Get The Real Story Dr Baughman's comments and facts on recent news issues. Press Release Shire plc - Statement Regarding the United States Food and Drug Administration Drug Safety and Risk Management Advisory Committee Meeting - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Friday, February 10, 2006 How a New Policy Led to Seven Deadly Drugs - By DAVID WILLMAN, Times Staff Writer Wednesday, December 20, 2000 - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Friday, February 10, 2006 FDA reports 51 deaths of attention drug patients By Lisa Richwine - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Thursday, February 9, 2006 FDA AS A KNOWING, WILLFUL PARTY TO THE ADHD FRAUD (6163 words) - By Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Thursday, February 9, 2006 Doctors argue that depression 'should not be seen as a disease' Irish Independent Wednesday November 30th 2005 Eilish O'Regan Health Correspondent - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Friday, February 3, 2006 Kids hospitalised for illiteracy: report December 6, 2004 - 5:19AM - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 Hyperactivity disorder tied to brain irregularities CHICAGO, Illinois (Reuters) - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Tuesday, December 14, 2004 Understanding Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) An early diagnosis is a key factor for treatment Media Advisory: - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Tuesday, October 26, 2004 THE CASE AGAINST DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ADHD AND RELATED DISORDERS AND THEIR TREATMENT WITH STIMULANTS (presentation to the Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe, November 23, 2001) - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Tuesday, October 26, 2004 Letter to Dr. Irena Belohorska (12/10/01) Chairman, Subcommittee on Health Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee, Parliamentary Assembly, Council of Europe - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Tuesday, October 26, 2004 Controlling the diagnosis and treatment of hyperactive children in Europe (Preliminary draft report Social, Health and Family Affairs Committee Rapporteur: Mr Ovidiu BrŒnzan. Romania, Socialist Group, April 27, 2002 - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Tuesday, October 26, 2004 ADHD Drug Spending Surges 369 Percent in Children Under Five - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Wednesday, October 6, 2004 British MDs Denounce Drug Companies "Disease Mongering" Tactics - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Wednesday, October 6, 2004 Lawmaker Says F.D.A. Held Back Drug Data (NY Times) - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, September 13, 2004 Letter to editor of Science submitted September 8, 2004 - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Friday, September 10, 2004 Lawmaker: FDA Resisting Antidepressant Probe - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Thursday, September 9, 2004 NMHA News Release: September 7 Marks National AD/HD Awareness Day - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Thursday, September 2, 2004 Re: "ADD diagnoses can be real tricky" San Diego Union Tribune, 6/26/04 - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Thursday, July 1, 2004 Behavior Drugs Lead in Sales for Children (THE NEW YORK TIMES) May 17, 2004 - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Thursday, July 1, 2004 THE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN LABELED ADHD (OR ANY PSYCHIATRIC “DISORDER”) WERE NORMAL ALL ALONG - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Thursday, July 1, 2004 DSS 'Follows The Money;' Makes An Extra $90 Million Per Year What's 'Best For The Child' Is Secondary To 'More Federal Money' Massachusetts News by Edward G. Oliver - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Friday, April 30, 2004 Imaging center planned in London Imperial College and GlaxoSmithKline to jointly fund a new facility for 400 staff By Linda Nordling, - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Friday, April 30, 2004 FDA announces reform plans Agency hopes to reduce development costs by using diagnostic and imaging technologies by Paula Park, The Scientist 18/03/04 - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Friday, April 30, 2004 Depression not physical illness, says UK expert By Danielle Cronin Health reporter March 17, 2004 The Canberra Times, Thursday, March 18, 2004 - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Friday, April 30, 2004 Letter to Sandra F. Olson, MD, President, American Academy of Neurology (02/19/04) - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Friday, February 20, 2004 PRESIDENT'S BIOETHICS COUNCIL AFFIRMS MULTIMODAL TREATMENT FOR AD/HD News From CHADD 10/21/03 - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Friday, February 20, 2004 Drug-Study Suicide Sought Cash for School Woman Who Committed Suicide During Lilly Drug Study Was Trying to Earn Money for College (The Associated