Today in Psychiatry

The Great ADHD Myth
The psychiatrist who identified attention deficit disorder - the condition blamed for the bad behaviour of hundreds of thousands of children - has admitted that many may not really be ill.

Shock figures for mental health care
MENTAL health patients in Burton are among the most likely in the Midlands to be given controversial electric shock treatment, it has emerged.
Figures obtained under the Freedom of Information (FoI) Act show that more than 3,600 electro-convulsive therapy (ECT) treatments have been administered in Staffordshire since 2002. The practice is banned in some European countries.

SCHOOL UNIFORMITY
The exuberance of childhood celebrated in books such as Just William is now frowned upon as inappropriate behaviour, resulting in more and more children being prescribed behavioural drugs.

Electric shock therapy outrage

According to the statistics, the controversial electroconvulsive therapy has been administered 3,400 times in Worcestershire since 2001 - more than any of the 27 health trusts nationwide that have provided figures apart from Leicestershire.

"Psychiatrists cloak shock treatment in medical legitimacy, the effects of which are horrific, and the full ramifications are not explained to the patients or families, The brutality of ECT shows psychiatry has not advanced beyond the cruelty and barbarism of its earliest treatment" (Commission spokesman Chris Wrapson)

Schools told it's no longer necessary to teach right from wrong

SCHOOLS would no longer be required to teach children the difference between right and wrong under plans to revise the core aims of the National Curriculum. Instead, under a new wording that reflects a world of relative rather than absolute values, teachers would be asked to encourage pupils to develop “secure values and beliefs”. The draft also purges references to promoting leadership skills and deletes the requirement to teach children about Britain’s cultural heritage. ...The existing aims state that the curriculum should develop children’s “ability to relate to others and work for the common good”. The proposed changes would remove all references to “the common good”.

100 women raped or assaulted on mixed sex NHS wards

Vulnerable women patients have suffered more than 100 rapes, sexual assaults and incidents of sexual harassment in NHS hospitals in just two years, it has been revealed.

The shocking tally emerged in a confidential study blocked from publication by the Department of Health for the past eight months, a delay which health campaigners claim has prevented steps being taken to stem the attacks.

Psychiatrists admit:

"No biological tests for any mental illness"
"There are no real cures right now in psychiatry"
"No biopsy you can do that says this person is depressed - this person is bipolar"
"We don't have any specific blood tests or other tests that are definitive for any mental illness whatsoever."

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FDA panel says new warnings should be added to ADHD drugs
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) -- A Food and Drug Administration panel said Wednesday that a new warning about hallucination and psychosis seen in some young children should be added to labels of popular drugs used to treat attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, or ADHD.

Psychiatrist deregistered for sexual relationship with patient
ABC Online - Australia

A Rockhampton psychiatrist who had a sexual relationship with a patient he had been treating for depression has been deregistered for four years after losing ...

Latest medical scandal may prompt more doctor checks
ABC Online - Australia

It has been revealed a psychiatrist employed on Queensland's Sunshine Coast had been "struck off" in the United States 10 years ago. ...

Child Psychiatrist Groomed Internet Girl, 14, for Sex
Scotsman - UK

By Will Batchelor, PA. An eminent child psychiatrist who had sex with a 14-year-old girl after grooming her on the Internet was jailed for four years today. ...