60% of foster care children end up in jail or mental health institutions.

FOSTER CHILDREN AT RISK FROM
PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS FACT SHEET

http://www.cchr.org/files/15466/Fost...20Services.pdf

•• Officials involved in the child welfare system are continually
looking for ways to
ensure the safety of foster children under their care. Several states have
conducted investigations into foster care in an effort to find solutions.


•• The most disturbing result of these investigations has been the
skyrocketing
numbers of children in foster care being administered psychiatric drugs—an
alarming fact given that the FDA has issued more than 20 warnings in the
past
two years that these drugs can cause suicide, mania, homicidal ideation,
psychosis, strokes, heart attacks and sudden death.


•• Once in foster care, most children are diagnosed with a mental
disorder without any
objective physical or medical test, when many might simply be
manifesting the
effects of long-term abuse or the upset of being removed from their
families.
Labeled with a mental disorder, the child is invariably prescribed a
psychotropic
drug such as antidepressants, stimulants or antipsychotics.



•• For example, a report from Washington State, Provision of
Psychotropic Medications to
Children in Foster Care, documented a 2000 study by the Division of
Program and
Policy Children’s Administration, Department of Social and Health
Services, that
determined that 36% of the foster children on psychotropic drugs were
receiving
them for “Disruptive Disorder” and 35% for an “unidentified” diagnosis.
There is
no scientific or medical evidence to substantiate such a disorder.


•• Indeed, in Florida alone, between 2000 and 2005, there was a 528%
increase in
the number of Medicaid children prescribed “behavioral” drugs. Over 7,400
children administered these drugs were 5 years of age or younger, with
nearly 2,000 aged 3 or under.


•• The Miami Herald said that in Child Protective Services files, there were
signed, blank documents that provided consent for children to receive both
medical treatments and psychotropic drugs—doctors were allowed to
prescribe drugs with no informed consent or approval. Under state law, only
a parent, guardian or judge is allowed to provide such consent. The
files also
showed that CPS caseworkers routinely were allowed to provide consent for
treatment and psychotropic drug use for children in their care—also a
violation of state law.


Mental illness diagnoses are not based on science. In May 2006, a study
published in the journal, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, exposed how
pharmaceutical companies who manufacture drugs for mental disorders
funded more than half of the psychiatrists who defined such disorders for
inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders
(DSM).

•• In June 2006, the Alaska Supreme Court recognized the potential
dangers of
psychiatric drugs, stating: “Psychotropic drugs ‘affect the mind, behavior,
intellectual functions, perception, moods, and emotion’ and are known to
cause a number of potentially devastating side effects….” Further, “Given
the nature and potentially devastating impact of psychotropic
medications…we now similarly hold that the right to refuse to take
psychotropic drugs is fundamental.”


•• Under mental health “expert” guidance, a state can bill up to 40
different
government agencies and programs for foster care. For example,
Massachusetts raised its percentage of children’s eligible cases for federal
reimbursement from 23% of all children receiving services in 1993 to nearly
65% in 1996. It received $58 million more in federal funds for the first
year,
then $64 million, and expected revenues for the third year to reach between
$88 million and $90 million.


•• Yet after all this, the Child Welfare League of America, reports that
scandalously approx. 60% of foster care children end up in jail or mental
health institutions.
Government, criminal, educational, judicial, family courts, child
protective and other
social agencies should not rely on any psychiatry’s Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual for
Mental Disorders, an unscientific document that has led to more than 8
million children


in America being prescribed psychotropic drugs. To subject children to
these drugs is child abuse.




CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....

CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.

every parent should read this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com

Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS

*Perpetrators of Maltreatment*

Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5

CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT
FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...


BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...

Ron, care to quibble about the math?


On Jul 31, 12:58 am, fx wrote:
FOSTER CHILDREN AT RISK FROM
PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS FACT SHEET

http://www.cchr.org/files/15466/Fost...0Protective%20...

·· Officials involved in the child welfare system are continually
looking for ways to
ensure the safety of foster children under their care. Several states have
conducted investigations into foster care in an effort to find solutions.

·· The most disturbing result of these investigations has been the
skyrocketing
numbers of children in foster care being administered psychiatric drugs-an
alarming fact given that the FDA has issued more than 20 warnings in the
past
two years that these drugs can cause suicide, mania, homicidal ideation,
psychosis, strokes, heart attacks and sudden death.

