ADHD & Learning Disorders
In many parts of the world, there are few families and teachers whose lives have not been interrupted by the prescription of mind-altering drugs to children.
PUBLICATIONS AND INFORMATION
CCHR offers many free publications about the drastic effects of psychiatry on the education system and on childrens lives.
ABOUT ADHD
Psychiatrys cash cow diagnosis, ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder), is based solely on opinion, not scientific tests. Yet millions of children are drugged to treat it.
ABOUT CHILD DRUGGING
Prescribing psychiatric drugs to children is now a multibillion-dollar-a-year industry that is permanently damaging children and creating future mental patients.
U.S. DRUG ENFORCEMENT
ADMINISTRATION REPORTS
Methylphenidate (A Background Paper), U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration, 1995
This DEA Report is a PDF file and requires the Adobe Acrobat Reader, available free by clicking here.
U.S. Drug Enforcement Administrations Congressional Testimony, Terrance Woodworth, Deputy Director, Office of Diversion Control
WHAT ARE YOUR RIGHTS?
Parents have the right to say no to their child being forced onto psychotropic drugs in schools. Read about Informed Consent.
WHAT YOU CAN DO
As a parent, grandparent or teacher, there are many things you can do to help prevent a child from being falsely labeled as disordered and then drugged.
PUBLIC HEARINGS & TESTIMONIES
- CCHR Hearings: CCHR holds its own public hearings into psychiatric abuse of children. Read parents testimonies.
- Congressional Hearings and Testimony: In the U.S., Congressional and State hearings have been held into the escalating prescriptions of psychiatric drugs for children.
LEGISLATIVE RESPONSE TO PARENTS RIGHTS
- Read about the Prohibition on Mandatory Medication Amendment, landmark U.S. legislation that prohibits forced psychiatric drugging of schoolchildren.
- Resolutions: Since 1999, resolutions calling for an end to psychiatric drugging of children as a false solution to learning and behavioral problems have become a trend.
- State Laws in the U.S.: Know your rights. Read about state laws and resolutions passed or pending.
MEDICAL AND OTHER EXPERTS SPEAK OUT
Increasingly, medical and other experts are realizing that the use of psychotropic drugs on children has devastating consequences.
RECOMMENDED READING
Recommended books and websites.
