TOP PSYCHIATRIST TRASHES HIS WORK
by
Jon Rappoport
Headlines you won't see:
All psychiatric drugs banned; too toxic.
Psychiatric profession judged unstable, unscientific.
Foundation of psychiatry discovered to be a fantasy.
JUNE 28, 2011. I recently learned about a teen whose life was turned inside out
and ripped from him. A psychiatrist had diagnosed him at a young age with ADHD,
given him Ritalin...and then the parade of newer diagnoses followed-Clinical
Depression, Bipolar, Oppositional Defiance Disorder-and the boy ended up on
Valproate and Risperdal, two powerful toxic drugs that dropped him over the
cliff into psychosis.
Does this seem impossible?
What lies behind the story, one that is happening with increased frequency all
over the world-every day.
Psychiatrists are are carte blanche members of an elite club with "diplomatic
passports" of the medical variety. Protected by governments and the press.
Protected by colleagues. Protected by the public, yes, who blithely accept
psychiatric diagnoses as rigorous science.
So let us start here. There is a book called the DSM, and it is the bible of the
profession. DSM stands for Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental
Disorders.. In it are listed all the names and descriptions of these disorders.
The latest edition, the DSM-4, offers no less than 297 separate psychiatric
conditions.
How are the disorders discovered? Well, "discovered" is not the correct word.
COMMITTEES of professionals hash over ideas and definitions and reports, and
they issue the verdicts. They name the disorders. They describe them.
It's all committee work. NO disorder finds its way into the DSM through a
clear-cut organic biological or chemical test. Those tests DO NOT EXIST. The
tests do not exist for ANY so-called mental disorder or disease.
Is this possible? Conceivable?
The latest edition of the DSM, the DSM-4, was led by Dr. Allen Frances. In a
January 2011 article in Wired, by Gary Greenberg, Dr. Frances is quoted as
saying, astonishingly:
"There is no definition of a mental disorder. It's bullshit. I mean, you just
can't define it."
This is on the level of stating, "You know, we were quite sure bloodletting was
a wonderful way way of treating all illness, and we had all sorts of reasons for
recommending the procedure, but then after we sent out the report by horseback
and mule all over the land, we met again for an informal chat and realized the
entire notion of draining blood from the patient was completely insane."
But Dr. Frances is not the only psychiatrist to point out the emperor has no
clothes.
The late Dr.. Loren Mosher, psychiatrist, former chief of the Center for Studies
of Schizophrenia at the National Institute of Mental Health, in his resignation
letter sent to the American Psychiatric Association(APA), wrote:
"Finally, why must the APA pretend to know more than it does? DSM-4 is the
fabrication upon which psychiatry seeks acceptance by [the profession of]
medicine in general. Insiders know it is more a political than a scientific
document.."
Thomas Szaz, Professor Emeritus of Psychiatry, State University of New York,
states:
"The designation 'disease' can only be justified when the cause can be related
to demonstrable anatomical lesion, infection or some other physiological
defect.. As there is no such evidence for any mental disorder, the term disease
is a misnomer; in fact, it is fraudulent."
Dr. Peter Breggin, psychiatrist, author of "Toxic Psychiatry," former staff
member at the National Institute of Mental Health and faculty at Johns Hopkins
University, writes:
"No causal relationship has ever been established between a specific biochemical
state of the brain and any specific behavior, and it is simplistic to think it
is possible."
Yes, people of all ages and backgrounds have problems. But recognizing that is a
far cry from codifying these difficulties under titles and including them in a
professional guidebook-and claiming they are actual disorders demanding powerful
medication.
However, DSM-4 is out there and it is the Bible. Therefore, for example, its new
and improved (and looser) definitions of ADHD, autism, and bipolar disease have
allowed for many more diagnoses-and THAT means more widespread use of highly
powerful and toxic drugs. Risperdal, Valproate, and yes, even Ritalin, a cheap
form of speed.
And the DSM-5 is on the way. It's due out in May of 2013. So far, the panels of
deliberating committees have come up with three new suggestions for disorders:
PSYCHOSIS RISK SYNDROME (PRS). Apparently, this is a "pre" diagnosis, an
early-warning signal from the inner landscape that alerts the psychiatrist to
impending disaster. Of course, the very real possibility that the drugs he is
already prescribing to the patient are the cause of "PRS" is out of the
question-because such an admission would amount to professional suicide.
