How Psychiatry Makes Patients of Normal Children

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Below is Dr. Baughman's observations before GA state legislature re:

mental health screening and such. He's a good guy, obviously willing to

speak up against the BS in his profession.

 

 

*FRED A. BAUGHMAN, JR. M.D.*

 

*NEUROLOGY AND CHILD NEUROLOGY (Board Certified)*

 

 

FELLOW, AMERICAN ACADEMY OF NEUROLOGY

 

 

Author: The ADHD Fraud---How Psychiatry Makes " Patients " of Normal

Children

 

 

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*Testimony to the State of Georgia Senate*

 

*Re: Senate Bill 430---TeenScreen*

 

*by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD*

 

*August 16, 2006*

 

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*Whether you speak of teen-screen , infant-screen, toddler-screen or

elder-screen (they are all on their way to the nearest school), there is

one thing you need to know about psychiatric diagnosis: there is no such

thing as a psychiatric " disorder, " " disease, " or, " chemical imbalance. "

And yet, psychiatry, Big Pharma, the House, Senate and White House,

drunk on money and power, insist that all psychiatric diagnoses are

" diseases " which /must/ be treated, if even by court order; if even they

have to call you a " negligent " parent and make the court your child's

parent. *

 

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*We continue to accept the " chemical imbalance " lie at our own peril.

Infinite damage has already been done. Think Columbine, think Conyers,

Georgia, where T.J. Solomon shot six, think Haditha, Iraq, and think of

the Armed Forces recruiting shortfalls due to the burgeoning psychiatric

epidemic in the nation's schools. Think of the accumulative toll of our

believing in this brazen, Machiavellian, lie. Think of a child in your

own family (like classrooms, every family has one---or more). *

 

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*In 1948, psychiatry and neurology were made into separate

specialties---neurology, my specialty, to diagnose and treat actual

diseases of the brain; psychiatry to address the emotional and

behavioral (psychological) problems in normals, and, in the physically

ill as well---none of them diseases. [1]*

 

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*In the fifties, chlorpromazine/Thorazine, the first antipsychotic drug

was synthesized. Other psychotropic drugs followed. Today, 91% of

children who see a child psychiatrist are put on a drug, 18% --most of

them normal--on a dangerous, deadly, antipsychotic. *

 

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*In 1960, when I graduated from the NYU School of Medicine, no such

thing as a psychiatric disease existed. *

 

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*In 1963 when I was the first to analyze the chromosomes of cancer cells

from the spinal fluid [2] and in 1969 when I was the first to describe

glioma-polyposis syndrome (another word for disease) [3] there was still

no such thing as a psychiatric disease---a disease being a demonstrable

macroscopic, microscopic, or chemical abnormalities---a palpable or

visible tumor, a positive " Pap " smear or biopsy, or, an elevated blood

sugar as in diabetes mellitus or phenylalanine level, in PKU. *

 

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*Little did I know that Psychiatry, Big Pharma and the Federal

Government were well along with their " big lie, " marketplace

strategy--to tell the public---all patients at one time or another, that

emotional and behavioral problems were not due to their upbringing,

environment, circumstances, but that---eureka!--they were " disorders " /

" diseases " / " abnormalities " / " chemical imbalances " of the brain, each

needing, or requiring, a chemical balancer--pill. *

 

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*On September 29, 1970, Representative Cornelius Gallagher of New Jersey

launched the Congressional hearing, /Federal Involvement in the Use of

Behavior Modification Drugs on Grammar School Children: Behavior

Modification Drugs in School Children, /saying/: / " I have received

letters critical of minimal brain dysfunction, one of thirty-eight names

attached to this condition. " *

 

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*But, clearly, the " chemical imbalance " strategy was in place. Dr.

Ronald Lipman, Chief of the Clinical Studies Section, FDA, testified:

" ...hyperkinesis is a medical syndrome. It should be properly diagnosed

by a medical doctor. " *

 

 

 

*In the DSM-III of 1980 it was ADD; in the DSM-III-R of 1987, ADHD; in

the DSM-IV of 1994, it was ADHD of another sort. No science to get in

the way. *

 

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*On December 22, 1994, Paul Leber, MD, Director, Division of

Neuropharmacological Drug Products of the FDA, wrote to me: " ... no

distinct pathophysiology for the disorder (ADHD) has been

delineated. " *

 

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*On May, 13, 1998, F. Xavier Castellanos of the NIMH wrote to me: " ...

we have not yet met the burden of demonstrating the specific

pathophysiology that we believe underlies this condition. " *

 

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*At the November 16-18, 1998 Consensus Conference, William B Carey [4],

speaking on the subject: " Is ADHD a Valid Disorder? " concluded: " What

is...described as ADHD in the United States appears to be a set of

normal behavioral variations... " __*

 

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*James M. Swanson and F. Xavier Castellanos [5] reviewed the

structural/anatomic MRI research [5-18] concluding: " ... ADHD subjects

have on-average 10% brain atrophy. " *

 

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*From a floor microphone I (Baughman) challenged Swanson: " Why didn't

you mention that virtually all of the ADHD subjects were on stimulant

(Ritalin, Dexedrine, Adderall) therapy and that this is the likely

cause of their brain atrophy? " *

 

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*With their main line of evidence shown to be a lie, the Consensus

Conference Panel confessed: " ...we do not have an independent, valid

test for ADHD...there are no data to indicate that ADHD is a brain

malfunction. " *

 

