National Depression Scam
Day - October 5
OpEdNews.com
October 2, 2006 at 06:23:55
National Depression Screening Day
by Laura Doreson
October 5th is National
Depression Screening Day. I'm already feeling
depressed. But instead of reaching for a pill, I'm reaching for the
truth about who is causing this alleged international epidemic. You can
find out for yourself at
http://www.signsofsuicide.org exactly who is
behind National Depression Screening Day.
People do sometimes suffer
from physical illnesses or spiritual
distress, which causes the symptoms that are falsely termed "mental
illness". That's what sanitariums were originally set up for - A small
percentage of people do need this kind of help and should have the
right kind of help. I have helped many people and many have helped me.
There are groups that help others. Look at all of the volunteers on
Sept. 11th, for example. Yet some groups actually pretend to provide
help but actually do harm to others or take advantage of others for
their own gain.
We've all been told from
various sources that we must face life
head-on. Well, it seems to be true. The truth shall set you free. But
free from what? Ignorance. Keeping others ignorant throughout history
has made them very easy to control.
All of us face daily
stress. All of us have experienced feelings of
depression at some point in time. You lose a pet, a job, a friend, a
spouse or partner. It makes sense to feel sad under those
circumstances. If you're human, you have human emotions and reactions
to things. Just getting up in the morning and facing a workday can be
stressful, especially with corporate downsizing, skyrocketing gas
prices, our nation at war. Fear surrounds us with the constant
bombardment of impending threats of terrorist orange alerts in our
cities; fear that our children may be shot in public school, fear for
our financial security and that of our children.
Do you feel depressed yet?
Well, that's a good sign. You suffer from
being human and alive with emotion. You should talk to your friends and
family about how you feel and come up with ways to handle things in
your lives so you all are happier. After all, you undoubtedly have many
things right in your life. Have you looked at all of the right things
about yourself lately? You must have done something right to be alive
and still going.
Lesson Plan: Part One:
I've been an educator. Today's lesson is in learning the truth about
how you're being betrayed by psychiatry and the pharmaceutical
industry. You may react with anger, grief, hostility. Good! You're
human.
No one can deny that
people suffer from spiritual or physical distress,
but symptoms do not a mental illness make. In fact, studies done for
the State of California in the early '80's showed that the majority of
psychiatric symptoms were caused by underlying real physical illnesses
that were never properly diagnosed.
Fact 1: The American
Psychiatric Association votes on manufactured
mental disorders at their annual convention, by a show of hands and by
who can shout the loudest.
Fact 2: Dr. Steven
Sharfstein, Psychiatrist and President of the
American Psychiatric Association, was quoted in the National Journal in
May 2006 as stating, "There is no laboratory test that establishes a
specific diagnosis." Dr. Joseph Glenmullen of Harvard Medical School
stated on the Today Show in June 2005, in response to a question about
whether psychiatric drugs work by helping brain chemistry, he said,
"Well, we don't know that. It's never been proven."
Fact 3: Psychotropic drugs
cause chemical imbalances in the brain that
are irreversible.
Fact 4: The Food and Drug
Administration has ordered a "black box
warning" on antidepressant drugs, stating they can cause suicidal
thoughts, suicide, and violence. The listed side effects of many of
these drugs include depression, headaches, hallucinations, and more.
Fact 5: The majority of
public school shootings are perpetrated by
students on psychotropic drugs.
Fact 6: Screening for
Mental Health, Inc., the organizer of National
Mental Health Screening Day, is funded by Lilly, Pfizer, Solvay, Abbott
Laboratories, Wyeth, Forest Labs, AstraZeneca, and GSK who all make
psychotropic drugs. You can find this corporation's tax records at
http://www.signsofsuicide.org
Fact 7: TeenScreen, a
fraudulent suicide prevention program was started
by Dr. David Shaffer, Psychiatrist and Executive Director of Columbia
DISC Development Group (Diagnostic Interview Schedule for Children).
Shaffer has accepted money from Hoffman la Roche, Wyeth and
GlaxoSmithKline. His DISC group has accepted money from Pfizer, Roche,
Wyeth and GlaxoSmithKline. Shaffer's TeenScreen has also partnered with
NAMI (National Alliance on Mental Illness), which is funded by Wyeth,
Novartis, and Eli Lilly to name just a few.
Go to:
http://www.petitiononline.com/TScreen/petition.html
Part Two:
1. If you, a child or family member are under the care of a
psychiatrist or on any psychotropic medication, find a competent
medical doctor for real medical help to safely get off of the drugs.
Demand medical tests from a competent medical doctor and dentist to
search out hidden diseases, infections, bacteria, environmental
poisoning that may be causing you to feel depressed. Physically ill
people feel depressed.
2. Decide that you want to
live and be healthy and know that you are
not alone and can get competent care.
3. Change your diet. Eat
healthier food. The human body works on good
nutrition, not medication.
4. Get some form of
exercise every day. Take a walk and look at the
things around you. The human body needs oxygen and water.
5. Take a good look at
your friends and acquaintances. If any of them
are causing you stress, don't associate with them for awhile or at all.
6. Make the time to do the
little things you like to do. Take a walk,
read a book, watch a movie, treat yourself to something small or big.
7. Help another. Pass it
on.
Laura Doreson has over two
decades of experience as a freelance private
tutor, teacher, instructor and home school teacher. She has trained
hundreds of professional educators, doctors, parents and children in
how to read and study for application.
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