Once again, the subject is TeenScreen. You can write
anything you want. I need EVERYONE to write on this
one!
Here is the article:

Text at the bottom of this message.
Send your letter to letters@desnews.com and if your
last name ends in A-F or K-S, send a copy to
susan@desnews.com.
Be brutal or be kind. I don't care. Just say whatever
you want. Volume is key to this one. If you need
hatting on what can be said about TeenScreen, go to
www.psychsearch.net/teenscreen.html.
One thing you should know for sure, in case you miss
it in the article. Garrett Smith was under psych care
and taking an anti-depressant when he killed himself.
So really, despite his possibly good intentions,
Senator Smith is attempting to get others to repeat
his mistakes - listen to the psychs and bury your
child.
And report compliance by email.
Doyle
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ARTICLE TEXT:
Remembering Garrett
U.S. senator from Oregon hopes his memoir will help
other families with children suffering from depression
By Susan Whitney
Deseret Morning News
Gordon Smith begins his book by telling about
the night the police came to his door. It was 10 p.m.
on Sept. 8, 2003.
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Smith Family Photo
Sen. Gordon Smith and his wife, Sharon, with their
son, Garrett, at Garrett's high school graduation in
June 2000. Garrett had a high IQ, but dyslexia made
school difficult for him.
Smith, who is a U.S. senator from Oregon, had
been away at a political event with his wife, Sharon.
They'd just returned to their home in Bethesda, Md.
While they were on the road they'd tried to
reach their son Garrett, a student at Utah Valley
State College in Orem. They had called and called, but
Garrett hadn't picked up the phone. His parents were
alarmed because their son had changed the greeting on
his answering machine.
"I'm not feeling well," Garrett's new message
said. "Please don't call me anymore."
And so Smith's book begins with these words, "I
can still hear the knock at the door. I can still feel
the dread that filled my heart."
His dread was not misplaced. The police did, in
fact, come to tell the Smiths that Garrett had killed
himself. Then the Smiths knew the deepest sorrow of
their lives. Smith calls it a black valley of grief.
He also felt an abiding sense of failure.
What did it matter that he was a U.S. senator,
had been a bishop in the LDS Church, a successful
businessman? Those achievements seemed mere vanities
to Smith, especially when compared to his most
important responsibility, his responsibility to his
family. He felt he should have been able to save his
child.
Smith's book, "Remembering Garrett; One Family's
Battle With a Child's Depression," has just been
published by Carroll & Graf. Smith will be in Salt
Lake City on Tuesday for a book signing, where he will
also talk briefly and answer questions.
Before Garrett took a bottle of sleeping pills,
Smith says he knew very little about depression. He
had never taken a psychology class. He didn't know the
signs of impending suicide. When he comes to Salt Lake
City, Smith expects to meet at least a few other
parents who missed the warnings.
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Gordon Smith's book tells of the depression and
eventual suicide of his son, Garrett.
In a recent telephone interview with the Deseret
Morning News, Smith said he and his wife have friends
and relatives in Utah and  ever since their own son
died here  he has been amazed to hear about a large
number of young Utahns who have killed themselves. "It
is so heart-wrenching for the parents," he said. "It
is the ultimate in self-recrimination."
Smith never blamed his wife for Garrett's death
and praises her as a wonderful mother. Nor do he and
his wife blame Garrett's friends or Garrett's doctors
or the staff at the college. However, until he learned
more about the bipolar disorder his son suffered from,
Smith did blame himself.
For a time after Garrett died, Smith wanted to
quit the Senate to be home more often with his other
two children. During the days after Garrett's death,
President James E. Faust, second counselor in the
First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of
Latter-day Saints, called Smith three times. He
consoled Smith and counseled with him, and when,
during the third call, Smith told him he wanted to
leave his job, President Faust told him not to. As
Smith recalls it, President Faust said the Smiths'
other children needed to see their father's good
example. They needed to see him grieving, fully,
without giving up.
In the end, being in the Senate gave Smith a
chance to do something that meant a lot to him. He
sponsored a bill to fund screening tests for
depression in children and to beef up the
suicide-counseling programs at various colleges.
His fellow senators are compassionate people,
according to Smith. Democrats as well as his fellow
Republicans grieved with him. "Each found a way to put
an emotional arm around me."
Hillary Clinton took him for a long walk to talk
things over. Ted Kennedy approached him repeatedly,
with tears in his eyes, unable to speak. Catholic
senators lit candles in their parishes. Protestants
included the Smiths in their prayer circles. Joe
Lieberman had the Smiths remembered in his synagogue.
Sens. Kennedy and Orrin Hatch wrote the introduction
to "Remembering Garrett."
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Smith Family Photo
Garrett Smith and his dad at Reagan Airport in
Washington, D.C., when Garrett left for an LDS
mission. Gordon Smith said Garrett worried about being
able to memorize the lessons and scriptures. He also
said Garrett was sometimes depressed on his mission,
but overall he treasured his experience.
The retired chaplain of the U.S. Senate, Lloyd
John Ogilvie, helped Smith find a way through the
pain. Ogilvie counseled gratitude.
Smith still deals with his grief by praying to
thank the Lord for the nearly 22 years he was able to
spend with Garrett. It also helped when a psychologist
told him that he could have been home with his family
every night and his son still would have lacked
sufficient levels of serotonin in his brain, still
would have been chemically depressed.
Meanwhile, at Utah Valley State College,
psychologist Jack Jensen, director of counseling and
psychological services, said he was not aware of the
federal grant that bears Garrett's name  and so the
school did not apply for it. However, UVSC counselors
are planning a new outreach program, Jensen explained.
Part of what they want to do is train staff and
professors. Jensen and the other counselors believe
depressed students will often drop hints, either in
what they write for a class or in what they say to a
teacher. One of the first things the counselors will
teach the faculty is to never promise a student
confidentiality, said Jensen.
The teacher needs to call the student's
therapist, if there is one, or the counseling center.
The teacher needs to call the student's parents, maybe
even his religious leaders, Jensen said. "The thing is
to get them some help."
They've had far too many suicides, Jensen said.
The year Garrett Smith killed himself, he was one of
eight UVSC students who did so. Jensen said only one
or two of those students was seeing a therapist at the
time of their deaths. (Garrett had seen a psychologist
and also had a prescription for an anti-depressant.)
As for Gordon and Sharon Smith, they have gone
on to learn all they can about suicide. Smith says
they are particularly impressed with Columbia
University's TeenScreen Program (www.teenscreen.org).
Smith says the test is highly accurate in predicting
whether a child is prone to depression and gives
parents the tools to help.
In the Smiths' hometown of Pendleton, Ore.,
public-school officials heard about the Columbia
screening test in March 2003, got funding through a
local Catholic hospital, and began screening teens
throughout the county in 2004. District officials plan
to offer the test, with parental permission, to all
seventh-graders. Parents are informed of the results
and are told how to get help if their child is found
to be depressed. Therapy is available regardless of
the parents' ability to pay.
In his book, Smith tells several anecdotes about
Garrett's despondence. When his son was 15 or so,
Smith recalls that Sharon found him crying in his
room. Garrett said he had just realized he could never
get married because he would never be smart enough to
support a family. His parents tried to reassure him.
In the end, they believed they had.
Writing a book about his son's death
crystallized the pain, requiring Smith to relive
Garrett's struggles and feelings of worthlessness. But
it was also healing, Smith said. He loved writing
about his happy times with Garrett and about his son's
sweet nature. Smith seems to find it healing, also, to
tell as many parents as he can about the screening
tests for depression.
It is something he wishes he'd known about
sooner. Smith said, "We take our children to get
vaccinations and dental checkups but we never think of
getting them a mental-health checkup."
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Something bad is happening in New Jersey. Read the
article below and write a letter. You can write
anything you want but I suggest some of these themes:
-you got it wrong, the bill doesn't help women, it
only helps drug companies
-look who spent millions to lobby for this bill.
Mothers? -no, Babies? -no. Drug companies? -YES
-Pregnant mothers will be treated with dangerous drugs
that are known to make people suicidal and violent
-No science to the diagnosis
-Having this screening in place will prevent women
from seeking out true solutions, like nutrition,
hormones, real physical illness
Oh, and if you can manage it, be compassionate to
mothers who experience the very real symptoms that
they like to call Postpartum Depression. Be
compassionate even to the lady, Mrs. Codey, who is
helping to foist this horrible plague on the women of
her state. Make sense? The mothers are the victims.
The psychs and drug companies are the villians.
Send your letter to hnletters@northjersey.com and if
you last name begins with A-C or M-S, please send a
copy to groves@northjersey.com, the reporter.
And report compliance by email.
Thanks,
Doyle