·· Once in foster care, most children are diagnosed with a mental
disorder without any
objective physical or medical test, when many might simply be
manifesting the
effects of long-term abuse or the upset of being removed from their
families.
Labeled with a mental disorder, the child is invariably prescribed a
psychotropic
drug such as antidepressants, stimulants or antipsychotics.

·· For example, a report from Washington State, Provision of
Psychotropic Medications to
Children in Foster Care, documented a 2000 study by the Division of
Program and
Policy Children's Administration, Department of Social and Health
Services, that
determined that 36% of the foster children on psychotropic drugs were
receiving
them for "Disruptive Disorder" and 35% for an "unidentified" diagnosis.
There is
no scientific or medical evidence to substantiate such a disorder.

·· Indeed, in Florida alone, between 2000 and 2005, there was a 528%
increase in
the number of Medicaid children prescribed "behavioral" drugs. Over 7,400
children administered these drugs were 5 years of age or younger, with
nearly 2,000 aged 3 or under.

·· The Miami Herald said that in Child Protective Services files, there were
signed, blank documents that provided consent for children to receive both
medical treatments and psychotropic drugs-doctors were allowed to
prescribe drugs with no informed consent or approval. Under state law, only
a parent, guardian or judge is allowed to provide such consent. The
files also
showed that CPS caseworkers routinely were allowed to provide consent for
treatment and psychotropic drug use for children in their care-also a
violation of state law.

Mental illness diagnoses are not based on science. In May 2006, a study
published in the journal, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics, exposed how
pharmaceutical companies who manufacture drugs for mental disorders
funded more than half of the psychiatrists who defined such disorders for
inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual for Mental Disorders
(DSM).

·· In June 2006, the Alaska Supreme Court recognized the potential
dangers of
psychiatric drugs, stating: "Psychotropic drugs 'affect the mind, behavior,
intellectual functions, perception, moods, and emotion' and are known to
cause a number of potentially devastating side effects...." Further, "Given
the nature and potentially devastating impact of psychotropic
medications...we now similarly hold that the right to refuse to take
psychotropic drugs is fundamental."

·· Under mental health "expert" guidance, a state can bill up to 40
different
government agencies and programs for foster care. For example,
Massachusetts raised its percentage of children's eligible cases for federal
reimbursement from 23% of all children receiving services in 1993 to nearly
65% in 1996. It received $58 million more in federal funds for the first
year,
then $64 million, and expected revenues for the third year to reach between
$88 million and $90 million.

·· Yet after all this, the Child Welfare League of America, reports that
scandalously approx. 60% of foster care children end up in jail or mental
health institutions.
Government, criminal, educational, judicial, family courts, child
protective and other
social agencies should not rely on any psychiatry's Diagnostic and
Statistical Manual for
Mental Disorders, an unscientific document that has led to more than 8
million children

in America being prescribed psychotropic drugs. To subject children to
these drugs is child abuse.

CURRENTLY CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES VIOLATES MORE CIVIL RIGHTS ON A
DAILY BASIS THEN ALL OTHER AGENCIES COMBINED INCLUDING THE NSA / CIA
WIRETAPPING PROGRAM....

CPS Does not protect children...
It is sickening how many children are subject to abuse, neglect and even
killed at the hands of Child Protective Services.

every parent should read this .pdf from
connecticut dcf watch...

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com/8x11.pdf

http://www.connecticutdcfwatch.com

Number of Cases per 100,000 children in the US
These numbers come from The National Center on
Child Abuse and Neglect in Washington. (NCCAN)
Recent numbers have increased significantly for CPS

*Perpetrators of Maltreatment*

Physical Abuse CPS 160, Parents 59
Sexual Abuse CPS 112, Parents 13
Neglect CPS 410, Parents 241
Medical Neglect CPS 14 Parents 12
Fatalities CPS 6.4, Parents 1.5

CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES, HAPPILY DESTROYING HUNDREDS OF INNOCENT
FAMILIES YEARLY NATIONWIDE AND COMING TO YOU'RE HOME SOON...

BE SURE TO FIND OUT WHERE YOUR CANDIDATES STANDS ON THE ISSUE OF
REFORMING OR ABOLISHING CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES ("MAKE YOUR CANDIDATES
TAKE A STAND ON THIS ISSUE.") THEN REMEMBER TO VOTE ACCORDINGLY IF THEY
ARE "FAMILY UNFRIENDLY" IN THE NEXT ELECTION...