Can anyone tell me what this is? Psychrights??

[TexasLady]

http://psychrights.org/states/Alaska/PsychRightsvAlaska/PsychRightsvAlaskaKidDruggingComplaint.pdf
LAWPROJECT FOR PSYCHIATRIC )
RIGHTS, an Alaskan non-profit corporation, )
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Plaintiff, )
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vs. )
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STATE OF ALASKA, SARAH PALIN, )
Governor of the State of Alaska,

It's a PDF that I found in another forum just now.

weird.

sorry if already posted, if it isnt legit I will sure delete its, etc etc yada yada

[mcctatas]

1. here...

The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights) is a non-profit, tax exempt 501(c)(3) public interest law firm whose mission is to mount a strategic legal campaign against forced psychiatric drugging and electroshock in the United States akin to what Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP mounted in the 40's and 50's on behalf of African American civil rights. The public mental health system is creating a huge class of chronic mental patients through forcing them to take ineffective, yet extremely harmful drugs.
There are now two ways to make on-line tax deductible donations

Currently, due to massive growth in psychiatric drugging of children and youth and the current targeting of them for even more psychiatric drugging, PsychRights has made attacking this problem a priority. Children are virtually always forced to take these drugs because it is the adults in their lives who are making the decision. This is an unfolding national tragedy of immense proportions.




http://www.mindfreedom.org/as/act/us/psychrights/pro-bono-recruitment

[TexasLady]

2. ok thanks

PsychRights Sues State of Alaska to Stop Its Massive, Harmful Psychiatric Drugging of Alaskan Children

Today the Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights) announced that due to the State of Alaska’s unwillingness, or inability, to enter into substantive talks, it has filed its lawsuit against the State of Alaska and officials responsible for the excessive, ineffective, and extremely harmful psychiatric drugging of Alaskan children and youth. The lawsuit seeks an injunction stopping the practice of Alaska authorizing or paying for psychotropic drugs to be given children without safeguards being in place to make sure proper decision making occurs.

http://psychrights.org/index.htm

[mcctatas]

3. Maybe I am a cynical bitch, but could it all be about the following?

"The lawsuit seeks an injunction stopping the practice of Alaska authorizing or PAYING FOR psychotropic drugs to be given children"

[Jackpine Radical]

7. I would never call you a cynical bitch (I reserve that language for the likes of Palin)

but I think you're wrong about the motives of the group. In a case like this, drugs are a cheap alternative to providing appropriate treatment.

[mcctatas]

16. You are probably correct...

I work with adolescents affected by mental illness, and every day I see them subjected to chemical restraints. On the other hand, there is s growing movement among some parents and professionals to quit using any psychotropic drugs, in which case, children who could function with their help are left to spiral ever further into their illness. It is a difficult situation to deal with...

[Jackpine Radical]

17. I'm pretty familiar with the situation. My take

is that we need to distinguish between those conditions that are appropriately treated with medications and those that are not. Major psychoses--schizophrenias--are appropriately treated with antipsychotics. For my money, about 2/3 of so-called "Bipolar disorders" are actually PTSD cases and attachment disorders, misdiagnosed by psychiatrists looking for a diagnosis that will justify a medication. The actual PTSD and attachment-disorder cases should be treated with interventions such as EMDR, Shirley Jean Schmidt's DNMS (Google it if you're not familiar with it), Peniston-protocol neurotherapy, and maybe even energy psychology (TFT, EFT, etc.). Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD, ADHD) is conventionally treated with medication, but that is not usually the best approach. I would use Lubar-protocol neurotherapy as my first line of attack, and resort to medications only if the brainwave training doesn't work.

The problem is that all of these psychotherapeutic interventions are relatively expensive in comparison to medications, and require extensive training on the part of the therapists.

[Jackpine Radical]

4. It's apparently an advocacy group for children in one or another form of state custody,

and they are trying to defend the kids against an apparently widespread policy of "snowing" them with various medications such as Ritalin and heavy psychoactive medications such as Risperdal to control their behaviors to make them easier to handle in captivity. In most cases, I would tend to agree with the advocacy group. These kids need effective psychotherapy, not just meds. (The meds are cheap, psychotherapy is expensive--go figure.)

The issues are real, the group is expressing a legitimate concern.

[Ichingcarpenter]

5. Could this grow into something that the voters could relate to?

I would like to know more on this story.

[Jackpine Radical]

8. I think any Lakoff follower would love to get their teeth into somethin like this.

The "nurturant parent" v. "strict father" model, and all that. There are no doubt many horror stories of abused kids acting out & getting drugged for it.

[chill_wind]

14. And the Advocacy group feels pretty strongly about it equating it with state-sponsored

child abuse.

excerpts:


26. On March 14, 2007, Mr. Gottstein e-mailed defendant Governor Palin,
among other things, about children and youth in custody in other states dying from the
administration of psychotropic drugs, and stating:
The massive over-drugging of America's children and youth is a titanic
health catastrophe caused by the government's failure to protect its most
precious citizens, who rely on the adults in their lives to shield them from
harm, not inflict it upon them. Perhaps the worst of all is the State inflicting
this harm on children and youth it has taken from their homes "for their
own good."
Please correct this situation.
See, Exhibit C.

