Witness the Psychological Harm Done to Children thru Psychopharm Propaganda - Response of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (1/22/2002)

[Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD:
Here we have the invariable
psychological harm done to children who, with their families and all
adults in their lives, come to believe in ADHD as a disease, and that
they have it, and that it lasts for life (which is how the psychopharm
propaganda goes). The physical harms come with the drugs, the
educational harm comes with lowered educator expectation and placement
in special education. All adults in the life of the child accepting the
dx, that they are diseased, brain diseased, then have globally lowered
expectations for the child--a hideous thing to do for no reason other
than profit.]

M** wrote:

Teen with ADD

[Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD:
This is sad, you, a youngster have been decieved by
the psycho-pharm cartel, and, no doubt you have been sold on drugs. As such
you have been robbed of your NORMAL life; your life has been forever
medicalized, you will forever be their patient--unless you wake up to the
scientific facts of the matter.]

You are just promoting discrimination against people with ADD/ADHD.
If you make people believe that there is no such thing as ADD/ADHD (which I
assure you there is, you don't have it so I don't think you're in a place to
judge!)they will just think that someone with this disease is stupid,
impatient or a whole list of other things.

[Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD:
It is not up to you or any
psychiatrist to assure me ADHD or depression is a disease, it is up to those
in psychiatry and medicine to prove it, and there is no such scientific
proof]

This is wrong, this is definately a disorder caused by an imbalance
of chemicals in the brain, much like depression.  Are you going to say that
people with depression are just sad? If not then you can't say that ADD/ADHD
doesn't exist!

[Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD:
Read carefully the appended letter to the California Medical Board.
(see Letter to Bernard S. Alpert, MD, President of Medical Board of California (MBC) - from Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD 11/3/2001)]