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About AAL Series on Exposing the Fraud of ADD / ADHD

Together let’s STOP THE SILENCE WITHIN / STOP THE ABUSE THROUGHOUT!  Let's collaborate and take a stand globally for our children and youth before other kids are forced into drug therapy under fraudulent, often misdiagnosed labels of ADD/ ADHD!  Your every click to the AAL archived series on ADD / ADHD below will not only voice Noah's, Shaina’s, Matthew’s and Stephanie's inner spirits, but empower NOAH - our survivor teen hero - to pursue his calling in protecting children worldwide.

Remember, EVERY CLICK, EVERY VOICE COUNTS!

In the words of Author Beverly Eakman (President National Education Consortium 2001), “children are being forced to take a drug that is stronger than cocaine for a disease that is yet to be proven.”

Dr. Baughman States: “The entire country, including all 5-7 million with the ADHD diagnosis today, have been deceived and victimized; deprived of their informed consent rights and drugged – for PROFIT! It must be stopped. Now!”

In the words of Gloria Wright, Vicky Dunkle, Janet Hall,

Lawrence Smith, Patricia Weathers, Sheila Matthews,

Dr. Fred Baughman Jr., Dr. John Breeding, Dora Meccia,

Cassandra Dawn Casey, and Annie Armen, IT STOPS HERE!

Check out the AAL archives on ADD / ADHD series below, email these archives to your respective network communities far and wide. 

Also, please visit Annie's Linx page for more resources on ADD / ADHD.

Check out AAL Tributes Page in honor of children, abuse victims and survivors. 

For Those of you who are unhappy with the AAL Series on Exposing the Fraud of ADD / ADHD, please read Annie's letter dated 12/06/04, published in AFRA News - American Family Rights Association.

Exposing the Fraud of ADD / ADHD Part 7  --  Aired 04/21/05

RED HOT ANNIE ARMEN LIVE EXCLUSIVE!

Featured Guest / Whistleblower: Dr. Gretchen LeFever, Ph.D. - a practicing licensed clinical psychologist and a nationally recognized

expert in ADHD and other child behavioral and developmental disorders.

Her research focuses on large-scale interventions to promote mental

health and prevent mental and behavioral disorders in children.

Dr. LeFever is the recipient of a CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) grant award to conduct a multi-site, multi-year investigation

of the prevalence and clinical validation of ADHD. She has presented

and published papers on the epidemiology, diagnosis, impact, and

management of ADHD. She was the first psychologist to publish on

the need to address ADHD from a public health perspective and was

invited by the CDC to chair a section on the epidemiology of ADHD at

the CDC's first-ever conference on ADHD.

Topic: “RITALIN ALERT!”    AAL Press Release 04/21/05

The BMJ (British Medical Journal) reports in April of 2005 that

Dr. Gretchen LeFever, not too long ago, an Associate Professor and Clinical Psychologist at Eastern Virginia Medical School, is now

being fired for alerting the public - through her published reports

since 1995 - about the over-diagnosis and over-treatment of ADHD in elementary and middle school children with a combination of Ritalin

and psycho-stimulant drugs. On what basis you ask?

She is being dismissed on the basis of alleged "scientific discrepancy."

In Dr LeFever's published report the wording of a survey question

differed from the actual question used for her 2002 study.

In the original survey parents were asked: "Does your child have

attention or hyperactivity problems, known as ADD or ADHD?" The published version of the question was "Has your child been

diagnosed with attention or hyperactivity problems known as ADD or ADHD?"

In an article titled Could Vouchers Be an Antidote to Ritalin?

dated 06/01/02, by Robert Holland from the Lexington Institute:

“Groundbreaking research by pediatric psychologist

Dr. Gretchen LeFever of the Eastern Virginia Medical School has pinpointed explosive increases in the diagnosing of attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and medication of ADHD

children with potent psychiatric drugs like Ritalin over the past decade.