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Codeys celebrate signing of bill to help troubled
moms
e-mail print
Friday, April 14, 2006
By BOB GROVES
STAFF WRITER
THOMAS E. FRANKLIN / THE RECORD
arrowGovernor Corzine, seated, preparing to sign a
bill Thursday at Hackensack University Medical Center
to help mothers with postpartum depression.
HACKENSACK -- There was no cake and candles, but Mary
Jo Codey was celebrating. The occasion was the
delivery of a new law that will help women in New
Jersey cope with depression after childbirth
"Today feels like my birthday," the former governor's
wife said Thursday, shortly after Governor Corzine
signed a bill requiring health care professionals to
screen all new mothers for postpartum depression and
provide them with prenatal education about the
disorder.
Codey, who suffered suicidal depression following the
birth of her two sons, has championed the cause for
the past 12 years. She and her husband, state Sen. and
former Gov. Richard J. Codey, joined about 200 public
officials and health advocates for the signing at
Hackensack University Medical Center.
Corzine said it was a privilege to hold his first
public bill signing with the Codeys.
"This great twosome," Corzine said, had the courage to
convince legislators that "postpartum depression can
be recognized and effectively treated."
The bill, which includes $4.5 million for education
and screening, takes effect in six months. It was
sponsored by Codey, D-Essex, and state Sen. Diane
Allen, R-Burlington. An identical Assembly bill was
sponsored by Republicans Peter Biondi and Christopher
Bateman of Morris and Somerset counties, respectively.
Both the present and past governors praised Mary Jo
Codey. By speaking out, "Mary Jo has broken through to
a national level, to the nation's consciousness,"
Corzine said.
Until now, postpartum depression was difficult for
many women to discuss, and "the medical community was
slow to understand and treat it," Senator Codey said.
"Today, we're changing the rules," he said. "Thanks to
Mary Jo's courage, the days of suffering and sorrow
are over. Today, every mother can get the help she
deserves."
Women "facing the fear and uncertainty of postpartum
depression will have someone looking out for them," he
said.
Mary Jo Codey said she went public about her
postpartum depression years ago to help other women
realize that, like her, "they can have absolutely
everything and still be a mess after the birth."
"I suffered like a dog," said Codey, 50, who confessed
in the past to feeling low enough to want to put her
newborn in a microwave oven.
"No woman on the face of this earth should have to
suffer the way I did," she said. "I came so close to
suicide so many times. I thought, if God got me out of
this mess, I wouldn't keep my mouth shut" about her
experience, in order to help others.
About 80 percent of women experience some form of
milder depression, or "baby blues," during the first
two weeks after giving birth. But one in eight women
develops postpartum depression, including sadness and
fatigue.
This more serious condition, caused by stress and
hormonal imbalance, can last months, and may develop
into psychosis.
Alexis E. Menken, a clinical psychologist in
Montclair, said the numbers of women suffering from
postpartum depression may be even higher than current
estimates.
"This legislation is not just about New Jersey," said
Menken, state coordinator for the advocacy group
Postpartum Support International. "It will pave the
way for the entire nation to pay attention to maternal
mental health."
Caring for a new infant is "an overwhelming
responsibility," said Ilise Zimmerman, head of the
Northern New Jersey Maternal and Child Health
Consortium.
"Everyone's smiling, but inside, you're crying. What
happens if you go to your physician who says, 'I don't
know what's happening to you,' " she said. The new law
will help health care professionals keep up with
maternal mental health issues, she said.
E-mail: groves@northjersey.com
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I don't usually forward requests from others but this
is a very serious situation. Read that as "Danger
Condition" which requires "bypass habits and normal
routines".
If you live in Florida or have even a part-time
residence in Florida, take the following actions as
requested by Ken Kramer:
--- Ken Kramer
wrote:
> From: "Ken Kramer"
> To: "Psych Opponents"
> Subject: The Good bill - Informed Parental Consent
> Date: Thu, 13 Apr 2006 11:50:54 -0400
>
> Your help is needed now:
>
> Please e-mail the 8 senators on the Senate Education
> Committee to vote Yes on Senate Bill 2286.  If
> you've alread done that, please do it again.
>
> If you live in their district, please call them and
> tell them to Vote Yes on Senate Bill 2286.
>
> Summary of Senate Bill 2286 - Informed Parental
> Consent
> Before a public school student may be evaluated for
> a mental disorder, the parent will be fully informed
> of :
> a) the risk of psychotropic drugs (well established
> by health agencies world-wide)
> b) the fact that mental and behavioral disorder may
> be rooted in an undetected physical disorder (such
> as
>     allergies, toxins or thyroid conditions) and the
> parents may want to have their child examined by a
> medical doctor
> c) that there are alternative treatments available
> for their child which do not include psychotropic
> drugs
> d) that the parent cannot be forced to give their
> child psychotropic drugs
> e) the parents may not be charged with neglect if
> they refuse to treat their child with psychotropic
> drugs and
> f)  that special education services are available to
> the child regardless of the parents choice of
> intervention for a
>     behavioral, emotional or mental disorder.
>
> Parents should be the ones making decisions about
> their children's health and have a right to be fully
> informed.
>
>
> Senate Bill 2286, Sponsor - Senator Victor D. Crist
>
>
> Senate Committee on Education (You can see photos of
> these senators here:  )
> Senators                                    District
> Office         Phone:
>
> Chair: Evelyn J. Lynn (R)          Ormond Beach
> (386) 676-4000     lynn.evelyn.web@flsenate.gov
> Vice Chair: Carey Baker (R)   Eusis
>      (352) 742-6490     baker.carey.web@flsenate.gov
> James E. "Jim" King, Jr. (R)    Jacksonville
>   (904) 727-3600     king.james.web@flsenate.gov
> Daniel Webster (R)                   Winter Garden
>     (407) 656-0066
> webster.daniel.web@flsenate.gov
> Stephen R. Wise (R)                Jacksonville
>       (904) 381-6000
> wise.stephen.web@flsenate.gov
> Larcenia J. Bullard (D)             Miami
>           (305) 668-7344
> bullard.larcenia.web@flsenate.gov
> Ron Klein (D)                             Delray
> Beach        (561) 274-4777
> klein.ron.web@flsenate.gov
> Frederica S. Wilson (D)           Miami
>        (305) 654-7150
> wilson.frederica.web@flsenate.gov
>
> lynn.evelyn.web@flsenate.gov,
> baker.carey.web@flsenate.gov,
> king.james.web@flsenate.gov,
> webster.daniel.web@flsenate.gov,
> wise.stephen.web@flsenate.gov,
> bullard.larcenia.web@flsenate.gov,
> klein.ron.web@flsenate.gov,
> wilson.frederica.web@flsenate.gov
>
> ++
>
> If you would rather not receive the latest news via
> this e-mail line, please send a message to
> records@psychsearch.net with "UNSUBSCRIBE ME" in the
> subject line.
>
> (posted as a requirement under legal and contractual
> requirements.)
>
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Once again, we have TeenScreen's director popping up
her head and we need to shoot it off - figuratively.
Everybody, please write a letter. It can be very
brief, just write.
Mainly your letter should be anything about how bad
TeenScreen is.
If your last name ends in C or T, I have a special
request. I want you to be critical of the fact that
they printed her letter at all. You can be critical of
the newspaper directly if you want "you must have no
integrity at all!" or you can take their side against
the evil TeenScreen talking head, "Leslie MacGuire has
taken advantage of your good name". What you want to
communicate is that the letters to the editor section
has been perverted and turned into free advertising
for TeenScreen, distributing falsehoods, and then go
right into the truth about TeenScreen.
Send your letter to newsroom@chieftain.com
You're writing in response to the article below.
And report compliance by email.
Best,
Doyle

April 12, 2006
The suicide epidemic
Thank you for your article, Pueblo suicide rate
higher than national averages, regarding Pueblos
suicide rate and local suicide prevention efforts.
Coverage on this important topic helps to shed light
on the critical issue of suicide, a very real and
prevalent problem that is too often overlooked.
In Colorado, suicide is the second leading cause of
death for 15- to 19-year-olds. Studies by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that
nearly 14 percent of Colorado high school students
think seriously about suicide and nearly 11 percent
have made a suicide attempt. Research tells us that 90
percent of youth who die by suicide suffer from a
diagnosable and treatable mental illness at the time
of their death, but the vast majority of these teens
are not known to their parents, teachers or other
adults as suffering from a mental disorder.
In response to this public health crisis, Columbia
University has spent more than a decade developing its
TeenScreen Program. TeenScreen is a mental health
screening program that provides communities throughout
the nation with free tools and training to identify
youth who are at risk for suicide and those suffering
from unidentified mental illness. Screening always is
voluntary and no child is screened without a parents
permission. Screening can help find those youth who
are suffering from undiagnosed mental illness or are
at risk for suicide, make their parents aware of their
childrens difficulties, and help to connect them with
the mental health services that can save their lives.
No family is immune from the potential horror of
suicide. I strongly encourage parents, health
professionals, educators and others in your community
to support prevention and early intervention programs,
including mental health screening, to help prevent the
terrible tragedy of teen suicide.
Leslie McGuire, Director
Columbia University TeenScreen Program
New York City
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I hope all of you have long arms. We're reaching all
the way to Australia for this one.
Read this:

