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Lawmaker Calls for Registry of Drug Firms Paying Doctors. By Gardiner Harris.  New York Times.  8/4/07.

 

 

St. Petersburg Times Letters to the Editor.  8/4/07.

 

 

The 'atypical' dilemma  Skyrocketing numbers of kids are prescribed powerful antipsychotic drugs.  Is it Safe? Nobody knows.  By Robert Farley.  St Petersburg Times.  7/29/07.

 

The New Face Of Antidepressants   The Star-Ledger by  Ed Silverman 4/18/07.

 

 

Grassley Seeks Marketing and Safety Documents from Major Drug Maker.  4/4/07.

 

 

Showdown Looms in Congress Over Drug Advertising on TV  by Milt Freudenhiem. The New York Times. 1/22/07.

 

 

Alaska Supreme Court Strikes Down Forced Psychiatric Drugging Procedures 7/1/06.

 

 

Study: ADHD drugs send thousands to ERs  By LINDA A. JOHNSON, Associated Press Writer.  5/25/06.

 

 

Tots Used as Human Guinea Pigs? Joseph Rhee. 5/17/06

 

 

ADHD Children 'Suffer Strokes'  The Daily Telegraph 3/27/06.

 

 

Warnings Urged on Stimulants Like Ritalin  By Gardiner Harris NY Times February 10, 2006.

 

 

FDA Reports 51 Deaths of Attention Drug Patients  Reuters 2/9/06.

 

 

PROZAC BACKLASH Trouble in Prozac  By David Stipp Fortune Magazine. 11/28/05.

 

 

Is Your ADHD Support Group a Front
Organization for the Pharmaceutical Industry?  By Richard DeGrandpre, Ph.D.

 

 

Third Grader Is Handcuffed, Medicated At School.  Found on NBC10.com. 11/18/05

 

Television adverts for antidepressants cause anxiety  From New Scientist Print Edition. 11/12/05.

 

Drug Industry Human Testing Masks Death, Injury, Compliant FDA  Bloomberg News Special Report.  11/2/05.

 

A pragmatic approach for troubled kids by Leila Abboud. The Wall Street Journal. 11/1/05. 

 

Report: Teen left suicidal messages on Web site before rampage found on CNN.com. 11/1/05.

 

Computer: your kid has “disorders” by Scott Elliott.  Dayton Daily News.  10/28/05.

 

Generation Ritalin Michelle Wiese Bockmann. The Australian. 9/19/05.

 

Rutherford Institute Attorneys Sue Indiana School for Conducting Mental Health Screening Exam on Teenager Without Parental Consent 9/19/05.

 

Fierce opposition arises to mental health screening in schools  By Karen MacPherson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. 9/18/05.

 

Are ADHD drugs safe? Report finds little proof by M. Alexander Otto. The News Tribune.  9/13/05.

 

Antidepressant Protest in front of White House  by James Torlakson.  9/4/05.

 

Are we all going mad, or are the experts crazy? by Stuart A. Kirk. LA Times Opinion Page. 8/14/05.

 

In Over-drugging Kids, ‘Cure' Is Worse Than Disease by Noelle Talevi. Found on TheDay.com. 8/7/05.

 

Universal mental health screenings: a call to rally GUEST OPINION: By Penny Pullen, former state rep and President of Eagle Forum of IL. Illinois Leader. 7/27/05.

 

Mental Health, Education and Social Control By Dennis L. Cuddy, Ph.D. NewsWithViews.com. 7/25/05.

 

'Shut Up and Pass the Prozac' -- Top Psychiatrist, Pro-Family Advocates Left Out of National Debate on Mental Health. By Debbie Thurman. Christian Communication Network. 7/18/05.

 

Dr. Peter Breggin: Thanks Tom Cruise By Dr. Peter Breggin. Found on Huffingtonpost.com.  7/17/05.

 

Sainsbury Backs Tom Cruise  By John Mappin. United Newspapers.  7/17/05.

 

TeenScreen: Gateway to labeling and drugging your children in the name of education.  Found on www.psychologydebunked.com.  7/17/05.

Antidepressant efficacy may be overblown-experts By Karla GaleFri. Reuters. 7/15/05.

 

Arianna's Call For Drug-Violence Investigation Never More Timely  By Kelly Preston. Found on Huffingtonpost.com.  7/15/05.

 

What’s 'good for you' often ends up being bad The Associated Press. 7/12/05.

 

Family Advocate Opposes Illinois' Plan for Mandatory Mental Health Screening  By Jim Brown. Agape Press. 7/12/05.

 

Inquest hears of teenager's SSRI use found onCBC News. 7/13/05.