While official estimates had placed ADHD patients at 3 to 5

percent of U.S. children, Dr. LeFever and her colleagues looked more closely and found that 17 percent of elementary and

middle school children in southeastern Virginia has ADHD diagnoses and 14 percent had been placed on

psychiatric drugs.

Furthermore, she found that 28 percent of students medicated

for ADHD were taking two different types of psychiatric drugs simultaneously and 8 percent were on THREE different types of

such drugs. ‘The most common combination,’ she noted at a

Capitol Hill conference, involved a psycho-stimulant such as

Ritalin and an antidepressant such as Prozac. None of these

drug combinations have been tested for their safety, efficacy,

or effectiveness.” 

Dr. LeFever has calculated that ADHD probably is

over-diagnosed and over-treated in 36 of the 50 states.

In her article titled “RITALIN ALERT”, she warns the following:

"Because of the paucity of data on the long-term consequences of stimulant medication and the unexplained racial and socioeconomic differences in ADHD treatment, the steady rise in the use of ADHD medication is an important public health issue. Further research is needed to clarify the long-term social, psychological, and biological consequences of ADHD drug therapy; to determine the prevalence of multimodal ADHD treatment; and to provide a framework for design and implementation of educational programs that ensure appropriate use of stimulant medications and non-pharmacologic interventions."

Stay Tuned for this RED HOT, EXCLUSIVE Annie Armen interview with Dr. Gretchen LeFever – as always, a show you CANNOT afford to miss!

Show Aired 04/21/05

YOU WILL HEAR IT

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Exposing the Fraud of ADD / ADHD Part 6  --  Aired 09/23/04

Show Aired 09/23/04

John Breeding, Ph.D., is an Austin Psychologist, author of The Wildest Colts Make the Best Horses, a passionate speaker on behalf of children and youth, and founding director of Texans for Safe Education, a citizens group which seeks to safeguard children from drugs and violence in Texan Schools.

Ron Davis, is an international consultant, lecturer, speaker, engineer, and author of Gift of Dyslexia, in which he presents his theory, based on empirical evidence that dyslexic children and adults develop learning difficulties due to an inherent gift - a gift for invention, innovation, and creativity based on the ability to perceive and think in pictures vs. words.

According to Thomas Szasz, Author of 25 books and Professor of Psychiatry Emeritus – State University of New York, there is NO biological basis for DSM’s mental disorders, NO evidence of a chemical imbalance. “The designation disease can only be justified when the cause can be related to a demonstrable anatomical lesion, infection, or some other physiological defect. As there is no such evidence for any mental disorder, the term disease is a misnomer; in fact, it is fraudulent.”

A tribute to Dr. Loren Mosher, (1933 – 2004) Psychiatrist of integrity – former Chief of The National Institute of Mental Health’s Center for the Study of Schizophrenia, who boldly stated: “… why must the APA pretend to know more than it does? DSM IV (the fourth edition) is the fabrication upon which psychiatry seeks acceptance by medicine in general. … DSM-IV has become a bible and a money making best seller – its major failings notwithstanding… The issue is what do the categories tell us? Do they in fact accurately represent the person with the problem? They don’t and can’t, because there are no external validating criteria for psychiatric diagnoses.”

Tune in to the Annie Armen Live archives by clicking on the image to your left, or by clicking on the "listen" button, and appreciate all the qualities and traits that define the unique YOU!
 

Exposing the Fraud of ADD / ADHD Part 5 -- Aired 06/03/04

Special Guest: Lawrence Smith, Founder of ritalindeath.com.

Topic: Exposing the Fraud of ADD / ADHD – Part 5.
Annie Armen LIVE Special Tribute to 14 year old Matthew Smith!

Lawrence Smith, proud father of Matthew Smith, has been informing parents about Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), a subjective diagnosis and the dangers of psychotropic medications since 2000 through his website at www.ritalindeath.com. Lawrence states: “Our 14-year-old son died suddenly from Ritalin use on March 21, 2000. The cause of death was determined to be from the long-term (age 7-14) use of Methylphenidate, a drug commonly known as Ritalin.”

