DISABILITY RIGHTS VS. DIAGNOSES Subj: Disability rights versus diagnoses Date: 10/12/00 12:05:33 AM Pacific Daylight Time I’ve got a bit of part-time work doing research at the university related to ADHD numbers. Some people at the university are becoming anxious about the increasing numbers of students enrolling with diagnoses of… Read more »

Circare wrote: > From: Vera Hassner Sharav, President > CIRCARE: Citizens for Responsible Care & Research, > A Human Rights Organization > Tel. 212-595-8974 FAX: 212-595-9086 > veracare@erols.com > > FYI > > The case reported in the LA Times (below)is about growth hormone > therapy, it demonstrates the fatal consequences of arrogance… Read more »

Misdiagnosing Mental Illness Some So-Called “Psychiatric Diseases” May Not Have A Biological Basis, So Do Drugs Really Help? Commentary By Nicholas Regush Oct. 17 – Psychiatry has become a heavily drug-company influenced edifice which often trumpets highly speculative biological science. There are signs many Americans are disturbed by the insidious … Read more »

> NAMI & CHADD SWITCH EMPLOYEES > Date: 10/18/00 8:53:01 PM Pacific Daylight Time > > _____________________________________________________________________ > NAMI E-News October 18, 2000 Vol. 01-36 > _____________________________________________________________________ > > > For Immediate Release > October 18, 2000 > > > NAMI NAMES ANDREW SPERLING DEPUTY EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR PUBLIC POLICY > > >… Read more »

To view letter from Steven E. Hyman, MD (Director NIMH)&nbsp Click Here Steven E. Hyman, MD October 14, 2000 Director, National Institute of Mental Health 6001 Executive Blvd. Bethesda, Maryland 20892 Dear Dr. Hyman, Unfortunately, I did not get your letter, stamped September 28, 2000, in time to … Read more »