 

Rx drug abuse soars to 'epidemic' level  UPI. 7/7/05.

 

Author Joins Scientologist Cruise in Criticizing Psychiatric Profession By Jim Brown and Jenni Parker. Agape Press. 7/5/05.

 

Newshound Investigations: Psychiatrists, Heal Thyselves; FDA and Other Drug Regulatory Officials Back Cruise  By Christine Head of Newshound Investigations. U.S. Newswire. 7/4/05.

 

FDA issues 2nd warning on antidepressants risk Associated Press. 7/1/05.

 

US FDA to add details of psychiatric side effects to ADHD drug labels Sharewatch.com 6/29/05.

 

FDA: Concerned With Psychiatric Risks With ADHD Drugs By Jennifer Corbett Dooren. Dow Jones Newswire.  6/28/05.

 

In Her Own Words  By  Gloria Wright .  Grand Magazine. June/July 2005 Edition.

 

How Lilly Gilded Prozac's Profile By Melissa Davis. TheStreet.com. 5/10/2005.

 

Kids controlled with drugs  Glenn Connley  Seven.com.au  5/4/05.

 

Warning on Prozac for children  By Sarah Boseley. The Gaurdian.  4/26/05.

Report Says Unruly Kids Forcibly Overmedicated Reported by: AP 4/24/2005.

 

Drugged into Submission  By Encarnacion Pyle.  The Columbus Dispatch.  4/12/05.

 

But the Pills Your Mother Gives You...  Death, Depression and Prozac  By Alexander Cockburn. counterpunch.org.  4/2/05.

 

A Deadly Coincidence: School Shootings and Drugged Students By Alan Caruba,  MichNews.com. 4/1/05.

 

How kids are drugged into submission. By Johann Christoph Arnold.  Family Matters.  4/1/05

 

Let's Stop Drugging Kids By Keith Hoeller. San Francisco Chronical.  3/30/05.

 

Dubious drug therapy  By Keith Hoeller,  The Washington Times.  3/29/05.

 

Researcher to be sacked after reporting high rates of ADHD  By Jeanne Lenzer,  BMJ Publishing Group Ltd. 3/28/05

 

Prozac – Ingredient in a Deadly Rampage?  By Roman Bystrianyk,  Health Sentinel. 3/27/05.

 

Family Wonders if Prozac Prompted School Shootings  By Monica Davey and Gardiner Harris, The New York Times. 3/26/05.

 

Group Calls for Ban of Abbott's ADD Drug Reuters. 3/24/05.

 

How Ritalin became poor man’s cocaine  By Lucy Adams, The Herald. 3/23/05.

 

Mass Drugging of Schoolchildren Remains Dark Secret of Public Education, Psychiatry.  Found on NewsTarget.com.  3/23/05.

 

Bush - Labeling Kids Mentally Ill For Profit  By Evelyn Pringle, Opinion Found on Scoop Independent News.  3-14-05.

 

Children of the State.  Freedom Magazine.  3/14/05. 

 

No Child Left Unmedicated  The Phyllis Schlafly Report.  Eagle Forum.  March 2005.

 

Study Shows Methylphenidate linked to Chromosomal Changes  Found on Medical News Today. 2/28/05. 

 

Children Taking Antidepressants: What are the Risks?  By Stefanie Matteson.  Courier News.  2/20/05.

 

As trial nears, defense team in Pittman case grows by three  By Jason Cato. The Herald. 2/10/05.

 

Health Canada suspends the market authorization of ADDERALL XR® , a drug prescribed for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) in children. 2/9/05

 

FDA Statement on Adderall. 2/9/05.

 

FDA backs away from antidepressant warning.  Change comes to light during murder trial of teen blaming Zoloft. By Jim Polk. CNN.com. 2/9/05.

 

 

'Full access' to mental health failed Pittman By Sheila Matthews. Found on onlinechester.com. 2/9/05.

 

Unhappy pills By Clara Pirani The Australian. 1/29/05.

 

Hetherington Proposal Pleases Ablechild.org

New Canaan Advertiser.  1/27/05.

 

Zoloft Murder Case Makes National News  abcnews4.com. 1/21/05.

 

Prescription drugs used as study aids By Tom Christiansen. The Daily. 1/19/05.

 

One in four foster kids on risky mind drugs by Carol Marbin Miller.  Miami Herald. 1/15/05.

 

Are Your Children Crazy? By Jane Orient, M.D.  UPI 12/15/04.

 

Suspect in Elementary School Break-in Ritalin Addict  nbc25.com  12/15/04.

 

Here, Kiddie, Kiddie By Kelly Hearn. Found on Alternet.com.  11/29/04.

