Posted on 12/14/2012 4:02:02 PM PST by EveningStar
BULLSEYE! Blame the ACLU lawyers and liberal politicians for the psychiatric hospital deinstitutionalization of the mentally ill that has taken place since 1972.
No, this is not the bullseye, and you are not even on target. Let me explain why. Back in the 70s thereabout when Prozac was offered, and subsequently other selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) were invented, one after another, the makers put out a lot of money to get greedy psychatrists to publish phony trials and wonder stories about how these drugs eradicated mental disorders, and called them"psychotropics" allowing the release of people who were institutionalized.
Billions of dollars have enriched the makers and their M. D. puppets. Any ACLU connection is merely incidental.
That's my opinion. Here's some facts:
Benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome--often abbreviated to benzo withdrawalis the cluster of symptoms which appear when a person who has taken benzodiazepines long term and has developed benzodiazepine dependence stops taking benzodiazepine drug(s) or during dosage reductions. Benzodiazepine withdrawal is similar to alcohol withdrawal syndrome and barbiturate withdrawal syndrome and can in severe cases provoke life threatening withdrawal symptoms such as seizures. Severe and life threatening symptoms are mostly limited to abrupt or over-rapid dosage reduction from high doses. A protracted withdrawal syndrome may develop in a proportion of individuals with symptoms such as anxiety, irritability, insomnia and sensory disturbances. In a small number of people it can be severe and resemble serious psychiatric and medical conditions such as schizophrenia, mania and seizure disorders. A serious side effect of benzodiazepine withdrawal is suicide.
It will be interesting to see if psychotropic drugs are in the picture.
>>Unless laws are radically different where you live, a teacher cannot prescribe a child any medication.
The practical reality is that kids get referred to psychologists all the time by schools. And the psychologists generally have associated docs who will prescribe for them.
The schools will quit referring to psychologists who don’t recommend meds. That’s how the game gets played.
Did you know schools often get more Federal money for enrolled kids with on meds with an ADD diagnosis?
Bingo! I came to the same conclusion. Hopefully, Rush, et al, picks up on this.
You don’t have a point, teach’!
Such games are "emotional or behavioral objects" -- like violent cRAP music -- and both bear a considerable degree of blame for the increase in violent behavior --such as misuse of inanimate physical objects (including guns and drugs).
Both should be subject to very strict PARENTAL control.
I'm good with that. What I'm not good with is GOVERNMENTAL control.
/johnny
Common questions:
What meds were they on and off?
What video games did they play?
What was their parents’ marital status?
“My point is...teachers can SAY any dumb thing they want. They can DO nothing to make it happen. Only a doctor can.”
In most school districts they can not even suggest medication. They can suggest that a child be evaluated by a professional for behavior problems. If they do otherwise it comes awfully close to practicing medicine without a license.
Same here.
Thanks it was interesting.
We know so little about the brain & it's workings. The doctors gave him a pill which sometimes did or didn't work. The legal system kept him on the streets.
The cost is tremendous. I can see how public funds are needed in a case of catastrophic illness, but Obama Care is not it. All they want to do is control the populous through health care. They don't give a rats ass about our health. It's all about control of the people.
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