Author: Sheila Matthews

State’s Audit Reveals Rampant Abuse of Psychotropic Drugs on Children in State Care

Written by Sheila Matthews on November 13, 2024. Posted in Articles.

November 13, 2024

MA Audit Shows Children in State Custody are Thrown into Big Pharma & Psychiatrists Hands

A recent audit conducted by the Massachusetts Office of the State Auditor reveals that the Department of Children and Families (DCF) apparently is really bad at doing its job and the fact that the well-being of children is at stake makes the incompetence incomprehensible.

The DCF is tasked with providing services to children who are at risk, victims of abuse or neglect. The services the state is responsible for providing include adoption, guardianship, foster care, housing stabilization and family support.

Specifically, AbleChild is interested in the section of the audit that reviews the oversight of the drugging of children with serious psychiatric mind-altering drugs. The audit reviewed the period from July of 2019 to December of 2023.

During the audit period, 3,899 (22%) of the 17,891 children in DCF’s protective custody were prescribed at least one psychotropic medication. During the audit period, the number of prescriptions filled for each drug category included 1,065 prescriptions for Antianxiety meds, 21,585 Antidepressants, 10,564 Antipsychotics, 10,776 Mood Stabilizers, and 48,453 Stimulants. Clearly chemical behavior modification is a common practice and the state’s DCF social workers are required to participate in, follow and document the medication history of each child under their care.

Congressional Task Force Neglects “White Van” Evidence in Demand Letter to ATF

Written by Sheila Matthews on November 7, 2024. Posted in Articles.

November 11, 2024

The Bipartisan Congressional Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump (Task Force) recently has made news regarding its investigation being stymied by the federal agencies that are tasked with not only investigating the attempted assassination, but also providing important documentation to the Task Force. Apparently, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) isn’t being cooperative.

The Task Force sent a letter to ATF in early October requesting numerous documents associated with the Bureau’s part in the investigation and its work with other federal law enforcement agencies like the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Secret Service.

Is “Ghost Networks” Lawsuit Against Insurance Companies the Failure of Mental Health Parity?

Written by Sheila Matthews on November 6, 2024. Posted in Articles.

November 7, 2024

It is of interest that a class action lawsuit has been filed in New York which alleges that insurance companies are deliberately harming patients because the directories of listed physicians and professionals are non-existent, a proverbial “ghost network.” The suit further alleges that “there is a mental health crisis in this country and in this state” and the provider directory, the “ghost network,” is “exacerbating patients’ mental health problems” because they can’t contact providers for services needed.

While there are many issues that AbleChild could address about this lawsuit, two problems come to mind. First, whether there is a “mental health crisis,” and who is responsible, is up for debate and, secondly, it seems to AbleChild that this lawsuit is simply an end-around to obtain increased pay for mental health providers, which is being addressed in many states’ Medicaid oversight boards and commissions.

First, the suit alleges that the insurance companies have “mislead” patients by “publishing grossly inaccurate directories of doctors and therapists.” The suit further alleges that these “grossly inaccurate directories” list doctors and qualified professionals who are not within the insurance network – “Ghost Networks.” These “Ghost Networks” “that are replete with errors and duplications, which make them inaccurate, incomplete, deceptive, and misleading” are more likely to be found in Mental Health provider directories.

DEA Rushes Dangerous, Addictive ADHD Drugs to Market to Meet Demand

Written by Sheila Matthews on October 31, 2024. Posted in Articles.

October 31, 2024

Alert the media! Get Dan Rather on the phone! The United States of America is having a problem producing enough legal, yet highly addictive, and dangerous, mind-altering drugs that are alleged to “treat” attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD).

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the federal agency that oversees drug distribution of Controlled Substances, is responsible for setting quotas and controlling the amount of drug that may be legally produced. In this case, there apparently was a shortfall of ADHD medications in 2022 because there was an enormous increase in the diagnosis of ADHD during the Covid Pandemic and the pharmaceutical manufacturers failed to produce the full amount of approved drug, causing a one billion dose shortfall for 2023 and the great catch-up ensued. One billion doses. Geesh! A billion here and a billion there and pretty soon we’re talking about real drugging!

Trans Kids Mental Health No Better Despite Dangerous Drug Treatment

Written by Sheila Matthews on October 29, 2024. Posted in Articles.

October 29, 2024

Photo Credit: Vitor Vitinho from Pixabay

Dr. Johanna Olson-Kennedy, one of the nation’s leading advocates for gender-affirming care to kids, refuses to release a ten-million-dollar taxpayer-funded study because the results don’t support continued trans-medical intervention. However, full disclosure is necessary for the trans community to make important life decisions.

The nine-year study, bought and paid for by hard-working Americans, essentially revealed that after receiving puberty blockers, the mental health of these young children did not improve. This is important information because these children most certainly were diagnosed with some mental illness prior to being seen for gender dysphoria (the belief that one’s body is the wrong sex), another psychiatric diagnosis.

Dr. Olson-Kennedy has refused to release the study because she believes it could be “weaponized” and used as proof that “we shouldn’t use blockers.” The puberty blocker “treatments” supposedly delays physical development, so the body feels more like the gender identified with.