 

The Antidepressant Dilemma  By Jonathan Mahler.  The New York Times. 11/21/04.

 

FDA named "Fraud and Drug Administration" by consumer health advocacy group.  11/18/04.

 

Warning on rise in ADHD medicines By Amanda Banks.  The Australian.  11/11/04.

 

Suicide warning ordered on drugs Antidepressant risk seen in youth. By Carolyn Y. Johnson. Boston Globe. 10/16/04.

 

FDA get tough on drugs for Depression By Alan Bavley. The Kansas City Star. 10/16/04.

 

Warning ordered for all antidepressants Increased risk of suicide in children must be clear on packaging. By Ed Silverman.  Star-Ledger. 10/16/04.

 

Mental Health, Education and Social Control By Dennis L. Cuddy, Ph.D. NewsWithViews.com. 10/7/04.

 

Taken on trust By Shelley Jofre.  BBC. 10/3/04.

 

FDA tried to tailor report on antidepressants .  Congressional panel says critic was told to alter document  Washington Post.  9/24/04.

 

Drugs on rise for depressed children By Dan Box. The Australian. 9/21/04.

Youth Antidepressant Use Down Due to Risks-Medco  Reuters.  9/21/04.

 

Eliot Spitzer warns `arrogant` Glaxo By Christopher Bowe. The Business Standard. 9/19/04.

 

Bush Wants to Screen All Children for Mental Illness  By Keith Hoeller Ph.D. (Editor, Review of Existential Psychology & Psychiatry, Seattle,WA; Recipient, 2002 Thomas S. Szasz Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Cause of Civil Liberties).  9/19/04.

 

In America: Stories that should scare you  By Miryam Wiley. 9/18/04.

FDA Urged Withholding Data on Antidepressants Makers Were Dissuaded From Labeling Drugs as Ineffective in Children. By Shankar Vedantam.   The Washington Post. 9/10/04.

 

Lawmakers: Drug trial disclosure should be mandatory Drug makers may have to disclose pediatric trial data to get exclusivity  By Laura Gilcrest. CBS Market Watch. 9/9/04.

 

Lawmaker: FDA Resisting Antidepressant Probe Reuters. 9/9/04.

 

Journals Insist Drug Manufacturers Register All Trials Editors Say That, Otherwise, Studies Will Not Be Published; Goal Is to Ferret Out Suppressed Data  By Shankar Vedantam. Washington Post. 9/9/04.

 

Forced mental screening hits roadblock in House By Ron Strom WorldNetDaily.  9/9/04.

 

'Normal children given drugs'  By David Derbyshire and Roger Highfield. News Telegraph. 9/9/04. 

 

Congress Will Discuss Drug-Label Issues  By Anna Wilde Mathews. The Wall Street Journal. 9/8/04.

 

ABC 7 Medical: Teens and Antidepressants  wjla.com.  9/8/04.

 

Antidepressants and adolescent suicide Found on ConsumerReports.org. 9/1/04.

 

Glaxo to Begin Posting Drug Trial Results By BARRY MEIER. 9/1/04.

 

Illinois, eye of national mental health storm By Rhonda Robinson.  Illinois Leader.  8/31/04.

 

No need for traffickers; locally made meth is now the drug of choice by Rachel Collins. Cabot Star-Herald.

 

Nature Outings Reduce ADHD Symptoms Health Day News. 8/27/04.

 

Two letters: Out-of-staters sound alarm on mandatory child mental health screening   Illinois Leader 8/27/04.

 

GlaxoSmithKline settles with N.Y., will disclose drug study info.  Business First. 8/26/04.

 

GSK settles Paxil lawsuit with Spitzer By Christopher Bowe in New York and Geoff Dyer in London. The Financial Times.  8/26/04.

Shut Up and Take Your Drugs By Mary Starrett. NewsWithViews.com. 8/22/04.

 

FDA Alters Tack On Children and Antidepressants By Marc Kaufman. The Washington Post. 8/21/04.

 

Anti-depressant deaths increase Story from BBC NEWS.  8/20/04.

 

New FDA Analysis Backs Suggestions of Link Between Antidepressants and Suicidal Tendencies in Children  Associated Press. 8/20/04.

 

IL Children's Mental Health Act - good intentions gone very wrong - six letters Illinois Leader. 8/19/04/.

 

Should children get mood-altering pills? Daily Telegraph. 8/18/04. 

 

Mental health and world citizenship - the history of government involvement  Opinion by Dennis Cuddy NewsWithViews.com. 8/16/04.

 

The Devil in their Diet By Geoff Watts.  Independent.co.uk news. 8/16/04.