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*Palco of NPR observed: " ADHD is like the Supreme Court's definition of

pornography: 'You know it when you see it.' " *

 

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*On October 9, 2002, Castellanos, et al [6], published the one-and-only

MRI study of an ADHD-untreated group. Inexplicably, they failed to use

matched controls. This voided the study. ADHD remained without

validation as a disease while the ADHD drugs---methylphenidates and

amphetamines remained the probable cause of the " on-average, 10 percent "

brain atrophy. *

 

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*In 2002, Weinberger [7] of the NIMH claimed " major psychiatric

diseases " ...are associated with " subtle but objectively characterizable

changes. " However, he could not reference proof that a single

psychiatric " disease " actually exists. *

 

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*In 2002, the Advertisement Commission of Holland determined that Brain

Foundation-Holland claim that ADHD is an inborn brain dysfunction

" ...gives a wrong and misleading representation and enjoined them to

stop. *

 

*In 2003, Ireland prohibited GSK (GlaxoSmithKline) from claiming on it's

Paxil/paroxetine leaflet: " (it) works by bringing serotonin levels back

to normal. " *

 

*While the FDA's Goodman [8], acknowledged that claims that SSRIs

correct a serotonin imbalance go " too far, " he lied every bit as much,

suggesting: " this is reasonable shorthand for expressing that this is a

chemically or brain-based problem. " *

 

*Saying any psychiatric diagnosis " ... is a brain-based problem and that

the medications are normalizing function, " is an anti-scientific,

pro-drug, lie---one that reflects FDA and government policy generally. "

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*There is nothing more despicable than a physician who knowingly tells

/normal /patients that they are " sick, " " ill, " or " diseased, " for

profit. Yet this has become standard practice throughout medicine, and

at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), American Psychiatric

Association (APA), American Medical Association (AMA), American Academy

of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (AACAP), American Academy of

Pediatrics (AAP), American Academy of Neurology (AAN), Child Neurology

Society (CNS), American Academy of Family Practice (AAFP), and countless

other organizations. *

 

*All health care agents and agencies, and all manufacturers of drugs

must cease their representations of psychological/psychiatric diagnoses

as diseases/ " chemical imbalances. " The right to informed

consent--universally abrogated by such lies--must be restored to US

medicine. *

 

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*Because psychiatric patients are physically/medically normal but are

called " diseased " their right to informed consent has been revoked. *

 

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*Because those made into " patients " are known to normal to begin with,

those who " treat " them actually poison them and are guilty, not of an

iatrogenic medical mistake, but of willful, for-profit poisoning---a

felony. *

 

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*What are we to call it when children die pursuant to a fraudulent

diagnosis, such as ADHD, such as the 186 known to have died from

methylphenidate/Ritalin, between 1990 and 2000? First degree murder?

Second degree murder? Justifiable homocide? Manslaughter? *

 

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*From 1970 to the present, thirty-six years--the House, Senate and White

House have accepted (with a nod and wink) the " disease " lie/perjury from

representatives of the Psychiatry-Big Pharma cartel, have embraced it,

and have authorized and funded (with our hard-earned tax) billions for

the research, diagnosis and treatment of " diseases " that do not exist,

conferring upon them the only hint of legitimacy they would ever have.

So doing, our Federal Government has become the third, essential member

of the Psychiatry-Big Pharma-US Federal Government cartel. *

 

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*Our Federal Government is no longer free commit to our health and

well-being. *

 

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References:

 

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1. *Cohen MM, editor. American Academy of Neurology: The first 50

years, 1948--1998 p 1-8. (1998). St. Paul (Minnesota): American

Academy of Neurology. *

2. *Baughman, F. A., Jr., Hirsch, B.: Karyotyping of Cells from

Cerebrospinal Fluid (letter). Lancet. 1963; 2:417.*

 

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3. *Baughman, F. A., Jr., List, C. F., Williams, J. R., Muldoon, J.

P., Segarra, J. M.: The Glioma-Polyposis Syndrome. New England

Journal of Medicine, 281:1345-1346, 1969.*

 

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4. *Carey, WB. NIH Consensus Conference on ADHD, November 16-18,

1998. *

5. *Swanson J, Castellanos FX. Biological Bases of Attention Deficit

Hyperactivity Disorder. NIH Consensus Development Conference on

ADHD (p 37-42, program and abstracts), November 16-18, 1998,

National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD *

 

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6. *Developmental Trajectories of Brain Volume Abnormalities in

Children and Adolescents With Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity

Disorder /F. Xavier Castellanos, Patti P. Lee, MD; Wendy Sharp,

MSW; Neal O. Jeffries, PhD; Deanna K. Greenstein, PhD; Liv S.

Clasen, PhD; Jonathan D. Blumenthal, MA; Regina S. James, MD;

Christen L. Ebens, BA; James M. Walter, MA; Alex Zijdenbos, PhD;

Alan C. Evans, PhD; Jay N. Giedd, MD; Judith L. Rapoport, MD

/ /JAMA. 2002;288:1740-1748/ . *

 

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7. *Weinberger DR. In " Imaging for psychiatric disorders is done

mainly for research, not clinical purposes, " Neurology Today,

June, 2002.*

 

*Wayne K. Goodman, MD Chair of the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

Psychopharmacologic Drugs Advisory Committee, quoted in Canadian Medical

Association Journal, March 14, 2006. SSRI ads questioned. Colin Meek.

Wester Ross, Scotland *