#
Text at the bottom of this email.
Then click on

You should get the "YourSay" page from the
Courier-Mail. To send your letter, you have to click
on "letter to the editor" which you'll find in blue
text on a light blue horizontal line towards the top
of the screen.
They have some rules on the website:
"Letter must be short and may be edited. All letters
to be considered for publication must have a name,
street address and phone number so their authenticity
can be checked."
Now, if you don't live in Australia, and you don't
want to take a chance on somebody with a funny accent
calling you in the middle of the night to see if you
really wrote that letter, I advise you to leave off
the phone number.
You can write whatever you want in the letter but I
suggest that you forward the truth about the fact that
none of these psych "disorders" are scientifically
proven to exist in anybody.
And report compliance by email.
Your Mate,
Doyle
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ARTICLE TEXT:
Lack of attention in diagnoses
Hedley Thomas
April 07, 2006
A CHILD wrongly diagnosed with ADD or ADHD may be
medicated for a condition which does not exist while
remaining untreated for the underlying problem, say
three child psychology experts.
Dr Marilyn Campbell and Dr Linda Gilmore, senior
lecturers at QUT, and Gerry Dangerfield each have
expertise in child attention disorders and say that
diagnosing ADD or ADHD takes time, patience and
extensive research.
Dr Gilmore said it was often difficult to distinguish
ADHD from other overlapping disorders, such as fetal
alcohol syndrome.
"Inattention can be a symptom of various other
disorders," Dr Gilmore said.
"It may look like ADHD but the attentional problems
could be part of a different disorder and it's
important that we consider other possible
explanations.
"My personal view is that we can jump to a diagnosis
of ADHD too readily.
"I've heard of instances where some people are
routinely diagnosing ADHD without looking at other
things. Assessment does need to be a very rigorous
procedure."
Dr Gilmore said a child with an anxiety disorder might
appear at first to have ADHD. But parents sometimes
welcomed the diagnosis because they realise "it's not
their fault".
Mr Dangerfield said a battery of tests, a thorough
examination of family history and questioning of
teachers were fundamental to an accurate diagnosis.
"The kids can show the symptoms but the controversy is
over to what degree is it a problem or a disorder," he
said.
All three psychologists said they would leave
recommendations about drugs and dosage levels to
medically qualified professionals such as
pediatricians.
"I always say that medication should be a last resort.
We should try other things first," he said.
"Anxious children can look very much like ADHD
children.
"Some kids can be chronically anxious  and when you
give them a (drug) stimulant when they are already
hyper-aroused, you can make them more anxious and you
have not treated the problem."
Dr Campbell said ADHD and ADD were "anything but
obvious".
She said that reliance on a tool known as WISC III
would be "grossly inadequate". "I would be
unbelievably underconfident that the right diagnosis
has been made. You would just be guessing. You don't
have the right information," she said.
A proper diagnosis should include interviews with
teachers, school guidance officers and a combination
of tests.
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Crew,
We have to really keep the pressure on TeenScreen!
In the Tucson Citizen, there was an article on kids
and anti-psychotic drugs. A bunch of us wrote letters
and two were published. One of those mentioned
TeenScreen.
Then yesterday, the director of TeenScreen got a
letter of her own published in defense. Now it's good
that she's on defense. We like that. Every moment
spent on defense is a moment they won't be working to
find another kid to label and drug.
So, I need letters.
You can either write in response to David Agami's
letter and agree with him on his TeenScreen comment,
or you can respond to Leslie MacGuire's letter and
totally slam TeenScreen.
Either way, send your letter to
opinion@tucsoncitizen.com
and report compliance to me by email.
And never, ever mention Columbia University.
TeenScreen is just "TeenScreen", never "The Columbia
University TeenScreen Program", like Leslie calls it.
That is just an slimy attempt to gather more respect
that they deserve.
Make it clear to the editor which letter you are
responding to. See below for both letters.
Best,
Doyle
LESLIE MACQUIRE'S LETTER:
no link available
Tucson Citizen (Arizona)
April 6, 2006
Mental health program helps teens
Re: the March 23 online letter ("Criminal
pharmaceuticals") questioning the validity and purpose
of the Columbia University TeenScreen program:
Much of the letter contained misinformation.
TeenScreen is a national mental health and
suicide-risk screening program that offers parents the
opportunity for their teens to receive a voluntary
mental health check-up.
Research confirms that TeenScreen is effective in
identifying youth at risk for depression, suicide and
other mental health problems.
TeenScreen does not involve diagnosis or treatment, as
the letter insinuates. I encourage anyone with
questions to visit www.teenscreen.org for complete and
accurate information.
Far too often, youth suffer mental illness in silence.
Programs such as TeenScreen provide parents and
communities an opportunity to catch these young people
before they fall.
Leslie McGuire
director
Columbia University TeenScreen Program
New York City, N.Y.
DAVID AGAMI'S LETTER:
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Tucson Citizen (Arizona)
March 23, 2006
Criminal pharmaceuticals
Re: the Friday article "Kids' anti-psych drug use
soars":
This is a lethal combination for our youth:
ï¿½ Uneducated, working parents who just want to relax
a bit and trust what the "shrink" recommends for their
uncontrollable child.
ï¿½ A pseudo-scientist (psychiatrist) who wants full
control, inventing "mental illnesses" that aren't
evidenced in any tissue and utilizing any brutal
method to treat them, such as lobotomy, shock
treatment or drugs with side effects such as diabetes,
high cholesterol, suicide, etc.
ï¿½ Gigantic pharmaceutical companies, extraordinarily
knowledgeable in marketing techniques, with very low
morals, that hook up with these shrinks and, through
lobbying in Congress, help keep control of mental
health in the hands of these pseudo-scientists, as
long as sales of their products continue increasing
and are prescribed by the shrinks and promoted in
programs such as TeenScreen despite their harmful
effects.
ï¿½ An uneducated society fed false data since Freud
and accepting these charlatans without ever seeing
bona fide results.
Semifinal result: A fivefold jump of sales of
anti-psychotic harmful drugs prescribed to our
children in the past seven years, resulting in further
strength, money and power for these criminal
pharmaceutical companies.
Final result: A fooled, drugged, controlled society in
the hands of pseudo-scientists and immoral marketeers,
a society that is decaying and whose children, whose
future, whose health and life are undermined and
endangered.
DAVID AGAMI
Aventura, Fla.
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TeenScreen was conceived as a clever way to identify,
label and treat millions of America's children. It was
formed and forwarded with drug company blood money.
Early on, I'm sure they thought it would be a piece of
cake, that nobody would stand in their way.
Methinks they were wrong.
The public is getting the truth about TeenScreen, with
force and in volume. Check out the latest.
And let me know if you want to write some letters.
Doyle
anti_psych@yahoo.com
FROM THE BATTLE CREEK (MICHIGAN) ENQUIRER:

ON03/604080313/1014
TeenScreen turns kids into mental patients
TeenScreen director Leslie McGuire's less-than-candid
letter ("Screening can help ID those at risk of
suicide," April 6) looks to me like trolling to turn
school children into mental patients. First off,
TeenScreen seldom practices voluntary mental health
screening. It uses a passive consent form that parents
have to sign to opt out if they do not want their
child screened for depression and other mental
illnesses. If they do not receive or do not return the
form, their child is screened. TeenScreen is currently
under suit in Indiana for just this practice.
The screening questions result in many false
positives. If your child is thought to have
depression, they will be put on antidepressants which
are now positively linked to violence and suicide. No
scientific or medical test will be administered in the
diagnosis. It is an entirely verbal and subjective
assessment often resulting in a wrong diagnosis.
In December 2004 the FDA issued a "black box" warning
on antidepressants to alert the public to the risk of
suicidality caused by these drugs. This is the most
serious type of warning in prescription drug labeling.
The next step would be suspending antidepressants
entirely.
The fact that many TeenScreen executives have direct
ties to pharmaceutical companies tells me why this
program is being pushed heavily in schools. Statistics
from the CDC Web site point out that teen suicide is
on the decline over the last 20 years yet Ms.
McGuire's letter would have us believe there is an
epidemic going on. If there is, it is an epidemic of
kids on dangerous psychiatric drugs.
Eight of the last 13 school shootings in America were
committed by children under the influence of
psychiatric drugs. This includes Columbine and Red
Lake, Minn. Parents need to do their homework about
TeenScreen.
Ernest Ryan
Temperance
FROM THE TUCSON CITIZEN
no link available
Criminal pharmaceuticals
Re: the Friday article "Kids' anti-psych drug use
soars":
This is a lethal combination for our youth:
· Uneducated, working parents who just want to relax a
bit and trust what the "shrink" recommends for their
uncontrollable child.
· A pseudo-scientist (psychiatrist) who wants full
control, inventing "mental illnesses" that aren't
evidenced in any tissue and utilizing any brutal
method to treat them, such as lobotomy, shock
treatment or drugs with side effects such as diabetes,
high cholesterol, suicide, etc.
· Gigantic pharmaceutical companies, extraordinarily
knowledgeable in marketing techniques, with very low
morals, that hook up with these shrinks and, through
lobbying in Congress, help keep control of mental
health in the hands of these pseudo-scientists, as
long as sales of their products continue increasing
and are prescribed by the shrinks and promoted in
programs such as TeenScreen despite their harmful
effects.
· An uneducated society fed false data since Freud and
accepting these charlatans without ever seeing bona
fide results.
Semifinal result: A fivefold jump of sales of
anti-psychotic harmful drugs prescribed to our
children in the past seven years, resulting in further
strength, money and power for these criminal
pharmaceutical companies.
Final result: A fooled, drugged, controlled society in
the hands of pseudo-scientists and immoral marketeers,
a society that is decaying and whose children, whose
future, whose health and life are undermined and
endangered.
DAVID AGAMI
Aventura, Fla.
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Crew,
I need everyone to write letters on this one!

ON03/604060315/1014/OPINION
Text below.
Write anything you want as long as you thoroughly slam
TeenScreen. If you need hatting go to
www.psychsearch.net/teenscreen.html
Send your letter by clicking on:

RVICE03
Under "Send Message to", select "Executive Editor".
And under "Subject of Message" select "Letter to the
Editor".
And report compliance by email.
Best,
Doyle
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ARTICLE TEXT:
Screening can help ID those at risk of suicide
Thank you for your March 31 article, "Depression can
lead to suicide," regarding Lakeview School District's
efforts to address youth suicide and depression, two
very real and prevalent problems that are too often
overlooked.
In Michigan, suicide is the third leading cause of
death for 15- to 19-year-olds. Studies by the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) show that 18
percent of Michigan high school students think
seriously about suicide and nearly 11 percent have
made a suicide attempt. Research tells us that 90
percent of youth who die by suicide suffer from a
diagnosable and treatable mental illness at the time
of their death, but the vast majority of these teens
are not known to their parents, teachers or other
adults as suffering from a mental disorder.
In response to this public health crisis, Columbia
University has spent more than a decade developing its
TeenScreen Program. TeenScreen is a mental health
screening program that provides communities throughout
the nation with free tools and training to identify
youth who are at risk for suicide and those suffering
from unidentified mental illness. Screening is always
voluntary and no child is screened without a parent's
permission. Screening can help find those youth who
are suffering from undiagnosed mental illness or are
at risk for suicide, make their parents aware of their
children's difficulties, and help to connect them with
the mental health services that can save their lives.
No family is immune from the potential horror of
suicide. I strongly encourage parents, health
professionals, educators and others in your community
to support prevention and early intervention programs,
including mental health screening, to help prevent the
terrible tragedy of teen suicide.
Leslie McGuire
Director
Columbia University TeenScreen Program
New York
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Crew,
I haven't sent an assignment out in a couple of weeks,
for a couple of reasons. I have been busy but that's
not the main reason. I've been looking for a good
target for assignment but haven't found any. Perhaps
the psych's PR people are getting afraid to put out
any information, and perhaps this is partially because
of our letters.
Whatever the reason, the lines have been very quiet in
the last few weeks. But finally a good target has
reared its ugly head.
We need to totally beat this one up!
Here's the article:

rystory
TEXT BELOW.
Your assignment is to write a powerful letter to
inform the public of Newcastle, PA about the truth of
mental health screening.
Send your letter to tkolodziej@ncnewsonline.com
AND, if you're feeling really adventurous, click on
the     "Click to discuss this story..." button at the
bottom of the article and join in the discussion.
Also, the "Stop TeenScreen" petition is over 11,000
names! Woohoo! You guys have really contributed to
this vital tool in the fight to keep kids free of
psych influence. It's time to send it out once again
to all your friends, opinion leaders, the mayor of
your town, everybody. The link is