Press) INDIANAPOLIS Feb. 12 - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Thursday, February 19, 2004 Medicare Reform and the Prescription Drug Plan - What Are the Real Issues? By: Debby Painter - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Thursday, February 19, 2004 FDA to debate antidepressant risk to kids Friday, January 30, 2004 Posted: 10:40 AM EST (1540 GMT) - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, February 2, 2004 Antidepressant Makers Withhold Data on Children By Shankar Vedantam Washington Post Staff Writer Thursday, January 29, 2004; Page A01 - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Friday, January 30, 2004 THE NEW YORK TIMES: Survivor of Nazi Experiments Says $8,000 Isn't Enough By STEVEN GREENHOUSE Published: November 19, 2003 - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, November 23, 2003 Cornell Psychiatric Screen Validated: A Newsmaker Interview With Stephen J. Ferrando, MD - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, November 23, 2003 CHEMICAL IMBALANCE San Diego Union-Tribune 11/16 03 C3 "Mets scout will be canned after racial remarks." - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, November 23, 2003 SCI AND THE HUNGER STRIKERS EXTRACT CONFESSION FROM APA THAT THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS A PSYCHIATRIC DISEASE/CHEMICAL IMBALANCE - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, Fellow, American Academy of Neurology Member of the SCI Expert Panel 9/26/03 - Sunday, October 5, 2003 Generalist genes 'cause all learning disabilities' - Sunday, October 5, 2003 PSYCHIATRY INSISTS MENTAL "DISEASES" ARE AS REAL AS CANCER - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, Fellow, American Academy of Neurology - Sunday, October 5, 2003 N.M. Court Testing Program in Which Mentally Ill People Accused of Felonies May Avoid Jail (AP Sept 27, 2003) - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, October 5, 2003 Study Shows Drug Lifts Children's Depression By Andrew Stern - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Tuesday, September 9, 2003 Hyperactive? Just go to a park and climb a tree By Glen Owen - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, August 3, 2003 Psychiatry, Owned & Operated by Big Pharma, Seeks to Deliver Neurology - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, August 3, 2003 Adult ADHD Often Undiagnosed by Primary Care Physicians New York University School of Medicine Survey Reveals PR Newswire - June 25, 2003 8:31am - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, July 11, 2003 POLYPHARMACY: REAL DRUGS FOR REAL DISEASES VS PSYCH DRUGS FOR PSYCH "DISEASES" - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, July 11, 2003 LOS ANGELES TIMES Psychiatry and preschoolers More young children are being diagnosed with mental ailments and treated with drugs even as doctors grapple with a lack of research. By Benedict Carey Times Staff Writer - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, July 11, 2003 Complaint Letter of June 23, 2003 to the Federal Trade Commission - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, July 11, 2003 PSYCHOLOGICAL-SOCIAL-VOCATIONAL DAMAGE DONE BY PSYCHICATRIC LABELS - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, June 22, 2003 RITALIN IS HIGHLY ADDICTIVE - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, June 22, 2003 CHADD Launches National AD/HD Education Campaign - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, June 22, 2003 THE CURSE OF KID'S COCAINE By Sue Reid - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Tuesday, June 10, 2003 A crusade for Shaina -- Two years after their daughter's death, a couple strives to change how attention-deficit disorder is handled - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Tuesday, June 10, 2003 ADHD IS NOT A DISEASE, NEVER HAS BEEN, NEVER WILL BE, AND CHADD KNOWS IT--FRED A. BAUGHMAN JR., M.D. - By Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, June 1, 2003 PSYCHIATY INVENTS “CHEMICAL IMBALANCES” OF THE BRAIN--NEUROLOGY “VALIDATES” THEM, DECIEVING AND DRUGGING THE NORMALS (CRADLE-TO-GRAVE) OF THE NATION. - By Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, Fellow, American Academy of Neurology - Monday, May 26, 2003 House OKs Ban on Forcing Kids' Medication - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, May 26, 2003 YET ANOTHER "DIAGNOSTIC" TEST FOR ADHD--A "DISEASE"/ABNORMALITY THAT DOESN'T EXIST - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, May 26, 2003 CONSERVATIVE ESTIMATE HAS IT 17%--8.5 MILLION U.S. SCHOOLKIDS ON PSYCH DRUGS--ILLEGAL "PUSHERS" HAVE LOTS OF CATCHING UP TO DO - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, May 26, 2003 CORRESPONDENCE HAVING TO DO WITH PSYCHIATRY'S IMMINENT THREAT TO DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, May 18, 2003 Kennedy Takes Aim at Ritalin Provision - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, May 18, 2003 NAMI E-News: Statement of Darcy Gruttadaro, Director NAMI Child & Adolescent Action Center - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Saturday, May 10, 2003 Lawmakers Try to Curb Stimulant Coercion in Schools By Todd Zwillich - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Saturday, May 10, 2003 COMMENTS OF FRED BAUGHMAN, MD, ON "CUSTODY RELINQUISHMENT" TO ENABLE "ESSENTIAL" PSYCHIATRIC TREATMENT - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Saturday, May 10, 2003 Special Ed Alert! Individuals With Disabilities Education Act - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, April 13, 2003 Failed Experiments: Child-Rearing Experts-- Visions and Revisions - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, April 07, 2003 Remember psychiatric patient's civil rights By THOMAS SZASZ - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, April 07, 2003 JUDICIAL- PSYCHIATRIC RAPE OF U.S. CHILDREN & FAMILIES - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Wednesday, March 26, 2003 Double dose: more kids being given Ritalin and Prozac - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, March 3, 2003 Double dose: more kids being given Ritalin and Prozac - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, March 3, 2003 THE SHORT, DRUGGED, LIFE OF MACAULAY S. - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, March 3, 2003 Kiddie coke: A new peril in the playground (The Times 21st Feb 2003) - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, February 23, 2003 ADHD AND RITALIN: SCIENCE ON THE RUN by JON RAPPOPORT - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, February 10, 2003 Letter of February 6, 2003 to Honorable Leonard P. Edwards on behalf of Diane Booth - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, February 10, 2003 German Insurer Warns of Steep Rise in Ritalin Use By Ned Stafford (Reuters Health) - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Wednesday, January 29, 2003 The making of a disease: female sexual dysfunction Ray Moynihan, journalist. - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Wednesday, January 29, 2003 Pills Cited in Mistaken Afghan Bombing By DOUG SIMPSON, Associated Press Writer - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, January 26, 2003 A DOCTOR REJECTS A SHRINK - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, January 26, 2003 Risk of mental woes climbs for kids of single parents By Emma Ross (AP medical writer) - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, January 26, 2003 HEADLINE: Tougher limits on ADHD drug use. TOUGH new measures to rein in the prescription of medication for children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder will be launched in Western Australia today. The Australian, December 19, 2002, Thursday - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, January 12, 2003 US Wrecks Cheap Drugs Deal Larry Elliott and Charlotte Denny The Guardian UK Saturday December 21, 2002 - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, January 12, 2003 Letter to Medi-Cal Investigator, Monica Wellenstein (1/2/03), State of California, Department of Health Services, - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, January 12, 2003 Parenting, not pills by Dr. Lawrence Diller 12/12/2002 - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, January 12, 2003 RISK/BENEFIT RATIO IN A REAL BRAIN (WHOLE-BRAIN) DISEASE (MEDICAL HEALTH VS. MENTAL HEALTH) - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, January 12, 2003 Ritalin is effective and safe treatment for ADHD by Rafael Muniz, MD, Associate medical director, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corp Published December 12, 2002, Chicago Tribune - Letter to Editor, Chicago Tribune by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Wednesday, December 18, 2002 A MESSAGE TO ALL URGED TO DRUG THEIR CHILDREN - By Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD 12/18/02 - Wednesday, December 18, 2002 Letter of December 10, 2002 to Honorable Leonard P. Edwards on behalf of Diane Booth - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, December 15, 2002 "Custody Relinquishment" for "Essential" Psychiatric Treatment: Surpassing Stalin, Gaining on Hitler! - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD 9/25/02 - Sunday, December 15, 2002 Letter from a teacher-in-training. - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, December 15, 2002 Letter of December 9, 2002 to Editors of the Arizona Star - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, December 9, 2002 RODNEY YODER—OBSERVATIONS FROM THE TRIAL Chester, IL - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD.12/4/02 - Sunday, December 8, 2002 When Doctors Go to Class, Industry Often Foots the Bill - Lectures Tend to Feature Pills But Drug Firms Deny Influence By SCOTT HENSLEY Dec 4, 2002 (WSJ) - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, December 8, 2002 ADHD drug's approval powers Eli Lilly By Mike Maynard, CBS MarketWatch.com - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, December 1, 2002 PARENTS INQUIRE ABOUT AGGRESSIVE BEHAVIOR WITH USE OF MEDICATION - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, November 24, 2002 THE APA LIES, PERJURES ITSELF, IS GUILTY OF CONTEMPT OF CONGRESS - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (11/24/02) - Sunday, November 24, 2002 Women's drug shown to reduce stroke risk (REUTERS) November 18, 2002 - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (11/24/02) - Sunday, November 24, 2002 Letter of May 29, 2001 to Tony Rackaukas, District Attorney, Orange County - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, November 24, 2002 Use of Ritalin to control kids' behavior debated By Svetlana Kolchik (Gannett News Service) - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Tuesday, November 19, 2002 UK's elderly care plan run by US "cheats" 11/10/02 The Observer - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Tuesday, November 19, 2002 "No link between vaccine, autism".  Reuters 11/7/02 - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Tuesday, November 19, 2002 US NEWS & WORLD REPORT 11/11/02 The Demons of Childhood Young brains break. Then comes the broken care system - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, November 10, 2002 Letter of November 5, 2002 to the Editor, JAMA Re: Developmental Trajectories of Brain Volume Abnormalities in Children and Adolescents With Attention- Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder. - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (11/5/02) - Sunday, November 10, 2002 Henderson TA, Fischer VW Effects of Methylphenidate (Ritalin) on Mammalian Myocardial Ultrastructure. The American Journal of Cardiovascular Pathology. 1994;5:68-78. - OF INTEREST (HOPEFULLY) TO ALL WITH CHILDREN ON RITALIN. Just the heart was looked at in this study with electron-microscope. It is probable that similar changes are occurring in all organs, the brain included. Fred Baughman, MD, 10/30/02 - Sunday, November 3, 2002 Ritalin causes aggressive/violent behavior - Response by Fred Baughman, MD, 10/31/02 - Sunday, November 3, 2002 Scientists Zero in on Gene for ADHD Tue Oct 22, 2002 By Amy Norton NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (10/23/02) - Friday, October 25, 2002 The sobering facts on Ritalin: Not the answer in 1995 and still not the answer in 2002 by Gary Kohls - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Friday, October 25, 2002 THE ADHD-AS-A-“DISEASE” FRAUD ROLLS ON - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (10/17/02) - Sunday, October 20, 2002 Developmental Trajectories of Brain Volume Abnormalities in Children and Adolescents With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (10/10/02) - Sunday, October 13, 2002 Ritalin May Cause Brain Damage In Children Reuters: Monday, November 12, 2001 - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, October 13, 2002 THE NEW YORK POST: RITALIN PUSHER CHANGES HIS TUNE ON SCHOOLS - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Tuesday, October 8, 2002 Familial Depression -- Researchers Look at the Genetic Links between Family Members And Depression Peoria Journal Star - October 02, 2002 - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Tuesday, October 8, 2002 RESEARCH IN BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (9-27-02) - Sunday, September 29, 2002 SCHOOL FORCED BOY ONTO PSYCHO RX: SUIT Tue Sep 24, 2002 By DOUGLAS MONTERO - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (9-24-02) - Wednesday, September 25, 2002 Attention Disorder Often Missed or Ignored in Girls By JoAnne Allen WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (9-19-02) - Thursday, September 19, 2002 Troublesome friendship or a relational disorder? By Karen S. Peterson, USA TODAY Sept. 8, 2002 - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (9-12-02) - Thursday, September 19, 2002 Time to abandon the term mental illness - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (9-11-02) - Monday, September 16, 2002 Holland Advertisement Code Commission: ADHD not a Disease - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (Revised 9-8-02) - Monday, September 2, 2002 Integrity in Scientific Research: Creating an Environment That Promotes Responsible Conduct - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (8-25-02) - Tuesday, August 27, 2002 This was published in the San Diego Union-Tribune as a letter to the editor Sat. July 27, 2002. See also the important article by Moore, - Tuesday, August 27, 2002 From The Guardian of the UK: Mental health First, you market the disease... then you push the pills to treat it. Brendan I Koerner on the ugly truth about doctors, PR firms and drug companies - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Tuesday, August 27, 2002 Ritalin Shows Unexpected Effect in Back of Brain, Study Finds Thu Aug 1,12:18 AM ET - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (revised 9/2/02) - Tuesday, August 27, 2002 OUT OF CONTROL IS NOT A MEDICAL DIAGNOSIS - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, July 28, 2002 'My son is not a monster' A young man goes on a bloody rampage - is there a connection