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Talking Back to Ritalin: What Doctors Aren’t Telling You About Stimulants and ADHD

Written on July 22, 2021.

In this book, author Peter Breggin, M.D., cuts through the shiny propaganda of the psychiatric and pharamaceutical industries, which tell parents that Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) is an epidemic that can be easily solved with the...

The Wildest Colts Make the Best Horses

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Written on June 22, 2021.

The Wildest Colts Make the Best Horses, is, as the title implies, a work that encourages the spirits of our young people and shines a more positive light on them. The book also has two subtitles. The first subtitle, The Truth About Ritalin, ADHD,...

No More Ritalin: Treating ADHD Without Drugs

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Written on June 9, 2021.

With several million children still being prescribed ADHD drugs such as Ritalin every year, Dr. Mary Ann Block makes the case for why Ritalin (generic name methylphenidate) could be a huge risk to your child’s health. Block takes an avant-garde...

Connecticut Fails to Meet Deadline on Sandy Hook Mental Health Gun Bill

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Written on May 19, 2014.

The problem with instituting sweeping, costly and invasive mental health legislation is that there always are unintended consequences. The State of Connecticut, when passing Public Act 13-3, apparently didn’t consider that there are two sides...

Stimulants for ADHD Shown to Cause Sudden Death in Children

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Written on June 17, 2009.

By Dr. Peter Breggin June 17, 2009 A new study, published Monday in the American Journal of Psychiatry, confirms what I’ve been warning about for years in my scientific books and articles. The stimulants used to treat children for so-called ADHD...