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Marketing Psychotropic Drugs

April 7, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

There’s a nice article at Involuntary Transformation on this topic. The author, Nathan, poses a very interesting question:  since drugs cause damage to children and there are many better alternatives, why do so many parents choose the drug option? Nathan goes on to suggest that the reason lies in the effort that the pharmaceutical industry… Continue Reading

Drugging Children Gives Them the Wrong Message

April 6, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

The routine drugging of children for the ordinary problems of childhood is destructive for two reasons:  firstly because of the toxic effects of the pharmaceutical products, and secondly because it conveys to the child the message that drugs are an acceptable way to deal with life’s problems. This latter kind of damage is graphically illustrated… Continue Reading

Freudian Psychoanalysis is Better than Drugs

April 3, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

Today I received a short comment from Ruth Elliot on my post Psychiatric “Diagnoses” for Children.  Ruth linked to an article by Claudia Gold, MD.  Claudia is a Freudian psychoanalyst. My ideological orientation is behavioral, and if you were to ask people in this business:  what is the opposite of a behaviorist? you would probably… Continue Reading

Psychiatric “Diagnoses” for Children

March 26, 2013 By Phil Hickey |

Today, courtesy of Monica, I came across an article by Marilyn Wedge, PhD.  It’s called Six Problems with Psychiatric Diagnosis for Children.   You can read it here. Here are some quotes: “Psychiatric diagnoses contained in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders are not classified by causes like genuine medical diseases.” “Perhaps worst of… Continue Reading

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