Exposing Psychology, Exalting Christ June 2006 Issue 8 Things You Need to Know...

Intermittent Explosive Disorder: Newly Discovered or Overly Promoted?

 

ADHD Drugs Sending Thousands to Hospital ERs

In February, the FDA’s Advisory Committee recommended label warnings for all ADHD drugs (Ritalin, Adderall, Concerta, Dexedrine, Cylert, etc.), warning of high blood pressure, heart failure, stroke and sudden death in children and adults taking these drugs. The next month, the FDA ignored its own advisory committee’s advice, and the cries of unsuspecting victims continue to sound from ERs across the country. According to a recent CDC study, 3,100 ADHD drug users visit hospital ERs each year in the U.S. Causes range from side effects like chest pain, stroke, high blood pressure and fast heart rate, to overdose and accidental use—not surprising, considering most ADHD drugs are a legal form of speed. Read the ABC News article here: http://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory?id=2000936

 

Would You Give Your Child Cocaine?

This hard-hitting, fact-filled article by John Carey will make you think twice before giving your child an ADHD drug to improve behavior or academic performance. Don’t fill your prescription without reading this first!

http://www.illuminati-news.com/060306a.htm

 

Video Shows Experts Cannot Define ADHD

This 1 minute, 38 second clip from a 1998 NIH conference on ADHD gives an inside peek at how the experts attempt to define the disorder. The label has become so subjective that this particular panelist, who regularly diagnoses patients with ADHD in his practice, couldn’t even describe the disorder when asked. See the clip here: http://www.cchr.org/uploads/video/nih_adhd.wmv

 

Is it Really ADHD?

Kenneth Thomas, a registered nurse for 29 years, explains that ADHD symptoms are frequently the result of diet, iron deficiencies, or real physical illness “treatable by medical, non-psychiatric means.”  He debunks the psychiatric myth that brain disorders cause mental illness and points to practical, objective, medical reasons for a child’s ADHD-like behavior. Read this informative article here:

http://www.psychologydebunked.com/email0606_isitADHD.htm

 

Q&A

A visitor asks us some good clarifying questions about our statement on our website: “There is no reason to take a pill for a mental disorder, like you would for true medical/physical conditions? The chemical-imbalance-in-the-brain theory has never been proven to cause mental disorders, despite popular belief and drug company marketing.” See the Qs and As here, which also includes a biblical diagnosis and treatment of ADHD.

http://www.psychologydebunked.com/email0606_Q&A.htm

Letters

 

New Psychology Debunked Conference CD Now Available!

We are now offering an MP3 CD of a recent Psychology Debunked Conference, featuring five hours of author presentations of the following topics (updated and expanded):

 

•Session 1: The Sandy Foundations of Psychology and Psychiatry –Introduction –Psychology's Foundational Theories –The DSM and the Mental Disorder Myth –Disease or Choice? –…and Disorders for All	• Session 2: Psychotherapy and Psychiatric Drugs: Science or Big Business? –Is Psychotherapy Helpful? –Are Psychiatric Drugs Helpful? –The Drug Industry –Rethinking Mental Health –Q&A
• Session 3: Mental Health Screening: Government Control over our Mental Health –Introduction –New Freedom Commission on Mental Health –TeenScreen –Signs of Suicide –Problems with Screening Mental Health –Brain Scans – Potential Screening Tool –Brain Drives Mind or Mind Drives Brain? –Screening – What Can I Do? –Q&A	• Session 4: Psychology in the Church –“Christian” Psychology – an Oxymoron –Psychological Programs –Personality Testing –Worldly Wisdom vs. Godly Wisdom –Q&A
• Session 5: Everything We Need: Returning to the Biblical Model of Help –Returning to the Biblical Model of Help –Living by the Spirit –The 3 Qualifications of the Overcoming Life –Christ’s Grace is Sufficient –Q&A

 

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