MOM OF A 3-YEAR-OLD SUSPECTED OF ADHD WRITES TO DR. BAUGHMAN. B_____S____V__@aol.com wrote (12/17/00): Hi doctor!! My son who turned three [Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD: Yes, you read it correctly--three!] on December 16th 2000 (started day care on November 13th 2000) I was called in on… Read more »

BRITISH COLUMBIA: Babies on psychiatric drugs [Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD: This is a perversion of science and a monstous perversion of medicine. Once a study has been completed, presented at meetings, published in journals, no matter how devoid of scientific merit, it becomes ‘cutting edge’, OK and everyone starts doing… Read more »

THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES No Disease, No Treatment, only Drugging, Poisoning by Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. 12/28/00 (861 words) [The august, scientific journal/publication SCIENCE (CLINICAL TRIALS: “Planned Ritalin Trial for Tots Heads Into Uncharted Waters.” Science, November 17, 2000; 1280-1282, by Eliot Marshall) recently commented… Read more »

Safer Antidepressants Do Not Prevent Self-Harm, December 28, 2000 NEW YORK (Reuters Health) – For the most part, antidepressant medications called SSRIs [Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD: Selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors] ,including Prozac, tend to be less toxic than older tricyclic antidepressants [Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD: TCAs] … Read more »

A MONTESSORI TEACHER LOOKS AT THE LABELING AND DRUGGING Ben B. wrote: Hi Dr. Baughman, My wife operates a Montessori School here in Hammond, and for a number of years has worked closely with small children. She is outraged by the local public and private schools lining children… Read more »