And report compliance by email.
Best,
Doyle
________________________________
ARTICLE TEXT:
CHALLENGED: Program identifies troubled students
By Ann-Margaret Lambo
New Castle News
For some kids, and their parents, growing up can be
like making their way through a mine field.
Each step is potentially dangerous and can result in
dire consequences depending on the choices made. Some
young people get through it unscathed. Others dont.
Luckily, local parents can rest a little easier thanks
to the Student Assistance Program, or SAP. The goal of
this Human Services Center program, which has been in
existence since 1988, is to help identify students who
are experiencing difficulties which prevent them from
learning and achieving success in school.
Every middle and high school in Lawrence County, and
the state of Pennsylvania, has a student assistance
program.
Dan Barnes, who has 35 years experience working with
kids and their families, and his staff of two, meet
with guidance counselors, administrators and teachers
from every school district in the county, every week
of the school year. They receive referrals from these
teams of professional about students who may be having
trouble coping for a number of reasons. Barnes
estimates that over the years, the student assistance
program has assisted thousands of kids.
And its a good thing that Lawrence Countys kids have
SAP available to them. Consider these national
statistics, provided by Columbia Universitys
TeenScreen program.
In the United States, 21 percent of youth suffer from
a mental health condition serious enough to cause
impairment.
Every year, 3.4 million U.S. high school students
think seriously about killing themselves.
Almost 2 million high school students report having
made a prior suicide attempt. More than 600,000
students report having made an attempt that required
medical attention.
Life today can be overwhelming for our kids, Barnes
commented. Life is a lot more complex. And I dont
care how strong you are as a kid, the media and peer
pressure is huge. If you dont quite fit the mold
makes it really tough on kids. There is tremendous
pressure on kids today as far as fitting in, being
accepted and achieving in our school systems.
Once a child has been identified, Barnes or one of the
professionals he works with, will contact the parent
or guardian of the child to obtain written permission
for the SAP process to begin. Together, school
representatives, parents and guardians as well as SAP
team members develop an action plan to improve success
in school.
This can be achieved in a number of ways, including
tutoring or peer mentoring as well as through other
services from community-based agencies.
We stay in the background as a resource for them
(families), Barnes explained. This program does not
provide counseling. It provides assessment and
consultation. We make recommendations, which can be
anything from what the parents can do at home, to
telling them that a son or daughter needs professional
help. We assist families in navigating the mental
health system as well.
We feel good because we have a chance in some of
these kids lives to identify problems that can be
treated successfully, Barnes said, rather then
taking its course and then finding out as an adult
that it has developed into a more serious mental
health problem that is harder to treat, Barnes added.
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Now this is a beautiful thing.
#letters
Letters to the editor for Tuesday, April 4, 2006
Psychiatric drugs not safe for kids
Re "Are kids being overmedicated? Scientologists join
fight against psychotropic drugs," article, March 20:
Nicely done article about the upcoming bill in the
Florida Legislature on informed consent and the
over-medication of children. As a registered nurse for
almost 30 years, I know that informed consent is the
standard in the medical profession for any therapy or
surgery that may have life-damaging results. While we
know that many medications are going to have side
effects worth the risk in adults, it's even more
important to have full disclosure to parents before
children under 18 are given psychiatric drugs, because
of the lack of long-term studies of the new
medications' effect on developing brains and nervous
systems.
We already know what the psychiatric drugs of the
1940s, '50s and '60s have to offer in side effects.
Patients have been permanently damaged from these
effects. I practice in the geriatric field, and the
unconfronted damage to our elderly after long-term use
of psychiatric drugs should be a warning for what we
may be doing to our children despite the desire to
help them.
I feel very sorry for Terry Smith's loss of a child.
But, knowing what I know about the newer drugs on the
market to treat depression and anxiety, I would not
let my child be put on them. They are not safe, even
in low dosages, for a developing nervous system; and,
unfortunately, after more have committed suicide and
homicides in the near future, we may finally get the
message to pull these drugs off the shelf completely.
Informed consent will at least give way to more
alternatives to handling the concerns and behaviors of
children and open the door to more therapies less
damaging physically and emotionally than what is being
offered by psychiatry.
KEN W. THOMAS, Clearwater
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Interesting editorial from a psychologist in today's
Philadelphia Inquirer.
I can't figure out is he is "fer" it or "agin" it but
he mentioned it. In one sentence he applauds and in
another he points out that they don't address the
cause for the condition.
Write whatever you want but don't Q and A with the
psych's statements. Just use this as an opportunity to
forward the truth about TeenScreen. If you need to
know the truth, read
www.psychsearch.net/teenscreen.html or

Send your letter to Inquirer.Letters@phillynews.com
If you last name ends in D-J or R-Z, send a copy to
the writer at DrDanGottlieb@aol.com
And report compliance by email.
Best,
Doyle
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ARTICLE TEXT:

Inside Out | A test for stressed kids
Let no child be left emotionally behind.
By Dan Gottlieb
When Socrates said the unexamined life is not worth
living, he wasn't referring to the relentless
examinations our children are taking in schools these
days. The incessant pressure to perform is one reason
why our children are showing signs of stress.
Suicide, although relatively rare, is still a leading
cause of death among young people. And children in
middle-class and affluent neighborhoods are at
increased risk for substance abuse, depression and
anxiety disorders, concluded Suniya Luthar in the
Journal of Psychological Science.
This study didn't address eating disorders, including
obesity. Or the tremendous number of children
diagnosed and medicated for ADD and ADHD.
The problems don't stop in affluent and middle-class
neighborhoods. Poorer children face threats of
violence every day. They enjoy fewer community
supports and endure deteriorating schools, facing
their own relentless pressures to perform.
Responding to these trends, Columbia University has
developed yet another examination for our children
called "TeenScreen," which measures children's
psychological states.
I applaud this effort to identify children who need
help. I would be even happier if every community had
sufficient care for all children who need it. But
early screening addresses only the problems, not the
causes. Even TeenScreen would not satisfy Socrates.
Last year I spoke to some children in a private
secondary school. Later, I spoke to a group of middle
school children in the economically depressed
Kensington section of Philadelphia.
I asked both groups what their lives were like. The
private-school kids complained of stress, insufficient
sleep, and lack of time to "chill" with friends. They
all had different definitions of happiness, including
wealth, power and freedom. But not one child defined
happiness as involving love, family or the larger
community.
When I spoke to the Kensington children, I learned
about the extreme adversity they bear daily. One
12-year-old girl said she was always afraid that she
would get raped at school as her older sister had.
Another was afraid to answer the door because his
neighbor got killed that way.
Over the next few weeks, I received many letters from
both groups. Many said the same thing: "Thank you for
coming. No one has ever asked us about our lives
before." These children have been "examined" ad
nauseam, but no one had taken the time to hear the
musings of their hearts or teach them what true
happiness means.
Certainly this doesn't explain the increase in
children's psychological problems. But it does say
that too many children are living unexamined lives.
Many psychological problems may be caused by living in
a community that demands too much or expects too
little. So providing psychological services to these
children, while essential, is like treating someone
for an allergy who is continually exposed to dust and
pollen.
Family therapists have long known that when children
show symptoms, it reflects problems in the family. So
if a child becomes withdrawn or rebellious, they may
be doing so because there is unacknowledged conflict
in the family.
Too often children wind up in therapy when the family
needs treatment.
And so it is with the larger society. As our children
show more symptoms of emotional distress, we must do
more than examine and treat their symptoms. Before
intervening and repairing, before passing judgment or
wringing our hands, let's give our children what
Socrates suggested. Sit down with each one and ask
about their lives. Then listen with curiosity and
compassion, feeling sadness for their suffering and
joy for their dreams.
There is ample research that children benefit
enormously when they "hang out" with adults who simply
examine their hearts and dreams. Pretty smart fella,
that Socrates.
"InsideOut" appears every other week. Clinical
psychologist and family therapist Dan Gottlieb is the
author of "Letters to Sam: A Grandfather's Lessons on
Love, Loss, and the Gifts of Life," to be published
April 28. His weekly radio show, "Voices in the
Family," can be heard Mondays at noon on WHYY-FM
(90.9). E-mail him at: DrDanGottlieb@aol.com.
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This is just about the wackiest psych wackiness I've
ever heard.
In Plattsburg, New York, they have a "Mental Health
Court" where criminals are turned into mental
patients. New York state, by the way, has the largest
percentage of psychs in the country. Read this article
if you can stand complete illogics and false data.

Text at bottom.
Write a letter to the editor. Send it to
letters@pressrepublican.com with a copy to
smoore@pressrepublican.com
Write whatever you want but I suggest just forwarding
the general message of the unscientific nature of
psychiatry. Bring up something like the fact that
there is "no proof" of psychiatric disorders, it's all
opinion. Therefore, how can any of this have a place
in a court of law?
If you're so inclined, you can bring up the fact that
psych drugs are known to create violence, murder and
suicide.
For hatting, if you want, click on