to a drug he was taking? By Doug Beazley (Edmonton Sun) - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, July 22, 2002 16-Year-Old Boy Gets Prozac in Mail By THERESA AGOVINO, AP Business Writer - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, July 22, 2002 The mental health industry by Armstrong Williams, July 16, 2002 - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Tuesday, July 16, 2002 MOTHER SEEKS PUBLIC HELP REGARDING FORCED DRUGGING OF CHILD - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Saturday, July 6, 2002 ADHD TREATMENT DEATHS: ASSAULT & BATTERY--MURDER - By Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD 7-5-02 - Saturday, July 6, 2002 Letter of June 25, 2002 to the Editor, Los Angeles Times Re: How Patients' Rights Can Harm Treatment - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, - Sunday, June 30, 2002 Letter of June 19, 2001 to American Academy of Neurology: IT IS TIME TO BE CLEAR: PSYCHIATRY IS NEITHER NEUROLOGICAL NOR BIOLOGICAL - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, Fellow - Saturday, June 22, 2002 The following "must read" articles about the perversion of medicine, once the healing profession, into an instrument of assault. Provided by ALLIANCE FOR HUMAN RESEARCH PROTECTION (AHRP) - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. - Monday, June 17, 2002 The Science Of Anxiety WHY DO WE WORRY OURSELVES SICK? BECAUSE THE BRAIN IS HARDWIRED FOR FEAR, AND SOMETIMES IT SHORT-CIRCUITS (Time Magazine) - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. - Wednesday, June 12, 2002 LITTLE GIRL DEAD FROM RX FOR FRAUDULENT "DISEASE" ADHD - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. - Thursday, June 6, 2002 Money and Madness By Kelly Patricia O'Meara    Insight on the News - National Issue: 06/24/02 - Sunday, June 2, 2002 Letter to Senator Deborah V. Ortiz and Members of the Senate Committee on Health and Human Services. - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. - Sunday, May 19, 2002 Senator Bill 1290, Submitted Testimony - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. - Sunday, May 19, 2002 Children Show Mental Illness at Emergency Rooms By Maggie Fox, Health and Science Correspondent - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. - Sunday, May 12, 2002 ADHD IS A FRAUDULENT, INVENTED DISEASE, THIS CHILD'S BEHAVIORS WERE NOT A DISEASE. HER FIRST DISEASE--THE ONE THAT KILLED HER WAS HER "TREATMENT" WITH DESIPRAMINE, A.K.A. NORPRAMINE. --Fred A. Baughman Jr. MD (revised 4/27/02) - Saturday, April 27, 2002 Immune System Gene Tied to ADHD By Adam Marcus (HealthScoutNews) - Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD comments on late-breaking research on the invented, fraudulent "disease" ADHD. - Saturday, April 27, 2002 THE STATE OF INFORMED CONSENT IN ADHD - Testimony of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD to SENATE COMMITTEE ON BUSINESS AND PROFESSIONS (4-22-02) - Tuesday, April 23, 2002 Nmsu Offers Psychologists Drug Training Albuquerque Journal - April 18, 2002 - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (4/19/02) - Saturday, April 20, 2002 Plan curbs mood drugs for kids Targets children under state care By Carol Marbin Miller - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (4/09/02) - Wednesday, April 10, 2002 Do Psychiatric Drugs Destroy Brains? - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (3/11/02) - Monday, March 11, 2002 ONLY A PHYSICAL ABNORMALITY WITHIN THE PERSON EQUALS DISEASE - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, Neurology & Child Neurology (board certified) Fellow, American Academy of Neurology (revised 3/10/02) - Saturday, March 9, 2002 N.M. Signs New Prescription Law By Richard Benke (Associated Press Writer) - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (3/7/2002) - Thursday, March 7, 2002 THE ADHD CONSPIRACY - By Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, Neurology/Child Neurology - February 28, 2002 - Monday, February 18, 2002 (NY TIMES) Study Says Clinical Guides Often Hide Ties of Doctors February 6, 2002 - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, Neurology/Child Neurology (2/10/2002) - Sunday, February 10, 2002 CONSENSUS CONFERENCE TO CONSENSUS STATEMENT WITH NEVER A SHRED OF PROOF - By Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, Neurology/Child Neurology (2/8/2002) - Sunday, February 10, 2002 International Consensus Statement on ADHD - January 2002 - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (2/8/2002) - Sunday, February 10, 2002 Teacher who understands the totality of ADHD-Ritalin Fraud - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (2/8/2002) - Sunday, February 10, 2002 CSUN's remediation program points to failures of public schools - Commentary of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (2/7/2002) - Thursday, February 7, 2002 A Parent Investigates and Discovers the Horrible Lie - Response of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (1/23/2002) - Wednesday, January 23, 2002 Ritalin bill on the docket - Commentary of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (1/22/2002) - Tuesday, January 22, 2002 Witness the Psychological Harm Done to Children thru Psychopharm Propaganda - Response of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (1/22/2002) - Tuesday, January 22, 2002 PSYCHIATRIC BONDAGE IN THE U.S.A.