27. By letter dated March 22, 2007, Commissioner Jackson responded to Mr.
Gottstein's e-mail to Governor Palin in a March 14, 2007, e-mail stating in pertinent part:
Complaint -10-
Indications for the use of psychotropic medications in children and youth
includes, but is not limited to, symptoms consistent with psychosis, Bipolar
Disorder, severe depression, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADHD), and, in certain situations, severe behavioral disturbances.
Concern should be raised when multiple medications of one class are used
or when doses are prescribed which are considered high for this population.
Concern should also be raised when it appears that these medications are
being used for behavioral control alone, or to hasten a response to inpatient
treatment or, for that matter, outpatient or residential treatment.
The State of Alaska, in cooperation with First Health Corporation, has for
the past 3 1/2 years utilized a behavioral pharmacy management system
that compares evidence-based and consensus based practice guidelines to
the prescribing practices of Alaskan clinicians. If discrepancies are
identified, the company uses a combined approach of education and peer
consultation to address specific concerns. Since this program started, there
have been changes made in prescribing practices with the goal being
improved care for Alaska's children and youth.

The Office of Children and youth's Services (OCS) operates under policy
which requires that caseworkers must staff medication recommendations
for children and youth on their caseloads with their Supervisor and their
regional Psychiatric Nurse prior to giving consent to the treatment provider.
The OCS Psychiatric Nurses have weekly contacts with the professionals
treating OCS children and youth in acute care settings, i.e., North Star,
Alaska Psychiatric Institute, Providence Discovery, and in residential
treatment centers. OCS caseworkers and Psychiatric Nurses also participate
in monthly treatment plans for children and youth in the residential
treatment facilities.
A medication can be increased or decreased for a child in custody, but
cannot be started without the OCS' knowledge and consent.
See, Exhibit D.

28. By letter dated February 4, 2008, Mr. Gottstein wrote Governor Palin, with
copies to the Attorney General, Commissioner Jackson, defendants Hogan and Stone, and
others, conveying scientific evidence regarding the harm being done to children and
youth by the massive over-prescribing of psychotropic drugs to them, and stating:
Complaint -11-

It is a huge betrayal of trust for the State to take custody of children and
youth and then subject them to such harmful, often life-ruining, drugs.
They have almost always already been subjected to abuse or otherwise had
very difficult lives before the State assumes custody, and then saddles them
with a mental illness diagnosis and drugs them. The extent of this State
inflicted child abuse is an emergency and should be corrected immediately.
Children and youth are virtually always forced to take these drugs because,
with rare exception, it is not their choice. PsychRights believes the children
and youth, themselves, have the legal right to not be subject to such
harmful treatment at the hands of the State of Alaska. We are therefore
evaluating what legal remedies might be available to them. However,
instead of going down that route, it would be my great preference to be able
to work together to solve this problem. It is for this reason that I am
reaching out to you again on this issue.
See, Exhibit E.1

29. By letter dated March 4, 2008, Commissioner Jackson responded to her
courtesy copy of Mr. Gottstein's February 4, 2008 letter to Governor Palin, in part, as
follows:


By this e-mail, I am requesting (demanding) the State implement such a
program for informed decision making regarding the administration of
psychiatric drugs to children and youth it has taken into custody.
Frankly, even if the State continues to ignore this problem, it might as well
start looking at the CriticalThinkRx program now because it will be faced
with this same information in the lawsuit. More importantly, the State
should use the information to change what it is doing to the children and
youth whom it has taken into custody and subjecting to what can quite
legitimately be characterized as State-inflicted child abuse. I suspect you
take umbrage at this characterization and think it is an exaggeration, but it
is an accurate one. It is a huge betrayal by the State of this most vulnerable
population and should be stopped immediately.

As you know, PsychRights has tried for years to get the State to address the
problem of it's very harmful program of psychiatrically drugging kids it has
taken into custody. See,
http://psychrights.org/States/Alaska/Kids/Kids.htm

I hope the State will now recognize the problem and immediately take steps
to correct it. Unfortunately, based on past experience, my guess is this will
not happen. Therefore, I am proceeding with developing the lawsuit unless
I hear otherwise from you and we work out a satisfactory program to
address this crisis, such as one consistent with CriticalThinkRx, that does
not inflict such damage on Alaska's children and youth for whom the State
has taken responsibility.
See, Exhibit G.
34. Despite Plaintiff's repeated requests, no substantive negotiations between
Plaintiff and any State personnel regarding the administration of and payment for
psychotropic drugs to Alaskan children and youth have taken place.

[TooRaLoo]

6. Hmm, curiouser and curiouser

Seems like an all-around family-lovin' Governor!

:puke:

[justiceischeap]

9. I agree. Medicating w/o solving the problem tends to lead to adult offenders. (nt)

[intheflow]

13. Which leads to bigger prisons.

More building and guard jobs for the community! Why would she want to blow an economic advantage like that by caring about poor kids now?

:sarcasm:

[TexasLady]

10. more

Q. Why did you make Governor Palin a defendant in the lawsuit?
A. I went back and forth on it, way before she was selected to be Senator McCain's running mate, and decided, she is ultimately responsible for what her government is doing and should stop the abuse. My guess is despite my attempts to bring this to her attention ever since came into office that no one on her staff had even let her know about it.
Q. Was the timing of the lawsuit politically motivated to take advantage of Governor Palin's impending nomination as the Republican Vice Presidential candidate?
A. As is apparent, the lawsuit was imminent before last Friday's announcement of Governor Palin as Sen. McCain's running mate. I viewed Governor Palin's selection as potentially raising the country's consciousness about this ignored national disgrace. The current swirl surrounding Governor Palin's makes it harder for this to get through, I think. If I were going to time the filing of the lawsuit based on getting media attention because of Governor Palin being on the Republican ticket, I would have waited until things had calmed down a bit. However, I had a number of reasons why I couldn't really wait. Also, I think that Governor Palin campaigning for Vice President will tend to keep her from devoting attention to this issue of great importance to the children of Alaska.

[Gold Metal Flake]

11. K&R

[Genevieve]

12. Recommended . . . her resume is a never-ending nightmare.

[Ichingcarpenter]

15. I wonder if her mafia is tied to the treatment centers

or medication? Just a thought, you know, follow the money and all that?