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		<title>US Kids Represent Psychiatric Drug Goldmine</title>
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 Prescriptions for psychiatric drugs increased 50 percent with children in the US, and 73 percent among adults, from 1996 to 2006, according to a study in the May/June 2009 issue of the journal Health Affairs. Another study in the same issue of Health Affairs found spending for mental health care grew more than 30 percent over the same ten-year period, with almost all of the increase due to psychiatric drug costs.
On April 22, 2009, the US Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality reported that in 2006 more money was ...]]></description>
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		<title>Conventional Antipsychotics</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Conventional Antipsychotics &#8211; Healthcare Professional Sheet text version
FDA ALERT [6/16/2008]:  FDA is notifying healthcare professionals that both conventional and atypical antipsychotics are associated with an increased risk of mortality in elderly patients treated for dementia-related psychosis.
In April 2005, FDA notified healthcare professionals that patients with dementia-related psychosis treated with atypical antipsychotic drugs are at an increased risk of death.  Since issuing that notification, FDA has reviewed additional information that indicates the risk is also associated with conventional antipsychotics.
Antipsychotics are not indicated for the treatment of dementia-related psychosis.
This information ...]]></description>
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		<title>COMMON PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS AND THEIR EFFECTS</title>
		<description><![CDATA[A White Paper by Citizens Commission on Human Rights
DRUG USAGE STATISTICS
Thomas Moore, author of Prescriptions for Disaster said that the current use of drugs like Ritalin is
taking “appalling risks” with a generation of kids. The drug is given, he said, for “short-term control
of behavior—not to reduce any identifiable hazard to [children’s] health. Such large-scale chemical
control of human behavior has not been previously undertaken in our society outside of nursing homes and mental institutions.”1
More than 8.5 million American children are prescribed powerful stimulants, antidepressants and other psychotropic drugs for so-called educational ...]]></description>
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		<title>Facts You May Not Know About Psychiatric Drugs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[• Higher doses and longer term use of psychiatric drugs often mean brain changes can be deeper and longer lasting. The drugs are then often harder to come off and can have more serious adverse effects. The human brain is much more resilient than was once believed, however, and can heal and repair itself in remarkable ways.
• Neuroleptic or major tranquilizer drugs are claimed to be “anti-psychotic,” but in fact do not target psychosis or any specific symptom or mental disorder. They are tranquilizers that diminish brain functioning in general ...]]></description>
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		<title>Health Risks of Psychiatric Drugs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Making a decision about coming off psychiatric drugs means evaluating as best you can the risks and benefits involved, including important information missing or suppressed from most mainstream accounts. Some risks may be worth taking, some risks may not be worth taking, but all risks should be taken into consideration. Because each person is different and drug effects can vary widely, the uncertainty involved should be met with your own best judgment and observations of how your body and mind are responding. This list cannot be comprehensive, and new risks ...]]></description>
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		<title>What Do Psychiatric Drugs Do to Your Brain?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Like street drugs and any mood or mind altering substance, psychiatric drugs alter mental states and behavior by affecting brain chemistry.
Current medical theory is that most psychiatric drugs work by changing the levels of chemicals called neurotransmitters (anti-convulsants, anti-epileptics, and “mood stabilizers” like lithium appear to work by changing blood flow and electrical activity in the brain in general). Neurotransmitters are linked with mood and mental functioning, and all the cells of the nervous system, including brain cells, use neurotransmitters to communicate with each other. When neurotransmitter levels change, “receptor” ...]]></description>
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		<title>How Do Psychiatric Drugs Work?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Most people begin taking psychiatric medications because they are “distressed and distressing.” They are either experiencing overwhelming states of emotional distress, or someone else is distressed with their behavior and sends them to a doctor – or some combination of both. There are many labels for these states, like anxiety, depression, mania, psychosis, voices, and paranoia, and labels change over time. Doctors frequently tell people that their emotional distress is due to a mental disorder which has a biochemical basis, that their distress is dangerous (such as the risk of ...]]></description>
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		<title>Looking Critically at “Mental Disorders” and Psychiatry</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Doctors put people on psychiatric medications for experiences labeled “mental disorders”: extreme emotional distress, overwhelming suffering, wild mood swings, unusual beliefs, disruptive behaviors, and mysterious states of madness. Currently millions of people world-wide, including infants and elders, take psychiatric drugs when they are diagnosed with such labels as bipolar disorder, schizophrenia, depression, anxiety, attention deficit, or post-traumatic stress. The numbers are climbing every day.