Once your letter is sent, report compliance by email.
Best,
Doyle
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ARTICLE TEXT:
04/01/2006
Mental Health Court encourages treatment, compliance
By SUZANNE MOORE, Staff Writer
PLATTSBURGH -- The first time Michael Shutts stood
before a judge, there was no mental-health court like
the one now operating in the City of Plattsburgh.
"The court didn't take into account his mental
illness," said Michael's father, Don Shutts. "He was
(considered) just a troubled adolescent making wrong
choices."
Michael, now 23, has been in and out of jail ever
since that first experience, including a stint in
state prison following a parole violation that
snowballed out of control.
Mental Health Court, said City Court Judge Penelope
Clute, is designed to put the brakes on the
revolving-door cycle that uncontrolled mental illness
-- especially complicated by alcohol or drugs -- can
cause.
With a team approach that addresses treatment and
compliance, and with monitoring for two years,
participants are given the chance to learn to live in
healthier ways with the illness that is at the root of
their dysfunction.
"Jail is a possibility," said Clute, "but only as a
last resort."
SCREENING
The court serves only defendants with severe and
persistent mental illness, such as schizophrenia,
bi-polar illness and major depression.
And "they are people the team concludes are motivated
to comply with treatment and that the structure and
monitoring and accountability is likely to make a
difference in a person's life," Clute said.
That Mental Health Court team includes a
representative from the District Attorney's Office,
Behavioral Health Services North, the Mental Health
Clinic, a defense attorney, CVPH Medical Center's
Mental Health Unit, City Court and the Probation
Department.
Since its start in January, three individuals have
been accepted by the team; others didn't qualify.
It's a tough screening process, the Clute said. And
because of the two-year-monitoring requirement, the
only defendants who can take part are those charged
with a Class A misdemeanor or a felony, both of which
carry three-year probation requirements.
The court, which can consider, on a case-by-case
basis, cases from outside the city as well, sees
defendants new to the system and also those who have
violated probation, Clute said.
CONTROL, SUPPORT
With the collaborative approach, which means plenty of
communication among the team members and the judge,
she said, "the defendant is fully aware we're all
paying attention all the time. There's a lot of
control in it, a lot of accountability.
"There's also a lot of support.
"Even after the person is sentenced and on probation,
they come to court every two weeks," she continued.
"You've got to tell the judge how you're doing."
"The consistency has to be there," Mr. Shutts said,
applauding the team approach. "Everyone has to be on
the same page."
His son learned manipulation as he moved through the
system, Mr. Shutts said, and when the agencies
involved with his treatment didn't communicate,
Michael learned to use that to his advantage.
TREATMENT
Clute emphasized that only a very small percentage of
people with severe mental illness commit crimes.
And when they do, she repeated, "very often, they're
off their medication, and they're abusing alcohol or
drugs."
The goal is to persuade defendants to take their meds
and engage in treatment, she continued.
Clute can order specific treatment, drug tests or use
of alcosensors.
"I'll know right away if (defendants) are not
complying."
The City of Plattsburgh was designated last April by
the state Unified Court System to establish Mental
Health Court. It's one of about 120 such programs in
the country and eight or nine in New York state.
"It's a recognition by the court system that judges
should be paying attention to the reasons people
commit crimes," Clute said.
There's no funding for the court, and it's a
time-intensive program.
"That kind of puts everybody off at first," the judge
said. "But if it works like we think it will, you're
saving the time you would have put in the next time
around.
"And you can really change the quality of somebody's
life."
'A CHANCE'
Mr. Shutts doesn't know if Michael will qualify for
Mental Health Court once he's out of jail again. Clute
adjudicated his son's latest case in regular City
Court, he said, and applied some of the principals of
the mental-health system she was then working to
establish.
"Penny gave him a chance," Mr. Shutts said. "(Michael)
agreed he needed some help. He went to rehab, and she
put all his charges on hold."
Though Michael came closer than ever before to turning
his life around, a relapse in behavior put him back
behind bars again.
Had he appeared in a court designed to address
mental-health issues early on, Mr. Shutts reflected,
"I really do think it could have become a benefit."
But experience tells Mr. Shutts, too, that success can
only happen "as long as the participant in the middle
is wanting to help himself, also.
"That's a key element."
E-mail Suzanne Moore at: smoore@pressrepublican.com
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PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE
I am a Christian minister with a church in Tarpon Springs, Florida. My
community is in trouble and drugs are at the heart of it. For a long time
I've looked for a solution. Now, I know that something can be done about it.
In his press release, which you can read below, Rev. Heber Jentzsch
challenges community groups to unite in a shoulder-to-shoulder effort to
address the drug problem. I'm doing it. I'm bringing Mr. Hubbard's workable
technology of drug education and rehabilitation into my community.
This February I had the pleasure of meeting with Rev. Jentzsch in Los
Angeles. For a picture, click on

It was good to find out that we share the common purpose to educate the
people of this world about drugs and offer them real hope.
I am asking you to help directly by donating the funds needed to establish a
Narconon in our community center, called The Dream Station of Tarpon
Springs. The faster we work the more lives we can save. The people in our
community have a bleak future until we bring them tools to break the endless
cycle of addiction.
I would like to extend a personal invitation for you to meet with me, and
with my friend Doyle Mills, where we can fully brief you on my plans to use
L. Ron Hubbard?s technology to help restore our community.
I look forward to hearing your ideas and working with you!
Sincerely,
Reverend Michael Davis
Mt. Olive Ministries and The Dream Station of Tarpon Springs
To meet with Reverend Davis and find out how you can with this vital
project, contact Doyle Mills at 727-871-0970 or doyle@mtoliveministries.org.
You can also send a donation to: Mt. Olive Ministries, 500 East Oakwood,
Tarpon Springs, FL 34689
Press release:

Community Groups Challenged to Unite in the 2006 Fight Against Drugs
The President of the Church of Scientology International, Rev Heber C.
Jentzsch, is challenging community groups to unite in a massive campaign to
educate people around the world on the real facts about drugs, in the face
of statistics from the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crimes World Drug
Report, showing an estimated 200 million people, or 5% of the worlds
population age 15-64, consume illegal drugs.
(PRWEB) January 2, 2006 -- The President of the Church of Scientology
International, Rev Heber C. Jentzsch, is challenging community groups to
unite in a massive campaign to educate people around the world on the real
facts about drugs, in the face of statistics from the United Nations Office
of Drugs and Crimes World Drug Report, showing an estimated 200 million
people, or 5% of the worlds population age 15-64, consume illegal drugs.
Churches of Scientology internationally have printed and distributed more
than eight million copies of booklets on the subjects of marijuana, ecstasy,
cocaine and heroin. Supplementing this massive information program have been
224,220 drug awareness billboards and posters, over 45 million fliers,
89,000 public awareness events and more than 10,200 newspaper and television
stories promoting a drug-free message - all financed by the Church of
Scientology and its members.
Here in Los Angeles the Church?s youth drug-prevention program, Drug-Free
Marshals, is a welcome sight at Police open houses, national night out
events, and at youth clubs and recreation centers. Drug-Free Marshals have
gotten the word out to 100,000 of youth over the last decade. Humanitarian,
L. Ron Hubbard, the founder of the Church of Scientology believed, "Save the
child and you save the nation."     The Church has partnered with numerous
groups, including Mothers in Action and recently had the opportunity to
issue the 7-point Drug Free Marshal pledge to lead drug-free lives to the
Marine hockey club of Camp Pendelton. The highly popular Community Day
organized through the Los Angeles County Sheriff?s Clergy Council under
Sheriff Leroy D. Baca is just around the corner, where more than a thousand
youth are expected to take the pledge and receive copies of the booklets
produced by the Church as a public service.
Pointing to the Church's experience for nearly two decades in community drug
education, Rev. Jentzsch said that many youth and young adults are
misinformed about drugs but that equipping them with the facts can reduce
drug misuse. Scientologists offer use of their drug education booklets to
other groups and organizations because they are effective said Rev.
Jentzsch.
"Many people have stopped taking drugs or decided never to start as a direct
result of reading our booklets or attending one of our public awareness
events but we need to reach everyone," said Rev. Jentzsch. "If community
groups join forces the impact would be enormous," he added. "With a populace
composed of 200 million users and billions more to educate, it's time to
move to an entirely new level."
Over the past year, the Church estimates that close to 50,000,000 people
have been reached with its anti-drug message, with one hundred thousand
children and teenagers sworn-in as Drug-Free Marshals and more than 525,000
anti-drug booklets and 5,600,000 fliers against drugs distributed
internationally.
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According to the papers, an important bill to protect
parental rights is dead. Well, maybe it's not so dead.
We definitely have to keep the story alive and get the
message to the people. I need lots of letters to the
Miami Herald with basically these messages:
-School children are being prescribed psychiatric
drugs in alarming numbers without their parents being
warned of the risks and alternatives.
-The issue of informed consent for parents is
supported by MANY people and groups.
-Even the FDA is warning that these drugs can cause
psychosis, suicide and death.
-There are vested interests opposing House Bill 1213.
-The pharmaceutical industry makes more money than the
oil industry.
-Parents have a right to know the risks and
alternatives before they put their children in harm's
way.
And if your last name ends in C, K, or T, I want you
to point out this absurdity:
-The opposition to the bill isn't claiming that there
is anything untrue about the required parental
consent, only that requiring the consent would prevent
people from seeking treatment. So what they're saying
is that if you tell people the truth, they'll avoid
psychiatry's dangerous and unworkable treatments.
You can read the article at this link and the text is
pasted below:

