I visited the Wikipedia entry on Akathisia,
and learned that there is a scale to measure this iatrogenic disorder.
It's called the Barnes Scale. Read about it
here.
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Showing posts with label akathisia. Show all posts
Tuesday, May 19, 2009
Barnes Akathisia Scale
I visited the Wikipedia entry on Akathisia,
and learned that there is a scale to measure this iatrogenic disorder.
It's called the Barnes Scale. Read about it
here.
Monday, April 20, 2009
April 20th: Anniversary of Columbine Shooting
Today marks a sad anniversary - the
Columbine High School massacre. Did medications cause the Columbine shootings - and many others?
Film by Gary Null, 2005
'In the absence of any objective medical tests to determine who has ADD or ADHD, doctors rely in part on standardized assessments and the impressions of teachers and guardians while the they administer leave little room for other causes or aggravating factors, such as diet, or environment. Hence, diagnosing a child or adolescent with ADD or ADHD is often the outcome, although no organic basis for either disease has yet to be clinically proven. Psychiatrists may then prescribe psychotropic drugs for the children without first without making it clear to parents that these medications can have severe side-effects including insomnia, loss of appetite, headaches, psychotic symptoms and even potentially fatal adverse reactions, such as cardiac arrhythmia. And yet, despite these dangers, many school systems actually work with government agencies to force parents to drug their children, threatening those who refuse with the prospect of having their children taken from the home unless they coooperate.'
PDF: Treatment-related mania: antidepressants can cause bipolar disorder
Since product infomation documents and inserts WARN of these very side effects, isn't it time we stopped this?
Statistics on antidepressant murders, suicides and other tragedies are here
This is Dr. Ann Blake Tracy's site on the dangers of psychotropic drugs: Drugawareness.org
Columbine High School massacre. Did medications cause the Columbine shootings - and many others?
Film by Gary Null, 2005
'In the absence of any objective medical tests to determine who has ADD or ADHD, doctors rely in part on standardized assessments and the impressions of teachers and guardians while the they administer leave little room for other causes or aggravating factors, such as diet, or environment. Hence, diagnosing a child or adolescent with ADD or ADHD is often the outcome, although no organic basis for either disease has yet to be clinically proven. Psychiatrists may then prescribe psychotropic drugs for the children without first without making it clear to parents that these medications can have severe side-effects including insomnia, loss of appetite, headaches, psychotic symptoms and even potentially fatal adverse reactions, such as cardiac arrhythmia. And yet, despite these dangers, many school systems actually work with government agencies to force parents to drug their children, threatening those who refuse with the prospect of having their children taken from the home unless they coooperate.'
PDF: Treatment-related mania: antidepressants can cause bipolar disorder
Since product infomation documents and inserts WARN of these very side effects, isn't it time we stopped this?
Statistics on antidepressant murders, suicides and other tragedies are here
This is Dr. Ann Blake Tracy's site on the dangers of psychotropic drugs: Drugawareness.org
Tuesday, March 17, 2009
German school murderer was on antidepressant medication
'It emerged that (Tim) Kretschmer had been suffering from depression, even attending a clinic and receiving medication for the condition.
The 17-year-old had far from excelled at Albertville. His parents – his father Joerg was a wealthy owner of a packaging firm employing 150 people – had removed him from the state secondary in 2007 and sent him to a private school. His grades were poor and teachers were unimpressed.
The Kretschmers hired a tutor. She felt the boy had problems. "He was a really strange boy – introverted and closed," she told German newspapers. "But he did love his cat."
Kretschmer tried sport – especially table tennis – but wasn't very good. Over the years he became more and more interested in just two passions: violent computer games and guns. The teenager was obsessed with Counter-Strike, a 'shoot 'em up' game in which special forces have to kill terrorists to win. He was good, his few friends said. He was also, they added, a fine shot.'
Story here
The 17-year-old had far from excelled at Albertville. His parents – his father Joerg was a wealthy owner of a packaging firm employing 150 people – had removed him from the state secondary in 2007 and sent him to a private school. His grades were poor and teachers were unimpressed.
The Kretschmers hired a tutor. She felt the boy had problems. "He was a really strange boy – introverted and closed," she told German newspapers. "But he did love his cat."
Kretschmer tried sport – especially table tennis – but wasn't very good. Over the years he became more and more interested in just two passions: violent computer games and guns. The teenager was obsessed with Counter-Strike, a 'shoot 'em up' game in which special forces have to kill terrorists to win. He was good, his few friends said. He was also, they added, a fine shot.'
Story here
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