15.5 Million Adult Americans Think They Have ADHD

Written by Sheila Matthews on October 25, 2024. Posted in Articles.

October 25, 2024

October 25, 2024

Like most alleged psychiatric disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a fraud diagnosis. Put simply, and honestly, there is no abnormality in the brain that is ADHD.

The mental health and pharmaceutical industries can say it exists…that it’s a real brain disorder, but it just isn’t true. This doesn’t stop such august institutions like the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from reporting that fifteen and a half million American adults suffer from ADHD. Of course, this is the same federal agency that said the covid vaccine was effective, would stop people from getting covid and stop them from spreading covid. Oops!

Nevertheless, the recent report from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) claims that 15.5 million US adults are living with the condition and explain that “many are being let down by poor access to treatment.”

Bureaucratic Investigations Fail to Connect Crooks to Assassination Attempt

Written by Sheila Matthews on October 21, 2024. Posted in Articles.

October 21, 2024

Thomas Matthew Crooks? Photo credit Facebook: Bethel Park Skilled Nursing & Rehabilitation Center (Public)

In the last week, two investigative reports have been released about the July 13th assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania. Between these two reports it’s fair to say that the public is none the wiser because of the shoddy investigative work performed. One report merely explains what the public already knew and the second is insulting from the standpoint of what the investigators failed to investigate.

The first report, The Independent Review Panel, interestingly provided not one name of any law enforcement, FBI or Secret Service personnel involved in security on July 13th but did provide the name of the alleged shooter, Thomas Matthew Crooks. How the Panel concluded that Thomas Matthew Crooks was the shooter is not part of the report. In fact, the Panel focused its investigation on the Secret Service failures on July 13^th and, of course, the public already is aware of the enormous Secret Service failures by virtue of shots being fired leaving one person dead and three others wounded including former President Donald Trump.

The second report, The Congressional Bi-Partisan Task Force Interim Staff Report: Investigating the Stunning Security Failures on Jul 13, 2024, in Butler, Pennsylvania, is lacking on a number of levels and one can only wonder who, exactly, is leading this “investigation.”

11 Million Potential Mental Health Patients Surge at the Southern Border

Written by Sheila Matthews on October 15, 2024. Posted in Articles.

October 15, 2024

*Migrants walk Monday in southern Mexico, early Monday, Jan. 8, 2024, during their journey toward the US border. Edgar H. Clemente/AP*

Illegal immigration into the United States is a topic second only to the economy during this Presidential election cycle and Americans appear to have little empathy for those that continue to flood over the Southern border. So, it seems predictable that the taxpayers won’t be any too happy about ensuring mental health services are made available to those who are viewed as breaking U.S. immigration laws.

A recent article, though, describes how these illegal or undocumented aliens “are at a higher risk of developing severe mental health disorders.” Apparently, this important study looked at nearly 1,000 people that had immigrated to another country and compared their mental health to that of natural citizens of the same age.

Psychiatric Drug Cocktails: Risky Experiments on Human Minds

Written by Sheila Matthews on October 9, 2024. Posted in Articles.

October 9, 2024

Despite zero understanding of how even one psychiatric drug “works” as “treatment” for alleged mental disorders, the rate of cocktail (polypharmacy) drugging among children is increasing. One doctor called for informed consent about the benefits and risks associated with the “contraindicated” drugging.

A recent study from Lawrence Kleinman, professor of pediatrics at Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, reviewed Medicaid data for more than 141,000 patients (under 21) receiving any psychiatric medication and found that nearly 400 of those patients received at least one “potentially dangerous combination” of psychiatric drugs.

Dr. Kleinman warned that “good practice demands that patients and caregivers be informed of and assent to risks and benefits, including informing them that the intended pair of medications is typically contraindicated.” What Kleinman is warning is that there are serious risks to prescribing cocktails of psychiatric drugs and it is not recommended.

Death by Psychiatric Drugging at Connecticut’s Correctional Facility

Written by Sheila Matthews on October 7, 2024. Posted in Articles.

October 7, 2024

Given the recent news of a death due to psychiatric drugging in a State of Connecticut correctional facility, one must consider whether the mental health “treatment” provided by the State is working?

According to news reports, 32-year-old inmate Tyler Cole died in the Garner, Ct., Correctional Institution from accidental “acute intoxication.” Whether the “accidental” “acute intoxication” was the fault of the inmate, or the prescribing physician was not made public.

Cole was provided psychiatric “treatment” in the form of a mind-altering drug cocktail, including methadone; clonazepam (also known as Klonopin), a benzodiazepine prescribed as an anti-anxiety medication; diphenhydramine (antihistamine) and Olanzapine, an antipsychotic medication.

Cole had been sentenced to Garner for less than two months due to a domestic violence incident. News reports do not advise the public information about whether Cole had been diagnosed with mental illness prior to entering Connecticut’s correctional facility or whether he picked up the mental illness(es) inside the facility. The news reports also do not provide the prescription drug dosing levels that caused the “acute intoxication.”