Fight for Kids
"I have long maintained that the child psychiatrist is one of the most dangerous enemies, not only of children, but also of adults who care for the two most precious and most vulnerable things in life - children and liberty." Dr Thomas Szasz, Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus
The purpose of our Fight for Kids campaign is to safeguard and protect the rights of children for future generations to come and to ensure parents are given the right to 'full informed consent' regarding their child's needs.
Parents are not always fully informed about all the potential risks to them and their children when they agree to a psychiatric diagnosis, such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD).
They are not informed that such a diagnosis is based on no sound medical science; that there are 'no tests' to determine a 'chemical imbalance' or that the drugs prescribed to their children can cause serious effects to the growing central nervous system leading to all sorts of serious consequences, including suicide and death.
Today, more than 20 million children worldwide have been prescribed these types of drugs that can be so dangerous that medicine regulatory agencies in the UK and around the world have issued warnings for strokes, heart attacks, aggression, suicide and death.
In Britain, over £43 million is spent on psychiatric drugs for 'hyperactive' children. These drugs are mostly prescribed for ADHD.
Stimulants are the most commonly prescribed drugs for ADHD with drugs like Ritalin, Concerta and Adderill.
In 2007, the UK's Medicine's and Healthcare Regulatory Agency (MHRA) reported 11 deaths linked to Ritalin, an amphetamine-like drug with similar qualities to cocaine.
Between 1999 and 2000, the United States reported 186 deaths linked to the drug. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-494862/Ritalin-The-scandal-kiddy-coke.html
In 2003, Britain led the way when it warned doctors not to prescribe antidepressants drugs to children under 18-years because the drugs could cause suicidal tendencies. Subsequently, Australia, Canada and other European drug regulatory agencies followed suit.
In September 2005, the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child issued a warning against falsely labelling youth with ADHD and administering powerful stimulants. It expressed concern that ADHD and Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) were being misdiagnosed and stimulant drugs were being over prescribed.
On 6 November 2006, the UK's Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency (MHRA) announced it was updating the product information sheet on Methylphenidate (Ritalin) to "advise about serious cardiovascular adverse effects" and to recommend methylphenidate not be used in children or adolescents with known serious structural cardiac abnormalities.
Today there is a global movement made up of parents, grandparents, families and groups warning that psychiatric drugs are dangerous and should never be prescribed to children.