 

Bush Wants To Be Your Shrink Opinion by Jordanne Graham. Intervention Magazine. 8/14/04.

 

Neil Bush: "My Son Was A Victim of School Rx: Ritalin"_By Douglas Montero.  NY Post. 8/14/04.

 

Leader Lampoon: Mental health screening arrives in Illinois... too Late.  Cartoon by Paul Nowak. Illinois Leader. 8/13/04.

 

FDA Study Confirms Antidepressant Risks Drugs Linked to More Suicides Among Children, Unpublished Analysis Says  By Shankar Vedantam. The Washington Post. 8/10/04. 

 

Prevalence of drugs for DSS wards questioned  By Jessica E. Vascellaro, Boston Globe  8/9/04.

 

Antidepressants harm youth: Report Newspaper says FDA exploring link between antidepressant drugs, suicidal tendencies in young people. Reuters. 8/5/04.

 

 

Disorder in Diagnosing Attention Deficit By Michael L. Betsch - CNSNews.com.

 

Secret US report surfaces on antidepressants in children By Jeanne Lenzer. New York. 8/5/04.

 

Minnesotan files lawsuit over anti-depressant for children Associated Press 8/3/04.

 

Some doctors weigh in on mental health screening

The Illinois Leader. 7/30/04.

 

GUEST OPINION: Screening and drugging children will not prevent social ills  By Karen Effrem, M.D., Minnesota pediatrician. The Illinois Leader. 7/29/04.

 

Use of drugs to control kids worries specialists  By Carol Marbin Miller.  The Miami Herald. 7/23/04.

 

Task force outlines mental health plan for Illinois children

By Nicholas Shields.  The News-Gazette. 7/22/04.

 

Family of boy who committed suicide sues drug companies The Associated Press. 7/22/04.

 

Canceled hearing leaves mom in limbo  By Marion Callahan.  Bucks County Courier Times. 7/22/04.

 

Advocates blame drug industry for hearing cancellation  By Shankar Vedantam.  The Washington Post. 7/21/04.

 

Maybe Attention Deficit Isn't the Real Problem By Nicholas Regush. ABCNEWS.com. 7/18/04.

 

It's unhealthy for schools to play doctor  By Michael F. Cannon and Marie Gryphon.  Knight Ridder/Tribune forum.  7/17/04.

 

Schools Shouldn't Play Doctor  by Michael F. Cannon and Marie Gryphon.  The Cato Institute. 7/14/04.

 

No Child Left Un-medicated? The New American. 7/12/04.

 

Thousands Sue Makers of Paxil.  WXII12.com. 7/30/04.

 

The big Bush handout to pharmaceutical companies: mandatory mental health screening for entire U.S. population  By Mike Adams.  News Target. 7/23/04.

 

3 Senators Seeking Details for a Drug-Trial Database.  By Barry Meier.  The New York Times. 7/9/04.

 

Teachers as Drug Therapists? The Christian Science Monitor. 7/8/04.

 

Lawsuit: State fired shrink for exposing abuse  By Nicole Weisenseeegan.  Philadelphia Daily News. 7/7/04.

 

Suit Accuses Drug Makers of Aiding in Deaths of Children  The Associated Press. 7/6/04.

 

Drugmakers Prefer Silence On Test Data Firms Violate U.S. Law By Not Registering Trials . By Shankar Vedantam. The Washington Post. 7/6/04.

 

A firm's bold bid to win market for its ADHD drug By Kelly Hearn. The Christian Science Monitor. 6/28/04.

 

Just Say Whoa! A growing segment of society seems to be addicted to drugging its children. By Katharine Kelly.  Urban Tulsa Weekly

 

White House May Be Planning Nationwide Program to Diagnose, Drug Kids  By Christopher Getzan.  The NewStandard. 6/27/04

 

Child Advocates Fear Drug Dangers By Megan O'Matz.  South Florida Sun-Sentinel. 6/20/04

 

Glaxo Plans Public Listing of Drug Trails on Web Site  By Barry Meier.  New York Times. 6/19/04.9, 2004

Drug Makers Seek to Bar 'Placebo Responders' From Trials  By Leila Abboud.  Wall Street Journal. 6/18/04.

Shamed Glaxo's u-turn on 'suicide' drug By Beezy Marsh and Tim Utton. Daily Mail U.K. 6/15/04.

Some parents just say 'whoa' to school-required medications As parents seek more legal protection, controversy over drugs' impact deepens. By Kelly Hearn. The Christian Science Monitor. 6/14/04.

