Dear Friend, Welcome to the August 2008 issue of the Psychology Debunked newsletter. You may have heard that money is the root of all evil. But if that were the case, Abraham, Joseph, Job, Solomon and other wealthy, righteous men in the Bible would have to be considered evil for the sake of their wealth. Rather, the Bible teaches that the
love of money is the root of all evil, for it is the sin of covetousness, which drives us to act selfishly and carelessly. |
1Ti 6:10 |
For the love of money is the root of all evil: which while some coveted after, they have erred from the faith, and pierced themselves through with many sorrows.
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Nowhere is the love of money and resulting evil so obvious than in the world of big pharma, as this month's newsletter attests. Dr. Ann Blake Tracy asks, "After seeing the studies demonstrating no more benefit than a placebo, yet deadly enough to produce brutal homicides, why are these [antidepressant] drugs still on the market? And why on earth are they the most popular medications?! And the biggest question of all . . . WHY IS IT OKAY IN AMERICA OR ANYWHERE ELSE TO HAVE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS THAT CAN PRODUCE HOMICIDAL TENDENCIES AS A SIDE EFFECT?!” The answer is simple:
the love of money. The good news is, we have the power to just say no to drug companies and drug pushing doctors. We believe education and prayer are the keys to winning this battle at the grass roots level. When consumers get educated, the market evaporates and so do big pharma's profits. So as the school year begins and more children are needlessly labeled and drugged for ADHD, bipolar and depression,
educate your friends and family and forward this newsletter to them! In the love of Christ, Lisa and Ryan Bazler
AHA: Get heart screening before taking ADHD drugs With increasing numbers of children experiencing sudden cardiac arrest from ADHD drug use--a trend consistent with FDA warnings--the American Heart Association now recommends children get heart screening for pre-existing conditions before taking these drugs. "Stimulant drugs can increase blood pressure and heart rate. For most children, that isn't a problem. But in those with heart conditions, it could make them more vulnerable to sudden cardiac arrest -- an erratic heartbeat that causes the heart to stop pumping blood through the body -- and other heart problems." Dr. Peter Breggin: "Psychiatry Makes War on Bipolar Children" Psychiatrist and psychiatric drug critic Dr. Peter Breggin, considered one of the few voices of scientific truth in a profit-first industry, indicts a Newsweek article for their pro-disease, pro-drug position on bipolar and their justification of putting a young boy on no less than 38 different drug regimens by age 10. Breggin says it's true that bipolar behaviors are more common these days, not because of "miswired brains," but rather because of antidepressant side effects! "The concept that children have bipolar disorder and should be treated with highly toxic adult psychiatric drugs is strictly a drug-company marketing ploy. If it's true that 800,000 children have been diagnosed, it has become an enormously successful marketing strategy with tragic results for children and their families." more » Harvard psychs hide millions in drug money Harvard child psychiatrist Dr. Joseph Biederman, known as the most influential force behind the 40-fold increase in childhood bipolar diagnoses between 1994 and 2003, along with two other associates have been raking in millions from drug companies under the table for their disorder and drug pushing. "Senator Chuck Grassley [IA] has uncovered evidence showing that these renowned Harvard child psychiatrists, recipients of substantial federal grants from the National Institute of Mental Health, failed to disclose at least $3.2 million dollars they had received from drug companies between 2000 and 2007." more » Three major promoters of vaccines funded by drug company money This CBS report documents the millions paid to the American Academy of Pediatrics, Every Child By Two, and Dr. Paul Offit by vaccine drug manufacturers to promote use of vaccines. Offit, who gets Merck drug money and holds a vaccine patent, has declared that babies can tolerate "10,000 vaccines at once." This conflict of interest in part helps explain the explosion of required vaccines--from a dozen two decades ago to 55 today. The disease threat hasn't increased, but drug company marketing budgets have. more » When Mother's Kill: America's