Five letters on the New Freedom Commission
Wednesday, September 08, 2004
I want to thank and applaud the Leader for publishing Ms. Robinson's very insightful story about what is truly behind the so called mental health "screening" of children <"Illinois, eye of national mental health storm," August 31, 2004>. I wrote to the ICMHP about this over a month ago and have received no response. The letter is mostly a technical letter about the great harm caused by these medications, their lack of efficacy -- even to the point of being very counterproductive -- and the desirability of non-drug approaches.
Unfortunately, rather than truly helping kids who are experiencing emotional problems, the screening effort is really just a drugging dragnet for Big Pharma.
James B. Gottstein, Esq.
http://www.illinoisleader.com/letters/lettersview.asp?c=19099The Texas Medication Algorithm Project, or TMAP, was held up by the panel as a "model" medication treatment plan that "illustrates an evidence-based practice that results in better consumer outcomes."
The TMAP -- started in 1995 as an alliance of individuals from the pharmaceutical industry, the University of Texas and the mental health and corrections systems of Texas -- also was praised by the American Psychiatric Association, which called for increased funding to implement the overall plan.
But the Texas project sparked controversy when a Pennsylvania government employee revealed state officials with influence over the plan had received money and perks from drug companies who stand to gain from it.
Allen Jones, an employee of the Pennsylvania Office of the Inspector General says in his whistleblower report the "political/pharmaceutical alliance" that developed the Texas project, which promotes the use of newer, more expensive antidepressants and antipsychotic drugs, was behind the recommendations of the New Freedom Commission, which were "poised to consolidate the TMAP effort into a comprehensive national policy to treat mental illness with expensive, patented medications of questionable benefit and deadly side effects, and to force private insurers to pick up more of the tab."
http://www.infowars.com/articles/brave_new_world/new_freedom_paul_amendment.htmTo register refusal of plan:
http://www.ablechild.org/declaration%20of%20refusal.aspx
some other info, including about the implants:
http://www.mindfreedom.org/
http://mygov.governmentguide.com/mygov/bio/userletter/?letter_id=115135606&content_dir=congressorg
http://www.lewrockwell.com/paul/paul204.html
http://www.psychlaws.org/GeneralResources/article138.htm
http://www.campaignfortruth.com/Eclub/220704/CTM%20-%20bravenewworld.htm