TEMPER DYSFUNCTIONAL DISORDER (TDD): A child blows up now and then. Could this
have something to do with the pound of sugar he's ingesting every day with his
his high-speed sports drink? Could he be reacting to the load of artificial
colors and dyes in his processed meals? Couldn't be the kid's alcoholic father
who beats him once a week-certainly not. Or any of a hundred other reasonable
causes. A TDD diagnosis simply means he's very angry, so medicate him to within
an inch of his life.
In fact, if PRS and TDD are listed in the new DSM-5, untold numbers of new
children will be on heavy drugs every day.
MINOR NEUROCOGNITIVE DISORDER (MND). This one is for the old folks. Well,
probably anyone over 50. Find yourself failing to remember a detail here and
there? Can't find your keys? Boom. You could be at risk for Alzheimer's. And
even though there are no meds that can cure the big A, we'll give you drugs for
MND, and we'll say this will delay the onset of Alzheimer's. Although we have no
idea whether that's true. In fact, we have no idea whether you are going to
experience senility and dementia at any point in your life. But just to be on
the safe side...
Adverse effects of Valproate (given for a bipolar diagnosis) include:
acute, life-threatening, and even fatal liver toxicity;
life-threatening inflammation of the pancreas;
brain damage.
Adverse effects of Lithium (also given for a bipolar diagnosis) include:
intercranial pressure leading to blindness;
peripheral circulatory collapse;
stupor and coma.
Adverse effects of Risperdal (given for "bipolar" and "irritability stemming
from autism") include:
serious impairment of cognitive function;
fainting;
restless muscles in neck or face, tremors (may be indicative of motor brain
damage)..
In 1986, The International Journal of the Addictions published a most important
literature review by Richard Scarnati. It was called "An Outline of Hazardous
Side Effects of Ritalin (Methylphenidate)" [v.21(7), pp. 837-841].
Scarnati listed a large number of adverse affects of Ritalin and cited published
journal articles which reported each of these symptoms.
For every one of the following (selected and quoted verbatim) Ritalin effects,
there is at least one confirming source in the medical literature:
Paranoid delusions
Paranoid psychosis
Hypomanic and manic symptoms, amphetamine-like psychosis
Activation of psychotic symptoms
Toxic psychosis
Visual hallucinations
Auditory hallucinations
Can surpass LSD in producing bizarre experiences
Effects pathological thought processes
Extreme withdrawal
Terrified affect
Started screaming
Aggressiveness
Insomnia
Since Ritalin is considered an amphetamine-type drug, expect amphetamine-like
effects
Psychic dependence
High-abuse potential DEA Schedule II Drug
Decreased REM sleep
When used with antidepressants one may see dangerous reactions including
hypertension, seizures and hypothermia
Convulsions
Brain damage may be seen with amphetamine abuse.
A recent survey revealed that a high percentage of kids diagnosed with bipolar
had first received a diagnosis of ADHD. This is informative, because Ritalin and
other speed-type drugs are given to kids who are slapped with the ADHD label.
Speed, sooner or later, produces a crash. This is easy to call "clinical
depression." Then comes Prozac, Paxil, Zoloft. Thesedrugs can produce temporary
highs, followed by more crashes. The shrink notices this up and down pattern-and
then comes the diagnosis of bipolar (manic-depression) and new drugs, including
Valproate and Lithium.
In case you hadn't noticed, the profession of psychiatry has recruited numbers
of celebs and politicians who are dedicated to "removing the stigma attached to
a diagnosis of a mental disorder." These supporters frankly have no idea what
they're talking about. In love with the idea of appearing to do good, they go on
and on about how mental illness is no different from diabetes, and we should all
give great amounts of love and support to those who...well, you know the script.
Some actual knowledge might help everybody concerned.
In the US alone, there are at least 300,000 cases of motor brain damage incurred
by people who have been prescribed so-called anti-psychotic drugs (aka "major
tranquilizers). Risperdal is one of those drugs. (source: Toxic Psychiatry, Dr.
Peter Breggin)
This psychiatric drug plague is accelerating across the land, and gullible
adults and children under their roofs are taking the pills.
Where are the mainstream reporters and editors and newspapers and TV anchors who
should be breaking this story and mercilessly pounding on it week after week?
They are in harness.
JON RAPPOPORT
www.nomorefakenews.com
qjrconsulting@gmail.com