Send your letter to HeraldEd@miamiherald.com. If your
last name begins with C-F or R-Z, copy the reporter at
mcaputo@MiamiHerald.com.
Report compliance by email.
Best,
Doyle
________________________
ARTICLE TEXT:
Posted on Wed, Mar. 29, 2006
BEHAVIORAL DRUGS
Religious bias may have spurred demise of child
medicating bill
Lawmakers killed a bill that would have told parents
about the risks of mental-health drugs for kids, amid
concerns of a Scientology influence.
BY MARC CAPUTO
mcaputo@MiamiHerald.com
TALLAHASSEE - An effort to warn parents of the dangers
of mental-health drugs on children was defeated
unexpectedly Tuesday by lawmakers, feeding speculation
that it was killed in part because of its link to the
Church of Scientology, which opposes the use of the
drugs.
The bill was touted last month by prominent
Scientologists and actresses Kelly Preston and Kirstie
Alley.
It would have required parents to read and sign a long
and ominous-sounding statement detailing the dangers
of the drugs once their children are referred in
public school for evaluations of learning disabilities
or emotional, behavioral or mental disorders.
PASSED LAST YEAR
A similar measure passed the full Legislature last
year, but was vetoed by Gov. Jeb Bush, who thought the
bill went too far.
Miami Beach Republican Rep. Gus Barreiro, a kids'
rights crusader worried about the ''epidemic'' of
over-drugging, drafted the new legislation to quell
the governor's concerns and give parents the right to
know the risks of drugs such as Ritalin and Strattera.
''This is bigger than tobacco,'' Barreiro said, citing
a state report showing a 425 percent increase over the
past five years in diagnoses of attention-deficit
disorder. ``What's happening to our kids and what
we're doing to our kids, it's really, truly
inexcusable.''
BILL OVERLY BIASED
But on a 6-4 vote, the House Health Care Regulation
Committee heeded the warnings of mental-health
specialists and killed the legislation, saying it
would have presented parents an overly biased view
against mental-health treatments, thereby erecting
barriers to treatment.
''It's misleading,'' said Rep. Eleanor Sobel, a
Hollywood Democrat. To illustrate her point, she read
off the side-effects of one popular medication that
sounded dangerous before noting its name: Penicillin.
Sobel, like the others who voted against the bill,
said she opposed it because of its contents, not its
supporters -- the Citizens Commission on Human Rights,
a Scientology-funded organization dedicated to
``investigating and exposing psychiatric human rights
abuse.''
The Clearwater-based executive director of the
commission's Florida chapter, Helyn Dunn, said it will
continue to push the legislation in the Senate and
build on what it says is a coalition of nearly 30
groups worried about drugging kids.
Concerns about Scientology have ''been a problem all
along,'' Dunn said. ``But this isn't about Scientology
or Scientologists. The overdrugging of children should
concern everybody.''
The disclosure letter the legislation called for would
have furthered the commission's battle against
psychiatrists by telling parents that the diagnosis of
mental disorders such as depression and
attention-deficit disorder are ``based on . . .
observation and subjective interpretation.''
SCIENTOLOGIST SUPPORT The commission's lobbyist, Bob
Reynolds, said that ''a number'' of lawmakers -- he
wouldn't say who -- inquired about the Scientology
angle.
'It was said with some frequency: `This is who you
represent.' And that's sad. This is a participatory
democracy,'' Reynolds said.
Barreiro said he, too, was aware of some colleagues'
discomfort with Scientology and said it ''could have
played a role'' in the defeat of the legislation.
He and Reynolds said the opposition by mental-health
professionals played a big part as well.
Among the opponents was Wayne K. Goodman, a University
of Florida psychiatry professor and chair of the U.S.
Food and Drug Administration's psycho-pharmacology
advisory panel.
Goodman said the letter to parents could have been a
''barrier'' to treatment because it stressed the
''black box'' warnings about mental health drugs, but
did nothing to inform parents of their effectiveness.
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ADHD drugs bad medicine
Published in Frederick (Maryland) News-Post on March
29, 2006
Concerning the article, "FDA won't put strongest
warnings on ADHD drugs" (23 March), I will go out on
the proverbial limb and categorically state that any
physician (pediatrician, psychiatrist, or
psychologist) who prescribes ADHD drugs is practicing
bad medicine.
These drugs are not only not needed, but they are
dangerous to children. When "3.3 million American
children age 19 and younger used an ADHD drug last
year," as reported, then we must assume that something
drastic is happening to the human race. I believe
differently.
Our experience and studies are not only different but
show that these conditions can be completely cured by
natural means. Within 30 days, we can get these
children entirely off these dangerous drugs. And this
is not bologna.
I do not know what it will take to wake up the public
to consider alternative approaches to the prevention
of these serious conditions in children, because it is
not in the treatment but in the prevention wherein
lies the real cure.
The FDA is full of committees filled with doctors who
have neither seen nor treated the diseases for which
they promulgate regulations. I know. I once worked for
such an agency.
NICOLA MICHAEL
C. TAURASO, M.D.
Frederick
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Published in The Arizona Republic:
Psychiatric industry pull
Mar. 30, 2006
In its coverage of informed parental consent for
psychiatric screening, The Republic has it wrong. The
fact is that mental health screening of schoolchildren
is not a religious issue. It's not even a partisan
issue as the vote tally on these types of bills shows.
Your comments that our lawmakers need to listen to
more than one side ignores the fact that mental health
lobbyists backed by millions of pharmaceutical dollars
have already pushed for government support to adopt
their agenda. The federal New Freedom Commission on
Mental Health Initiative is an existing plan to have
all Americans screened for mental illness.
Scary? You bet! It's a direct assault on privacy and
personal liberties. Our health care system is supposed
to be an elective process for the "patient." Yet the
psychiatric industry seems to be bent on enforcing
their ideologies on every citizen by trying to keep
people ignorant of the dangers of these drugs.
advertisement
I herald the support of informed legislators who
create and back legislation that protects informed
consent.
I am not a Scientologist. My problem is with the
psychiatric industry trying to shove their
philosophies down my throat and then whining about
legislation that will protect my right to choose for
my children.
Rebecca Noble
Queen Creek
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Published in the New York Times, March 27th 2006:
To the Editor:
A fundamental reason that so many studies about
"schizophrenia" yield contradictory or unclear
outcomes is this: "Schizophrenia" is a wastebasket
term, and one rarely finds two people with that
diagnosis who have the same symptoms and certainly not
the same strengths and resources.
This is not to say that people do not suffer terrible
emotional pain, fear and confusion but rather that
psychiatric diagnosis is nowhere near being a science.
Furthermore, the tendency to focus exclusively on
drugs and psychotherapy has led to undue emphasis on
either or both as the only treatments worth trying.
Psychiatry should be focused more on individual
differences and consideration of a broader range of
ways of helping.
Paula J. Caplan
Cambridge, Mass.
The writer is a psychologist and the author of "They
Say You're Crazy: How the World's Most Powerful
Psychiatrists Decide Who's Normal."
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Here is an EXCELLENT editorial by a CCHR guy in
Arizona.
We need to back him up.
Send a letter either strongly agreeing with his
viewpoint or forwarding any of our usual true lines:
-no science to psychiatry
-dangers of drugs
-TeenScreen is just a drug-funded fraud
etc.
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The Arizona Republic
Psychiatric screening of kids is a real threat
Mar. 25, 2006 12:00 AM
First, I want to thank The Republic for devoting space
to the critical issue of the psychiatric drugging of
our children.
But in its March 15 editorial "All that glitters is
not good policy," The Republic commits one cardinal
editorial sin: it believes its own story.
The Republic ignores the fact that the Citizens
Commission on Human Rights' co-founder was eminent
psychiatrist Dr. Thomas Szasz, professor emeritus of
psychiatry at New York State University.
In 1969, Szasz and a minister from the Church of
Scientology heard about an involuntary psychiatric
patient being given shock treatments and heavy doses
of psychiatric drugs. Why? Because psychiatrists could
not understand him and assumed he was crazy. The man
actually spoke a European dialect that Szasz himself
spoke. The man was quickly rescued. Thus began the
years-long investigation and exposure of psychiatric
violations of human rights.
Believe me, if there is any group that is well
represented at the Legislature it is the mental-health
industry. Ask anyone.
And, since the editorial talks about affiliations,
look at the one between the Mental Heath Association
of Arizona and its parent, the National Mental Health
Association which, in its 2001 annual report, lists
nearly $2 million from pharmaceutical contributions.
The "chemical imbalance" theory pushed by psychiatry
as justification for their wholesale drugging has no
science in it. In fact, the president of the American
Psychiatric Association admitted last year that "we
(psychiatry) do not have a clean-cut lab test" to
determine a chemical imbalance.
Senate Bill 1414 was drafted to protect parental
rights against an Orwellian federal plan to screen all
healthy American schoolchildren for mental illness,
using programs like TeenScreen currently in Arizona
schools (see www.teenscreentruth.com ).
The psychiatric slippery slope begins with screening.
Strong evidence suggests that the intended treatment
is psychiatric drugging. Parents should know what may
lie ahead for their child before consenting to any
screening.
The Food and Drug Administration's Web site has
information on the "Black Box" suicide warnings for
these antidepressant and ADHD drugs.
Psychiatry's intent is to expand their patient base
through mental- health screening. That is why
legislation like SB 1414 (now SB 1324) and SB 1477
continue to receive support in the legislatures of
numerous states and why CCHR and other like-minded
groups will be around until psychiatric reform is a
fact. - Richard Haworth, Phoenix
The writer is with the Citizens Commission on Human
Rights, Phoenix Chapter (cchr.org).
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Excellent letter published in Tucson!
> Tucson Citizen (Arizona)
> March 24, 2006 Friday
> Effects of anti-psychotropic drugs
>
> Re: your Friday article "Kids' anti-psychotic drug
> use soars":
>
> This article is right on the money to question the
> use of anti-psychotropic drugs on children.
>
> Considering that this is when the body and nervous
> system still are developing, even into the early
> 20s, this is an open case for attorneys to gather
> the facts and claim doctors are damaging their
> patients. This trend is already on the market; I
> have seen advertisements for attorneys taking cases
> against diabetes-induced side effects of Zyprexa.
>
> As an RN working with our elderly population, I see
> the effects of long-term anti-psychotics and
> anti-depressants use.
>
> Central nervous system damage and blunted emotional
> capability are the obvious.
>
> When family members say to me, "Grandma just isn't
> herself anymore," and it's timed coincidental to
> being put on anti-depressants, I shake my head.
> Families are being robbed of their most cherished
> memories of a happy, laughing and communicative
> grandparent who now just lies in bed shaking
> uncontrollably from effects of anti-psychotics or
> sleeping most of the time from anti-depressants.
>
> Shame on any program like TeenScreen for even
> thinking of offering these drugs to children.
>
> Ken Thomas
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I need couple of hearty volunteers. While the rest of
us are safe behind our keyboards, you will step out
into the spray of bullets, and carry the flag to
victory. Now, some of you are going to die...
Ok, just kidding.
Anyway, I really do need at least two intrepid
volunteers.
Check this out:

news.htm
I want at least one volunteer editor for TeenScreen
issues and one more for articles on NAMI.
Who's it gonna be!
Wait till you see the commendation that you'll get for
this one!
Best,
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TeenScreen not the answer
Thank you for printing the well-written,
keenly-expressed guest column from Katelyn Sattler,
published in the Feb. 13 edition of the Southeast
Messenger, on the controversial TeenScreen program.
I believe strongly that this program is masquerading
as a way to help teens and their families, when really
what it is doing is continuing to line the pockets of
drug companies. I am very concerned that out of 100
students, 37 teens tested positive. Come on! Thats
completely outrageous! Thirty-seven out of 100 teens
test positive for mental problems?!
Parents need only to look at those numbers and see the
obvious objective of this program: trolling for
business. Ms. Sattler could not have expressed my
thoughts more clearly if she tried: teen suicide is
devastating, but TeenScreen will only makes things
worse by undermining families and mislabeling teens.
It, sadly, is not the answer.
Karen Cantwell
Reston, Virginia
#7
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This is beautiful. Dominique, WELL DONE!
Doyle
--- Ken Kramer
wrote:
> From: "Ken Kramer"
> To: "Psych Opponents"
> Subject: Mother of Four Delivers Message
> Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2006 05:18:46 -0400
>
> Early this morning, 382,760 paid subscribers of the
> Kansas City Star received Dominique Beck's message.
>
> How many people are receiving your message?   Doyle
> anti_psych@yahoo.com can help you get it out there!
>
>
>
>
>