”The certificate of death reads: "Death caused from Long Term Use of Methylphenidate, (Ritalin)." According to Dr. Ljuba Dragovic, the Chief Pathologist of Oakland County, Michigan, upon autopsy, Matthew's heart showed clear signs of small vessel damage caused from the use of Methylphenidate (Ritalin). Lawrence further states that “what is important to note here is that Matthew did not have any pre-existing heart condition or defect!”

Hear the pain, feel the silent outrage, in proud father Lawrence Smith – Founder of www.ritalindeath.com as he speaks about his tragic, irreplaceable loss – Matthew Smith’s death caused from Long Term Use of Methylphenidate, (Ritalin). Patricia Weathers, Founder of www.ablechild.org joins us in support of Lawrence Smith. Every parent must tune into this segment in dedication of Matthew Smith, and in support of Lawrence Smith for courageously coming forward and speaking out! The truth about what is really happening to our children and youth worldwide due to exposure to psychiatric / psychotropic drugs under the fraudulent labels of ADD and ADHD cannot be denied, and MUST STOP!

Annie Armen shares her AnnieBiotics by reading an eye / ear opening piece written by Dixie Fletcher called “LABELING”! Patricia Weathers shares her AnnieBiotics to all parents by stating: “Don’t go down psycho babble roots. Refuse all psycho analysis of your child… Children are unique. Children will act out. Children are hyper… Children are dying out there, and many go unaccounted for, and it has to stop!" Lawrence Smith reaches out to parents by coming forward and expressing his outrage.

Click on the image to your right, or on the "listen" button to listen

to the archives with Larry Smith, in loving memory of Matthew Smith.

Show Aired 06/03/04

AAL Tributes

Exposing the Fraud of ADD / ADHD Part 4 -- Aired 05/27/04

Show Aired 05/27/04

AAL Tributes

Special Guests: Gloria Wright from North Carolina, and her Precious Grandson NOAH. Special Thank you to Bill Wright, proud grandfather and husband, for always being the Rock of Gibralter for Noah and Gloria.

Topic: Exposing the Fraud of ADD / ADHD – Part 4.
Annie Armen LIVE Special Tribute to NOAH!

Hear Gloria Wright passionately speak about her 10 ½ year courageous and relentless mission in rescuing her grandson NOAH from medical and mental health professionals, who in her words “worked to take Noah deep into the throes of mental illness by way of the use of antidepressants/SSRIs/psychotropic drugs."

Join Annie Armen with Gloria Wright and her pride and joy NOAH, and with AnnieBiotics, together let’s STOP THE SILENCE WITHIN and take a stand globally for our children and youth BEFORE MORE CHILDREN ARE TAKEN INTO DRUG INDUCED MENTAL ILLNESS! EVERY VOICE COUNTS!

Gloria Confidently States: “It has been determined by numerous medical and neuropsychological tests, psychiatric observations & consultations and psychological consults as well that NOAH was NEVER & IS NOT NOW mentally ill -- that NOAH NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN PRESCRIBED & FORCED TO TAKE THESE DRUGS! NOAH WAS NEVER MENTALLY ILL, AND THUS NEVER SHOULD HAVE BEEN INVOLUNTARILY COMMITTED TO 5 MENTAL HOSPITALS A TOTAL OF 7 TIMES!”

NOAH speaks out about his six month detox period and about all the frightening emotions he went through, let alone fighting to survive and live another day. NOAH honors his grandparents for saving him. NOAH is our teen hero, and a teen survivor on a mission who lives to share his story with parents, grandparents, and children globally not to give up and have faith in God always!

NOAH says that he is so happy now that he can jump to the Heavens!

Make sure and tune into these archives in support of our NOAH by clicking on the image to your left, or by clicking on the "listen" button.
 

Exposing the Fraud of ADD / ADHD Part 3 -- Aired 05/20/04