Serotonin Nightmare With New Jersey now screening all new mothers for depression, and the Mothers Act almost becoming a nationwide screening law before recently being defeated, now more than ever, we need to better understand the explosive rise in the number of mothers killing their own children. This YouTube video explains why. Dr. Tracy's response to the recent CDC announcement that antidepressants have now become the number one most prescribed class of drugs is just as packed with need-to-know truth as this YouTube video--truth you just won't hear from most doctors, drug companies or the mass media. more » Psychiatrist calls for brain scans of presidential candidates No, this is not satire. Newport Beach psychiatrist Dr. Daniel Amen, known for his questionable, highly suspect use of brain scans to explain mental health problems and justify drug prescriptions, is recommending brain scans be performed on presidential candidates to help voters know about any mental problems before electing them to office. Overtly biologically deterministic, he states, "President Clinton's moral lapses and problems with bad judgment and excitement seeking behavior are indicative of problems in the prefrontal cortex." Who needs God to forgive us and help us with our moral lapses, bad decisions and pleasure-seeking, when we can just take a drug to fix problems in our prefrontal cortex? more » Q&A This reader, a Christian struggling with bipolar disorder for 15 years and disillusioned with those in his church who take similar positions as our ministry, asks, "What success have you had with your approach to bipolar disorder?" See our answer here. Letters Two readers share their observations of friends and family members who underwent electro-shock therapy (ECT). more » | | New Web Sites | | Psychiatric Drug Withdrawal/Recovery Sites - http://www.psychologydebunked.com/drugwithdrawal.htm Psychiatric Drug Info -
http://www.pdrhealth.com/drug_info/index.html
http://www.psychdrugdangers.com Generation Rx movie trailer - MUST SEE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xehHwkPpevk Money Talks movie trailer - MUST SEE
http://www.sideeffectsthemovie.com/mtinterview.php Dr. Tracy's site
http://www.drugawareness.org/ Dr. Breggin's site
http://www.breggin.com/ | Notable Quotes | | | “…there's no evidence whatsoever that individuals diagnosed "bipolar" have a "miswired brain." There's not even any such evidence for a biological flaw in adults who suffer from full-blown manic-like episodes, let alone children whose parents and teachers cannot control them. “I can understand how parents who feel confused and overwhelmed can be pushed by psychiatrists into trying to control their children's behavior with drugs. But shame, shame, and more shame should be heaped upon a profession that has forsaken its sacred trust to protect and to care for children, and instead has become a major child abuser of epidemic proportions.” --Dr. Peter Breggin
"Although the benefit of antidepressants is non-existent, these drugs have a very long list of serious and very deadly side effects. The most popular antidepressant on the market, Effexor, now has "homicidal ideation" (obsessive/ruminating thoughts of killing and how to kill) listed as a side effect. "Andrea Yates, a nurse, drowned her five children while taking this drug. Then, while Andrea's case was in court a female doctor in Illinois on the same drug, killed one son and severely injured another. In Tennessee another female doctor also on Effexor slit her 7 year old son's throat and then her own. And then it really hit home for Wyeth when one of their own employees, Cassandra Burgess, whose job it was to take adverse reaction reports on Effexor was killed along with her parents and daughter by her husband who was taking Effexor. He then took his own life. So even though she heard the adverse reports daily on Effexor she still missed the signs in her own husband (although they were there if you knew what signs to look for) soon enough to save herself and her family.
"The role of the FDA is to judge the risk to benefit of medications. After seeing the studies demonstrating no more benefit than a placebo, yet deadly enough to produce brutal homicides, why are these drugs still on the market? And why on earth are they the most popular medications?! And the biggest question of all . . . WHY IS IT OKAY IN AMERICA OR ANYWHERE ELSE TO HAVE PRESCRIPTION MEDICATIONS THAT CAN PRODUCE HOMICIDAL TENDENCIES AS A SIDE EFFECT?!”
--Dr. Ann Blake Tracy
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