 

 

Child Medication Safety Act  By Stephanie Magner

Boston University Journalism Center

 

Drug Up Your Teen Today!  This just in: Prozac is a better treatment than talking to your kid. isn't life Fabulous?  By Mark Morford. Found on SF Gate. 6/4/04.

 

NY Attorney General Sues Glaxo on Paxil.  Reuters. 6-2-04

 

FDA Public Health Advisory  Subject: WORSENING DEPRESSION AND SUICIDALITY IN PATIENTS BEING TREATED WITH ANTIDEPRESSANT MEDICATIONS.  5/22/04

 

Antidepressant use on the rise  By Paige Lauren Deiner.  Coast Press.  5/19/04.

 

Behavioral drugs for kids top antibiotics More being spent on attention woes. Associated Press. 5/17/04.

 

Pfizer to Pay $420 Million in Illeagal Marketing Case.  By Gardiner Harris.  The New York Times.  5/14/04.

 

CBS 11  Medicating Children DALLAS-FORT WORTH By Ginger Allen and Dave Manoucheri.  5/17/04.

 

Adderall: The steroids of intellect  By Colin MeGill.  The Daily Campus (U. Connecticut). 5/11/04.

 

Anti-depressants are health hazards: doc  Suicide more likely.  By Tammy Marlowe. The Winnipeg Sun.  5/6/04.

 

Diagnosing Infants With Depression  By Kelly Patricia O Meara.  Insight on the News.  5/3/04.

 

AAP, FDA urge label changes for antidepressants  Found on the American Academy of Pediatrics.

 

Mother pushing government to probe psychiatric drugs By Sara Poirier. Front Page of the New Canaan Advertiser. 4/29/04.

 

FDA Barred Expert's Testimony Anti-Depressant Coverup Denied.  By Gardiner Harris.  New York Times.  4/24/04.

 

 

FDA was urged to limit kids' antidepressants
Advice citing risk of suicide rejected  By Rob Waters. San Francisco Chronicle 4/16/04.

 

Help 'happy pill' patients separate hype and science

 

Rein in SSRI epidemic  By Jeff Kupfer, a licensed psychologist from Superior, Colorado. Guest commentary in the Denver Post. 4/9/04.

 

Judge Grants Delay of Teen's Slaying Trail  Associated Press.  4/9/04.

 

Antidepressants are not Safe for Children  BMJ - British Medical Journal.  4/8/04.

 

Antidepressant use by Preschoolers Rising By Joyce Howard Price. The Washington Times.  4/3/04

 

Doctors Without Borders  Why you can't trust medical journals anymore.  By Shannon Brownlee. Washington Monthly.  4/1/04.

 

Lawmakers open probe of FDA Agency accused of barring safety data on antidepressants  By Rob Waters.  San Francisco Chronicle.  3/31/04.

 

FDA Mum On Suicidal Side Effects? cbsnews.com.  3/30/04.

 

Lilly's marketing, promotion being investigated Bloomberg News. 3/26/04.

 

Broader Rules Urged for Child Research  By The Associated Press. 3/26/04.

 

FDA is urged to explain antidepressant handling  By Ed Silverman. Star-ledger. 3/25/04.

 

Barton, Greenwood Seek Info From FDA on Antidepressants  March 24, 2004.

 

FDA Issues Public Health Advisory on Cautions for Use of Anitdepressants in Adults and children  3/22/04.

 

Antidepressants Probed  By Elizabeth Shogren.  Los Angeles Times.  3/21/04.

 

2nd blood test sought in death at Lilly clinic By J.K. Wall.  Indystar.com.  3/20/04.

 

4 Subjects Challenge Lilly Over Drug Trials  By J.K. Wall and John Tuohy.  3/4/04.

 

Ritalin doesn't solve every child's problem Sharon S. Kientz, of Auberry is a retired teacher and a member of the school board for Sierra Unified School District. 3/1/04.

 

Chemical imbalance Fraud: Ritalin, Psych Drugs, Don't Solve Anything, Don't Cure Anything. By Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD. 3/5/04. Found on EducationNews.org.

 

Celebrities Urge Senate to Move on Bill Against Forced Psychiatric Child Drugging; On heels of FDA Panel recommending suicide warning on antidepressants for kids, Catherine Bell, Juliette Lewis, Sofia Milos speak out. U.S. Newsire.  2/23/04.

 

Drug companies need to come clean on SSRIs; time for Health Canada to warn us. By Daphne Bramham. Vancouver Sun. 2/19/04.

 

Student's suicide cries out to FDA for drug warnings By Ruth Holladay.  Found on indystar.com.  2/15/04.

 

Doubts on Child use of Antidepressants  By Chris Adams and Alison Young. The Phiadelhia Inquirer Washington Bureau. 2/14/04.