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6 6 The ADHD Fraud The ADHD Fraud Bipolar Disorder: “diseased” and is “medicated,” is that not Bipolar Disorder: Epidemic Without a poisoning? Is it not assault and battery? If the Epidemic Without a same patient dies, what is that called? Disease. While false diagnostic labels alone may Disease. not make persons psychiatric patients-in- perpetuity, drugs which cause chemical dependency and conspicuous injury, such as Parkinson’s syndrome or tardive dyskinesia in a seven year-old, surely do. Max’s parents were told (1) “treat (your) child and risk a bad outcome, or (2) “don’t treat and risk a worse one.” In either case, this message is surely to the liking of the pharmaceutical industry which bankrolls it all. Max and his parents have come to believe the “bipolar” fiction and to play out their roles in it. The main authors--perpetrators of this and all of psychiatry’s fictitious “diseases” are the DSM Committee of the Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, American Psychiatric Association and Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, Neurologist, Child Neurologist “researchers” at the National Institute of Mental Neurologist, Child Neurologist Health (NIMH). For Max’s mother: “There was one good In the Newsweek cover story of May 26, thing about this strange diagnosis, she thought: ABOUT 2008, Growing Up Bipolar, Mary Carmichael at least it meant she wasn’t a bad mother.” Max ABOUT describes yet another magical psychiatric and his parents all had roles to play. Max’s role DR FRED BAUGHMAN DR FRED BAUGHMAN epidemic. In any report of an epidemic there is to be “bipolar,” a psychiatric patient-in- should be a description of the disease of which perpetuity. Everything else would take care of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, Neurologist, Child the epidemic is comprised and mention of the itself and psychiatry and Big Pharma would Neurologist, Fellow, American Academy of test by which the disease is diagnosed. But reap billions a year. And who knows, perhaps Neurology; Director of the March of Dimes- nowhere is there mention of a physical the 800,000 “bipolar” Max’s Carmichael says abnormality—gross (visible to the naked eye), we have this year will become 1.5 to 2 million Birth Defects Clinic of Western Michigan, 1967-1975. He has discovered and described microscopic or chemical, to make it a disease. next year, which many think it already is. real diseases including CHANDS: The Curly Where is the proof that Max Blake, now ten, is Harvard psychiatrists Joseph Biederman Hair-Ankyloblepharon-Nail Dysplasia other than physically, medically normal? and Janet Wozniac were said to have Syndrome. The Clinical Delineation of Birth Symptoms abound. Max can’t sleep. “described” pediatric bipolar disorder in 1995. Defects, Volume XII, 100, 1972 and is author of Max is sad. Max wants to kill himself. All I have no doubt that they “described” it but, as the book: THE ADHD FRAUD -- How serious symptoms to be sure, but entirely is the case with all of psychiatry’s “chemical Psychiatry Makes "Patients" of Normal subjective--not objective “signs,” imbalances” they have never proved that a Children http://www.Trafford.com abnormalities, diseases. Undaunted, single one is an actual disease, as throughout the Carmichael calls “bipolar” an “elusive disease” rest of medicine. MORE INFO ON DR BAUGHMAN with a grave prognosis: a “horror story,” in At 2 ½ years of age, Rebecca Riley of which “terrible things happen.” But still no Hull, Massachusetts was “diagnosed” ADHD disease. and bipolar disorder, by child psychiatrist, Dr. Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD has been an Next, we are told: “some doctors do not Kayoko Kifuji, and was put Clonidine, adult & child neurologist, in private practice, believe (bipolar) exists in children.” But Depakote and Seroquel, the last of which is a for 35 years. Making "disease" (real diseases-- diagnosis is not a matter of belief. If no potent, poisonous, antipsychotic. None had epilepsy, brain tumor, multiple sclerosis, etc.) or abnormality is demonstrated the diagnosis is been approved by the FDA for children so "no disease" (emotional, psychological, “no evidence of disease”—NED, or “no organic young. Rebecca became like a “floppy doll” psychiatric) diagnoses daily, he has discovered disease”—NOD. and died December 13, 2006, at 4 years of age, and described real, bona fide diseases. Absent abnormalities, Carmichael, not from a psychiatric disease, because there is It is this particular medical and marshals more symptoms: “These babies are no such thing, but from the very real, very toxic scientific background that has led him to view born screaming.” psychiatric drugs prescribed for her. Incredibly, the "epidemic" of one particular "disease"-- Next, seeking to overwhelm with her parents sit in jail, charged with her murder. Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder epidemiology, Carmichael writes: “800,000 Who made it appear that Rebecca had two (ADHD)--with increasing alarm. Dr. Baughman children in the United States have been “diseases”? Who convinced the parents she did describes this himself. Referring to psychiatry, diagnosed.” “The disease is hard to pin down.” and that the medications prescribed were he says: Nor does repeating the word “disease” make it “treatments” for them? Countless hundreds if "They made a list of the most common so. not thousands of children thus diagnosed and symptoms of emotional discomfiture of Parents are asked to chose from among drugged are dying, not from psychiatric children; those which bother teachers and the “many drugs” available even though “it’s diseases, but from the one or several drugs parents most, and in a stroke that could not be unclear how they work.” How could it be prescribed for them as “treatment.” Between more devoid of science or Hippocratic motive-- otherwise without a disease to treat. No 1990 and 2000, 186 deaths from termed them a 'disease.' Twenty five years of infection, cancer, or diabetes—all diagnosable, methylphenidate-Ritalin were reported to the research, not deserving of the term 'research.,' all treatable. In psychiatry, drugs change FDA-MedWatch program, a voluntary reporting has failed to validate ADD/ADHD as a disease. emotions and behaviors by damaging the program the FDA itself, says detects no more Tragically--the "epidemic" having grown from normal brain, causing intoxication, poisoning, than 1-10 percent of the actual number. 500 thousand in 1985 to between 5 and 7 abnormality—disease. Who is responsible for the murder of million today--this remains the state of the “The disease is hard to pin down.” “Its Rebecca Riley? Who is responsible for the 'science' of ADHD." unclear how they (the drugs) work.” This is not thousands or tens of thousands of deaths from The entire country, including all 5-7 medical science, it is the “medical-speak” of prescribed psychiatric drugs for psychiatric million with the ADHD diagnosis today, have “biological,” psychiatry that is deceptive, “diseases” that do not exist? been deceived and victimized; deprived of their fraudulent, and intent on peddling drugs. When, informed consent rights and drugged--for the patient is known to be normal but is called profit! It must be stopped. Now!