For many people, these drugs are very useful. Putting the brakes on a life out of control, being able to function at work, school, and in relationships, ...]]></description>
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		<title>What are the Alternatives to Using Psychiatric Drugs?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[• Friendships with people who believe in your capacity to take charge of your wellness can be crucial. Ideally these should be people who have seen you on your “bad days,” are there for you when you’re in trouble, and are prepared for difficulties that can come from withdrawal. At the same time, they should be friends who know the limits of what they can offer and know how to say “no” to protect themselves from burnout.
• Consider going off recreational drugs and alcohol. Many people who go through extreme ...]]></description>
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		<title>ELECTROSHOCKING ELDERLY PEOPLE: ANOTHER PSYCHIATRIC ABUSE</title>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Electroshock is violence.&#8221; - Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General, in an invited address at the Annual Meeting of the American Psychiatric Association in New York City, May 1983.
&#8220;If the body is the temple of the spirit, the brain may be seen as the inner sanctum of the body, the holiest of places. To invade, violate and injure the brain, as electroshock unfailingly does, is a crime against the
spirit and a desecration of the soul.&#8221; &#8211; Leonard Roy Frank, shock survivor, editor and writer, 1991
Electroshock appears to be increasingly prescribed ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psychiatricdrugs.net/featured/electroshocking-elderly-people-another-psychiatric-abuse/</link>
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		<title>What You Should Know About Psychiatry and Psychiatric Drugs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Prozac: PANACEA OR PANDORA?, by Ann Blake Tracy, Ph.D.
Prozac: PANACEA OR PANDORA?, by Ann Blake Tracy, Ph.D., is the product of five years of research, and the study of the cases of approximately 1,000 patients on a long-term basis. The author holds a Doctorate in Biological Psychology, and heads the only support group in the state of Utah for those who have suffered adverse reactions to the SSRI drugs such as prozac, paxil, zoloft, luvox, effexor, serzone, anafranil &#38; the diet pills &#8211; fenfluramine, fen-phen &#38; redux.
&#8220;Brain wave patterns indicate ...]]></description>
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		<title>Social Problems: Alcohol &amp; Other Drugs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Introduction:
Even occasional over consumption of alcoholic beverages can have dire consequences, especially when combined with driving an automobile.
There were 16,694 alcohol-related fatalities in 2004 – 39 percent of the total traffic fatalities for the year.  Of the 16,694 people who died in alcohol-related crashes in 2004, 14,409 (86%) were killed in crashes where at least one driver or non-occupant had a BAC (Blood Alcohol) of .08 or higher. The legal limit for BAC is currently .08 in all states in the US.
Traffic fatalities in alcohol-related crashes fell by 2.4 ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psychiatricdrugs.net/stimulants/social-problems-alcohol-other-drugs/</link>
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		<title>International Drug Abuse Research Society ( IDARS )</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The Challenge for IDARS Scientists:   Combating Global Stimulant Abuse
What is IDARS?
“IDARS” is an acronym for the International Drug Abuse Research Society.  The purposes of IDARS are scientific, educational and charitable.  The Society seeks to promote excellence in: 1) advancing the understanding of drug abuse, substance abuse, and addiction, 2) bringing together scientists of varying backgrounds and disciplines within the field of drug abuse research, 3) integrating drug abuse research directed at all levels of biological organization to improve prevention and treatment efforts, 4) promoting education in the ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psychiatricdrugs.net/stimulants/international-drug-abuse-research-society-idars/</link>
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		<title>Antianxiety Medications Anti-Anxiety Drugs</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Antianxiety Medications Anti-Anxiety Drugs Introduction
Everyone experiences anxiety at one time or another &#8220;butterflies in the stomach&#8221; before giving a speech or sweaty palms during a job interview are common symptoms. Other symptoms of anxiety include irritability, uneasiness, jumpiness, feelings of apprehension, rapid or irregular heartbeat, stomach ache, nausea, faintness, and breathing problems. Anxiety is often manageable and mild. But sometimes it can present serious problems. A high level or prolonged state of anxiety can be very incapacitating, making the activities of daily life difficult or impossible.
Besides generalized anxiety, other anxiety ...]]></description>
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		<title>Drug Slang and Common Drug Street Names</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Just about all illegal drugs have street names.  These are the drug slang terms used by users.
