing mania (p. 9).

Again according to the official label, “As with all benzodiazepines, paradoxical reactions such as stimulation, increased muscle spasticity, sleep disturbances, hallucinations, and other adverse behavioral effects such as agitation, rage, irritability, and aggressive or hostile behavior have been reported rarely” (p. 17).

There’s one last issue that is painful to bring up. As I describe in Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry, Second Edition (2008), I have treated and evaluated many patients whose mental faculties have never fully returned after years or decades of exposure to Xanax. They suffer from what I have described as drug-induced Chronic Brain Impairment (CBI).

If you are currently taking this drug, seek help for a careful, slow withdrawal. It’s not only dangerous to start Xanax, it’s dangerous to stop it. If you have already stopped the drug and fear that you have lasting effects, remember that the spirit can triumph over almost any impediment, even harm to the brain. Also, recovery from drug-induced brain injury can take place gradually over many years, so keep up your hope. Stay drug free, live healthy, and make the most of your life — while avoiding all psychoactive substances as much as possible.

Believe nothing about the safety of Xanax! If it turns out that the drug played a role in taking away our Whitney, it is one more demonstration of why this drug should never have been put on the market.

Join Dr. Breggin and other prestigious speakers, April 13-15, 2012 in Syracuse, New York. The annual conference of Dr. Breggin’s 501c3 nonprofit international organization, The Center for the Study of Empathic Therapy, will present information and inspiration about the key issues in psychiatric reform today. Conference information is available at www.EmpathicTherapy.org. Peter R. Breggin, M.D. is a Harvard-trained psychiatrist and former full-time consultant with NIMH who is in private practice in Ithaca, New York. Dr. Breggin is the author of more than twenty books including the bestseller Talking Back to Prozac and the medical book Brain-Disabling Treatments in Psychiatry, Second Edition. His most recent book is Medication Madness, the Role of Psychiatric Drugs in Cases of Violence, Suicide and Crime. He is also the author of dozens of peer-reviewed scientific articles, many in the field of psychopharmacology.

For more by Dr. Peter Breggin, click here.

For more on mental health, click here.

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Please watch Matthew Schultz’s memorial video above. Today is his 3rd Birthday.

Here’s a pic of me with Christiane Schultz and her adorable son Daniel last weekend in L.A. It strikes me how often Christiane talks about how Matthew saved his little brother’s life. So RIP Matthew and RIP Simon. May God help us all as we fight back against the drugging of expecting mothers.

God Bless the Schultz family.

To contact them, please go to twohours.wordpress.com.

Recently I was contacted about a woman who is in a mental institution because she was in the opinion of a state psychiatric evaluation, incompetent to stand trial. This is a blatant violation of due process. The woman I speak of wants a trial. She would rather be sent to prison than be in an institution. At least if she were in prison, she would have had an opportunity for a trial before a jury, and could exhaust her appeals process were she convicted. But from inside an institution she never has an opportunity to present her defense.

What I have found out about this particular case is not only frustrating to say the least, but frightening. Not that I didn’t already know that this occurs frequently, but it is endlessly frustrating no matter how many times I come into contact with this.

Coincidentally I ran across the following blog recently and thought I would share. Perhaps it will be of some use to readers who may be looking for help on legal opinions with matters of a similar nature.

http://refusingpsychiatry.blogspot.com/2012/02/legal-position-and-suggested-arguments.html

With that topic in mind – psychiatric coercion and how it has become a tool of the government, I would like to take a moment to brag about the fact that last weekend I was fortunate to spend some time with Maryanne Godboldo, the Detroit mother who stood up to police and CPS in order to save the life of her daughter. What I found out is that the truth about what happened to her is far different than what you may have heard. Some articles on the topic stated that Ariana was disabled from birth or other such misstatements. The truth is that Ariana was perfectly normal until after she received a series of vaccines at the age of 11, which caused encephalitis. And the drugs that were given to her for her mental problems that resulted from the vaccine reaction only made her worse.

I wrote a paper last Spring while I was still in law school, which discusses the disparity between the rights given to parents in parental rights termination proceedings and the rights given to accused criminals for minor crimes. I used Maryanne’s story to illustrate how blatantly pro-psychiatry CPS can be, and how parents can be wrongfully accused of Medical Neglect for simply refusing to poison their children with psychiatric drugs. I was so honored to be able to meet Maryanne and tell her that she is my hero, and hear first-hand her side of the story.

In our country we value freedom over all other rights. But for Maryanne, as it should be for all of us, it is obvious that our children’s lives are far more valuable than anything else.

Please watch this video of Maryanne Godboldo’s story. When I am able to get some photos of us together sent to me, I will post them here & update this article.

After you’ve seen that, if you’re not crying, and are in the mood for another serious discussion… here are two videos I recently did with John Breeding. You can find them on the Psychetruth YouTube channel (become a subscriber here).

Here is one about the dangers of breastfeeding on psychiatric drugs.

In this video John and I discuss our article from Pathways magazine,  “The Pill Merchants: The Relentless and Tragic Marketing of Psychiatric Drugs.”

“Psych Visit Does Dallas”

http://www.xtranormal.com/xtraplayr/12856684/psych-visit-does-dallas

Here is her original video.

See the following note from Amery:

I am looking for input as to what you feel should be included in recommendations for establishing protocols surrounding women being treated with and babies exposed to psychotropic medications during pregnancy. These recommendations will be presented to both the Canadian Pediatric Association as well as the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada. We have found a good ally who is proposing that we address the National Conference of the Canadian Pediatric Association.

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