> Kansas City Star
> LETTERS
> August 26, 2006
> Child mental health, suicide
>
> The terrible tragedy of child suicide all but
> prevents any rational discussion of the topic (8/23,
> As I See It, "What is schools' duty in children's
> mental health?").
>
> The issue becomes so clouded with the raw emotion of
> never wanting to suffer something like that, that
> people are unable to say anything beyond words of
> sympathy.
>
> But when it comes down to it, who is more
> responsible for the physical, emotional and
> spiritual well-being of children than parents?
>
> If we as a nation keep pursuing this idea that we
> can always make someone else responsible for our
> difficulties, especially in the area of parenting,
> we will end up turning over to the state complete
> power to dictate the lives of our children.
>
> The state already has far more power to intervene in
> family life than it should have. Please don't give
> it any more.
>
> Schools administering mental health screenings
> invites "Big Brother" right into our homes.
>
> Dominique Beck
> (Mother of four)
> Clearwater, Fla.
>
> +++
> Total Signatures: 10,420
>
> How many people received your message on that?
>
> ++
>
> If you would rather not receive the latest news via
> this e-mail line, please send a message to
> records@psychsearch.net with "UNSUBSCRIBE ME" in the
> subject line.
>
> (posted as a requirement under legal and contractual
> requirements.)
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>
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This is a good one - and easy.
1. Read the article below.
2. Write a letter to the editor and send it to
letters@news-jrnl.com
Our main argument should not be against the drugs, but
FOR informed parental consent.  Parents have a right
to know.  People who profit one way or another from
drugging kids will always argue against the facts
being told.  But it is unbiased scientists at the FDA
who are warning that these drugs can CAUSE suicides.
Parents are bombarded with millions of dollars of
pharmaceutical company advertising about the supposed
benefits of the drugs.  They have a right to know both
sides of the story so they can make a responsible
decision for their child.  Etc.
Again you are writing IN FAVOR of the bill in
question.
The only exception is that IF your last name begins
with C, J, R, or T, I want you to throw in something
about Mr. Smith, who admits that his daughter commited
suicide while on anti-depressants but is too blind to
see that they contributed to it. Don't be too hard on
him but at least point out that the drugs are known to
cause suicide and he should open his eyes to reality
or something like that.
3. And report compliance by email.
Thank you!
Doyle
LINK:

032006.htm
ARTICLE TEXT:
March 20, 2006
Are kids being overmedicated?
Bill calls for schools to inform parents before
evaluating pupils
By DEBORAH CIRCELLI
Staff Writer
DAYTONA BEACH -- A 40-year-old Daytona Beach mom was
skeptical when therapists wanted to put two of her
daughters on medication for behavioral and anxiety
problems.
But for the 11-year-old with bipolar disorder, and the
9-year-old dealing with depression and anxiety, the
single mother now says medication and counseling have
turned their lives around.
The mother, who did not want her name used, spoke last
week from Halifax Behavioral Services where her two
daughters and their 15-year-old sister are in therapy.
The oldest is not on medication.
"I think in certain cases (medication) is a very good
thing, but as a parent you have to really do research
and work with the professional to try everything and
leave medication as a last resort," she said.
Legislation being proposed this session is sparking a
debate about the use of antidepressants and other
psychotropic drugs in children and possible side
effects such as thoughts of suicide.
Scientologists, including some celebrities such as
Kirstie Alley and Kelly Preston, and parent and
juvenile groups are pushing for schools to disclose
information to parents prior to children being
evaluated for emotional or behavioral problems or
learning disabilities.
Parents would have to sign a form that outlines
potential consequences of an evaluation. Consequences
could include their child being diagnosed with a
mental disorder and being prescribed psychiatric
medication such as antidepressants.
Opponents say the five-page form will scare parents
from seeking treatment for their child while
supporters say the bill simply arms parents with the
knowledge they need to make an informed decision.
That knowledge also includes telling parents that the
Food and Drug Administration ordered "black box"
labels that warn of the suicide risk of antidepressant
medication for children.
"It's extremely important for parents to know the
facts," said David Figueroa, a Scientologist and
president of the Florida chapter of the Citizens
Commission on Human Rights, founded by the Church of
Scientology. "They are not told of the dangers of the
drugs and they are not told that there is no science
and medicine behind the diagnosis."
Figueroa said children are being "fraudulently labeled
with these made-up illnesses" such as Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and are stuck
with these labels for life. He said the vast majority
of 8 million U.S. children are on medications for such
psychiatric labels.
"Parents should have all the proper information when
it comes to putting their kids on these dangerous
psychotropic drugs," said Rep. Gus Barreiro, R-Miami
Beach, sponsor of the bill. "The over-prescription is
just out of hand."
But psychiatric and school psychology groups say the
bill will hurt children. Dr. John Bailey, president of
the Florida Psychiatric Society, said it is
"stigmatizing, frightening and inaccurate."
"It could be very confusing for the parents," said
Volusia County Schools Deputy Superintendent Tim Huth,
adding parents are already involved in discussions
with the teacher and sign paperwork before their child
is evaluated.
Palm Coast resident Terry Smith, former chair of the
Florida Suicide Prevention Coalition, who is against
the legislation, said there is a risk to
antidepressants just like there are risks to any other
medications. But, he said, there's more of a risk if a
child goes untreated.
"I don't think anybody is trying to hide anything from
parents. On the other hand, you would hate to have
parents make decisions based on scare tactics," he
said.
Smith will be in Tallahassee on Tuesday for suicide
prevention day at the Capitol, which will include
encouraging support for bills establishing a Statewide
Office for Suicide Prevention.
Smith's daughter, Stephanie, took her life five years
ago. Smith said she was taking antidepressants, but
added her death was not caused by the medicine. He
said she was dealing with stressful issues in her
life.
Shirley Holland, manager for Halifax Behavioral
Services, which treats about 3,000 children a year ,
said the legislation "discredits psychiatry" and
leaves out the benefits of treatment.
She said they have a "conservative group" of
physicians when it comes to medicating children. Their
first preference, whenever possible, is therapy, she
said.
"(This bill) creates roadblocks and puts us back 15
years," Holland said.
But Patty Weathers, founder of Ablechild Parents for
Label and Drug Free Education, a national group based
in New York, said too many parents are being coerced
by school systems into putting their children on
medication without understanding the risks.
When her son was 9, Weathers said she was coerced and
her son went through periods of violence, insomnia and
hallucinations after being put on several medications
for ADHD. He has since been fine without the medicine,
she said.
"Parents are not being told the truth and are not told
the drugs carry serious health risks," Weathers said.
deborah.circelli @news-jrnl.com
-- Tallahassee Bureau Chief Jim Saunders contributed
to this report.
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Here you go!
Well done to Mary, Garrison and Greg. Who else wants
to write some letters and help inform the public of
their rights? Write to me at anti_psych@yahoo.com
Celebrating Sunshine
Regarding "Celebrate Government In The Sunshine"
(Commentary, March 12):
How refreshing to read about something so valuable -
sunshine laws. And let's be proud that Florida was
smart enough early on to make them a reality.
Sunshine is a good name. Dishonest people don't want
the light of day to shine on their deceptions. Only
those with something to hide would want to stop
disclosure of e-mails, call logs and other records
covered by such laws.
Thank you to the paper for promoting national Sunshine
Week.
MARY HILTON
Clearwater
Keep Shining The Light
Regarding "Audit: Agencies Often Fail Sunshine Laws"
(Nation/World, March 12):
Thanks for this excellent information on the sunshine
laws. I appreciate having a better perspective on what
happens to sunshine law requests that go unanswered.
My first thought to an unanswered request is, "What do
they have to hide?" I see now that there is clearly a
need to educate those in public offices who are most
likely to receive such a request. We do need to put
more teeth in the law to dissuade those who would tend
to trash the request because they would rather no one
knew what was really going on.
May the sun continue to shine on what our public
officials are doing.
GARRISON CLARKE
Altadena, Calif.
Only Way To Monitor
Thank you for writing about the importance of sunshine
laws. It is absolutely the public's only way to
monitor what really goes on within our government. If
we truly are a government of, by, and for the people,
then the sunshine laws are one of the most effective
tools for ensuring this condition.
GREG ANDREWS
Sacramento, Calif.
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Hello,
My name is Reverend Michael Davis of Mount Olive Ministries, Tarpon Springs,
Florida. I am a Christian minister. I am not a Scientologist. My church
serves an historic area of our town, the Union Academy neighborhood. Once a
proud center of opportunity and learning, it is now ravaged by drugs. Right
down the street from my church, I have seen drug deals take place. I have
seen so many lives ruined by illiteracy, crime, and immorality. Drugs are
right at the heart of the problem. Theres not one family that hasnt been
touched by the problem, one way or another. There are more than four hundred
drug-related arrests each month in our community. Even members of my church
have sons and daughters going in and out of prison with little hope for
anything better.
Two years ago, I received a vision for my ministry. I was called to create a
special place of help that I would call The Dream Station. I saw that so
many people have dreams that they cant realize simply because they do not
have the correct tools. I would build a place where people could find the
correct tools for their dreams. People having problems with drugs could get
off drugs. Those seeking better jobs could get better job skills. Those who
dont know how to read could learn. The people of my community could gain
the tools to make better lives for themselves and their families.
I have found a way to create The Dream Station, to provide the help my
community needs so profoundly. In my quest for these tools I met a local
Scientologist, Doyle Mills, who introduced me to Narconon, the drug
prevention and treatment program using technology developed by L. Ron
Hubbard. I have found tools in these programs that I can use to help the
members of my community.
I have thoroughly studied the program and evaluated their success rates. I
have studied alongside former drug users on the program and I have seen what
the program does for them. I am convinced that these programs offer real
help to those who need it.
I am currently working full time to open a Narconon center as part of my
ministry. I am doing my training at Narconon Clearwater and have applied for
my Narconon license. I am asking for your help in creating my dream, helping
the members of this community achieve their dreams of lives free from drugs,
better jobs, even the simple literacy it takes to read a menu, apply for a
drivers license or employment.
To create a space in which this rehabilitation can take place, to hire and
train staff and to promote these programs in the community will require
$100,000. I am asking you to help directly by donating the funds needed to
establish The Dream Station. We have to act quickly to reduce the arrests
and drug use. The faster we work the more lives we can save. These people
have no future as long as we do not handle their addiction. I would like to
extend a personal invitation for you to meet with me, and with my friend
Doyle Mills, where we can fully brief you on my plans to use L. Ron
Hubbards technology to help restore our community.
I look forward to hearing your ideas and working with you!
Sincerely,
Reverend Michael Davis
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WHERE TO SEND THE LETTER. OOPS. SORRY ABOUT THAT.
-Doyle
An interesting article about lobotomies was printed in
today's Tampa Tribune.
A lobotomy is a brutal psych technique in which they
rip apart a portion of the brain to "treat" mental
illness.
The article text is at the bottom of this email.
At one time, this was psychiatry's "safe and
effective" treatment. Now the same group claims that
treating mental illness with powerful, mind-altering
drugs is "safe and effective". Do you believe them? Me
neither.
We need to bring the public's attention to this psych
atrocity that maimed and killed thousands of patients.
We need to point out that there was no science to
psychiatry then and there is no science now.
Mainly, we are just communicating the same messages as
before:
-no science to psychiatry
-no chemical imbalance
-Tom Cruise was right
-Psych methods are dangerous and deadly
-Psychiatry is fraud
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ARTICLE TEXT:
Tampa Tribune
March 19, 2006
LOBOTOMY VICTIM'S RELATIVE CHALLENGES INVENTOR'S NOBEL
PRIZE
By Jamie Talan
Newsday
When Christine Johnson was a little girl and learned
her grandmother was "crazy" and that a lobotomy had
left her "childlike," she pulled out her Barbies so
Grandma Beulah could play.
"No, dear, I'm too old for that," her grandmother
said.
Now, more than two decades later, Johnson, 32, has
pored over hundreds of pages of her grandmother's
medical and psychiatric files from her time as a
patient at Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center in
Brentwood, N.Y., from 1952 to 1972.
She has attempted to understand why doctors performed
the procedure, which involved drilling holes into her
brain and swiping at the frontal lobes. It was thought
to be a cure for psychosis.
Johnson also is challenging the 1949 Nobel Prize
awarded to Egas Moniz, who invented the lobotomy
procedure. Moniz died six years after winning the
award.
At Pilgrim in 1952, Beulah Jones had 15 rounds of
electroshock over 10 weeks, but her delusions
continued. Doctors then recommended a form of lobotomy
called a leukotomy.
Surgeons at Pilgrim drilled two holes above Jones'
hairline and plunged a leukotome 2 inches into the
tissue in her frontal lobe. A sharp instrument with a
loop cut through her frontal lobes. Her hallucinations
remained. Her emotional expressions grew dull, Johnson
said.
By 1960, with lobotomy on the decline, the first
generation of anti-psychotic drugs were showing
promise. Shock therapy remained popular.
Jones' generation was the last to endure lobotomy. In
1972, her grown daughter received a letter saying the
hospital was releasing her mother.
"They said she could be picked up," Johnson said.
"I have never met anyone helped by a lobotomy," said
Johnson, a medical librarian who has created a Web
site -- www.psychosurgery.org -- and continues to
press the Nobel committee to rethink its 1949 prize.
In the New England Journal of Medicine, Barron H.
Lerner, a medical historian at Columbia University
Medical Center, chronicled the history of lobotomy and
the crude attempts at relinquishing devastating
psychiatric symptoms.
"What looked like a last-ditch effort was part of
mainstream medicine," Lerner said.
Johnson said, however, "If they had not given Moniz
the award, it would have spared a lot of people,"
including her grandmother.
"She'd have a normal life if this happened today,"
agreed Johnson's aunt, Janice Jones-Thomson, who was
11 when her mother was sent to Pilgrim. "We were told
she'd be away for six months. Then, a year passed,
then 10. We gave up hoping." She remembers visiting
her weekly and watching her through bars after the
lobotomy. "My babies," she heard her mother cry.
The first of 12 children, Beulah Jones lived through
the Depression in Kansas. Jones-Thomson said the
family lived in a boxcar and then in an abandoned
house damaged by fire. In 1932, the 15-year-old was
invited to live on Long Island with her uncle. It was
to have been a better life, her daughter said.
She married in 1939 and had three children. Her
psychosis began after her pregnancy with her last
child, Johnson's mother.
Her husband consented to the leukotomy because doctors
said it would work and was the only alternative,
Jones-Thomson said.
"I want to make her life count," Johnson said.
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An interesting article about lobotomies was printed in
today's Tampa Tribune.
A lobotomy is a brutal psych technique in which they
rip apart a portion of the brain to "treat" mental
illness.
The article text is at the bottom of this email.
At one time, this was psychiatry's "safe and
effective" treatment. Now the same group claims that
treating mental illness with powerful, mind-altering
drugs is "safe and effective". Do you believe them? Me
neither.
We need to bring the public's attention to this psych
atrocity that maimed and killed thousands of patients.
We need to point out that there was no science to
psychiatry then and there is no science now.
Mainly, we are just communicating the same messages as
before:
-no science to psychiatry
-no chemical imbalance
-Tom Cruise was right
-Psych methods are dangerous and deadly
-Psychiatry is fraud
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Doyle
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ARTICLE TEXT:
Tampa Tribune
March 19, 2006
LOBOTOMY VICTIM'S RELATIVE CHALLENGES INVENTOR'S NOBEL
PRIZE
By Jamie Talan
Newsday
When Christine Johnson was a little girl and learned
her grandmother was "crazy" and that a lobotomy had
left her "childlike," she pulled out her Barbies so
Grandma Beulah could play.
"No, dear, I'm too old for that," her grandmother
said.
Now, more than two decades later, Johnson, 32, has
pored over hundreds of pages of her grandmother's
medical and psychiatric files from her time as a
patient at Pilgrim State Psychiatric Center in
Brentwood, N.Y., from 1952 to 1972.
She has attempted to understand why doctors performed
the procedure, which involved drilling holes into her
brain and swiping at the frontal lobes. It was thought
to be a cure for psychosis.
Johnson also is challenging the 1949 Nobel Prize
awarded to Egas Moniz, who invented the lobotomy
procedure. Moniz died six years after winning the
award.
At Pilgrim in 1952, Beulah Jones had 15 rounds of
electroshock over 10 weeks, but her delusions
continued. Doctors then recommended a form of lobotomy
called a leukotomy.
Surgeons at Pilgrim drilled two holes above Jones'
hairline and plunged a leukotome 2 inches into the
tissue in her frontal lobe. A sharp instrument with a
loop cut through her frontal lobes. Her hallucinations
remained. Her emotional expressions grew dull, Johnson
said.
By 1960, with lobotomy on the decline, the first
generation of anti-psychotic drugs were showing
promise. Shock therapy remained popular.
Jones' generation was the last to endure lobotomy. In
1972, her grown daughter received a letter saying the
hospital was releasing her mother.
"They said she could be picked up," Johnson said.
"I have never met anyone helped by a lobotomy," said
Johnson, a medical librarian who has created a Web
site -- www.psychosurgery.org -- and continues to
press the Nobel committee to rethink its 1949 prize.
In the New England Journal of Medicine, Barron H.
Lerner, a medical historian at Columbia University
Medical Center, chronicled the history of lobotomy and
the crude attempts at relinquishing devastating
psychiatric symptoms.
"What looked like a last-ditch effort was part of
mainstream medicine," Lerner said.
Johnson said, however, "If they had not given Moniz
the award, it would have spared a lot of people,"
including her grandmother.
"She'd have a normal life if this happened today,"
agreed Johnson's aunt, Janice Jones-Thomson, who was
11 when her mother was sent to Pilgrim. "We were told
she'd be away for six months. Then, a year passed,
then 10. We gave up hoping." She remembers visiting
her weekly and watching her through bars after the
lobotomy. "My babies," she heard her mother cry.
The first of 12 children, Beulah Jones lived through
the Depression in Kansas. Jones-Thomson said the
family lived in a boxcar and then in an abandoned
house damaged by fire. In 1932, the 15-year-old was
invited to live on Long Island with her uncle. It was
to have been a better life, her daughter said.
She married in 1939 and had three children. Her
psychosis began after her pregnancy with her last
child, Johnson's mother.
Her husband consented to the leukotomy because doctors
said it would work and was the only alternative,
Jones-Thomson said.
"I want to make her life count," Johnson said.
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This is a very good letter. Well done Lisa! The
parents in Frederick and everywhere deserve to hear
this message.
To everyone who gets this, PLEASE spread it around.
And have anyone who wants to write some letters like
this to contact me - anti_psych@yahoo.com
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Published in the Frederick (Maryland) News-Post on 19
March 2006:
Parents, not NAMI, should address kids 'mental
illness'
Your story, "Battling mental illness" (March 7) states
that no one knows the exact cause of schizophrenia.
So, how can NAMI be a help to others when there's no
known cause for the mental illness? You can't solve a
problem if you don't know the source of it!
NAMI is addressing the wrong issues, in my opinion.
Stating that there are thousands of families in the
closet because of mental illness is the most
ridiculous thing I've ever heard!
Just looking at how parents raise children these days,
it's no wonder our kids aren't doing as well as they
could. Let's start with the basics: a healthy diet and
exercise, adequate sleep, quality parental time with
children, little to no TV. It does go a long way --
and yet I observe the opposite going on with the
majority of society.
As the parent of an autistic child who is doing
extremely well in life, I chose not to go the route of
"mental illness," but applied the basics and focused
on her "rightnesses." If you met her, you wouldn't
know she is autistic.
Lisa Kolpek writes from Dunedin, Fla.
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