Below are some common drug slang terms or drug street names:
STREET NAMES AND SLANG FOR HALLUCINOGENS
Marijuana
Pot, Reefer, Grass, Weed, Dope, Ganja, Mary Jane, or Sinsemilla, Urb,
Hashish
Hash
Mescaline and Peyote
Mesc, Buttons, and Cactus
Psilocybin (Shrooms)
Magic Mushrooms, &#8217;shrooms
Lysergic acid diethylamide
Acid, Microdot, White lightning, Blue heaven, and Sugar Cubes
Analog of Amphetamines or Methamphetamines
MDMA (Ecstasy, XTC, Adam, Essence), MDM, STP, PMA, 2, 5-DMA, TMA, DOM, DOB, EVE
Phencyclidine
PCP, Hog, Angel Dust, Loveboat, Lovely
Analog of Phencyclidine (PCP)
PCPy, PCE
STREET NAMES AND SLANG ...]]></description>
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		<title>Psychiatric Drugs&#8217; Use Drops for Children</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Suicide Warnings Raise Bigger Fears On Testing Process
Warnings that drugs such as Prozac, Paxil and Effexor can increase suicidal behavior in some children have resulted in a nearly 20 percent drop in U.S. pediatric prescriptions of the widely used antidepressants and have triggered deep concerns about the quality of current data on psychiatric drugs, doctors and regulators said.
The unprecedented fall of what were once considered wonder drugs comes as a series of taxpayer-funded analyses have systematically undermined the claims of industry-funded drug trials, raising thorny questions about the ways in ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psychiatricdrugs.net/antidepressants/psychiatric-drugs-use-drops-for-children/</link>
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		<title>Adolescents at Risk: Illicit Drug Use</title>
		<description><![CDATA[By age 14, 35% of youth have engaged in some form of illicit (illegal) drug use. By the end of high school, more than 50% will have tried at least one illicit drug. Teens who begin using illicit drugs before the age of 15 are more likely to develop a lifelong dependence on illegal substances. Below are a few of the most common drugs used by youth.
Marijuana is the most prevalent illicit drug used by teens because it is easily accessible. In fact, 90% of high school seniors stated that ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psychiatricdrugs.net/headline/adolescents-at-risk-illicit-drug-use/</link>
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		<title>Prescription Drug Use and Abuse</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It was supposed to be a short course of treatment with tranquilizers after the death of her infant son 15 years ago. But Lynn Ray, 46, of Germantown, Md., says her abuse of the anti-anxiety drug Xanax and other prescription drugs led to a long struggle with addiction that nearly ruined her life.
Tranquilizers, which slow down the central nervous system and cause drowsiness, numbed Ray&#8217;s agony, helped her sleep, and untied the relentless knot in her stomach. Soon, even if her doctor had prescribed one pill in an eight-hour period, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psychiatricdrugs.net/headline/prescription-drug-use-and-abuse/</link>
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		<title>PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS: Cure or Quackery?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[by Lawrence Stevens, J.D.
Psychiatric drugs are worthless, and most of them are harmful. Many cause permanent brain damage at the doses customarily given. Psychiatric drugs and the profession that promotes them are dangers to your health.
ANTIDEPRESSANTS
The Comprehensive Textbook of Psychiatry/IV, published in 1985, says &#8220;The tricyclic-type drugs are the most effective class of anti-depressants&#8221; (Williams &#38; Wilkins, p. 1520).  But in his book Overcoming Depression, published in 1981, Dr. Andrew Stanway, a British physician, says &#8220;If anti-depressant drugs were really as effective as they are made out to be, ...]]></description>
		<link>http://www.psychiatricdrugs.net/headline/psychiatric-drugs-cure-or-quackery/</link>
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		<title>Antidepressants Hardly Help</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Popular antidepressants including Prozac and Paxil have little impact on most patients, according to a comprehensive review of newly released data from trials that were conducted before the drugs were approved in the U.S.
Researchers from the U.K., U.S. and Canada analyzed results for fluoxetine (better known by the brand name Prozac), venlafaxine (Effexor), nefazodone (Serzone) and paroxetine (Paxil or Seroxat) — all members of a class of drugs known as selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs). The researchers&#8217; paper, published this week in the journal PLoS Medicine, claims that only patients ...]]></description>
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