The Mental Health System Is Killing Our Children, Part 3
Two earler stories dealing with how we are letting the mental health industry damage our children, as well as our society and the rest of us can be found in my blog talk archives 12/3/2007 and 2/4/2008. This latest chapter\xa0is based on a story appearing in the New York Times of 12/15/2013 entitled\xa0The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder\xa0by Alan Schwarz. We will explore reporter Schwarz' story and as well as the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual's description of this so called medical problem. We will see how\xa0ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder) is a myth that is helping create\xa0a nation of drug addicts, undermining our schools and families, and society at large. Finally, we tell another story \xa0to replace the psychiatric myth that suggests\xa0how to deal with\xa0"diagnosed" children with love, patience, and common sense rather than so-called "therapy" and especially dangerous drugs. Our story ends with the statement "ADHD is not something you have but a label for things that you do."