--OF ALL PLACES - Response of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (1/21/2002) - Monday, January 21, 2002 THE CASE AGAINST DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT OF ADHD AND RELATED DISORDERS AND THEIR TREATMENT WITH STIMULANTS - (presentation to the Parlimentary Assembly, Council of Europe, November 23, 2001) by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD—Neurologist/Pediatric Neurologist - Sunday, January 13, 2002 Letter to Bernard S. Alpert, MD, President of Medical Board of California (MBC) - from Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (1/4/2002) - Sunday, January 6, 2002 Letter to Bernard S. Alpert, MD, President of Medical Board of California (MBC) - from Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (11/3/2001) - Sunday, January 6, 2002 HAPPY NEW YEAR, 2002 - To My Friends, Allies, Parents and Children, Everywhere, from Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Tuesday, January 1, 2002 Status of PATS--Preschool ADHD Treatment Study 12/6/01 (4824 words) - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (12/6/01) - Wednesday, December 26, 2001 Some Antipsychotic Drugs Are Linked to Deaths - Comments by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (12/14/01) - Thursday, December 21, 2001 Drug-Induced Syndromes - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (12/17/01) - Thursday, December 21, 2001 Up To One in Five Elderly Prescribed Potentially Inappropriate Medications - Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, December 17, 2001 AT LAST--A PARENT WHO UNDERSTANDS THE FRAUD OF ADHD - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD November 2, 2001 - Monday, November 5, 2001 20-Year Nurse WILL NOT Put Child On Ritalin - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Thursday, November 1, 2001 ADHD: The word for this is "crime" not "farce" - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Thursday, November 1, 2001 An end run to marketing victory Drug makers find ways to circumvent an advertising ban and promote psychiatric drugs for children By Lawrence H. Diller - Comments by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Thursday, November 1, 2001 Letter to Randall Kaye MD, Director-Team Leader, Pediatric Health, Pfizer Inc. - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (10/18/01) - Wednesday, October 24, 2001 PARENT ASKS: Are there any real psychiatric disorders? What is autism? - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (10/22/01) - Tuesday, October 23, 2001 "Best Pharmaceuticals for Children Act" S-838 - Comments by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (10/19/01) on: Senate Moves to Better Drug Study (WASHINGTON AP) - Sunday, October 21, 2001 NEURO-EDUCATION: WHAT IS THAT? - Comments by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (10/19/01) on: Targeted Mental Training Helps Kids (WASHINGTON POST) - Sunday, October 21, 2001 THIS IS WHERE THE U.S. AND THE WORLD IS HEADED, IF WE DO NOT COME TO OUR SENSES, CHARGE, INDICT AND CONVICT THE PSYCHIATRIC/PHARMACEUTICAL CARTEL. - Comments by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD 10/10/01 - Tuesday, October 10, 2001 The Big Pharma/psychiatry script is disseminated world-wide; wherever normal children can be made into patients, for the purpose of selling them drugs. - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD 10/9/01 - Tuesday, October 9, 2001 Critique of the AMERICAN ACADEMY OF PEDIATRICS, Subcommittee on Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder, Committee on Quality Improvement Policy, Statement entitled "Clinical Practice Guideline: Treatment of the School-Aged Child With Attention-deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder" [PEDIATRICS. 2001;108: 1033-1044 (October)] - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, Neurology, Child Neurology. 10/3/01 - Wednesday, October 3, 2001 Victimized by the Pharmaceutical and Medical Industry - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Wednesday, October 3, 2001 Letter to JAMA Editor "Re: Pay Attention: Ritalin Acts Much Like Cocaine" - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD 9/25/01 - Wednesday, September 26, 2001 UK Attorney queries Dr. Gerald Lucey, Editor-in-Chief, PEDIATRICS as to why Dr. Baughman's very valid question regarding the validity of ADHD and it's treatment goes unanswered - Barry Turner, Lecturer in Forensic Science, Medical Ethics and Law, University of Lincoln, United Kingdom - Wednesday, September 26, 2001 Letter to Dr. Gerald Lucey, Editor-in-Chief, PEDIATRICS - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD 9/13/01 - Saturday, September 15, 2001 Letter to Tunku Varadarajan, Deputy Editor of Wall Street Journal, Online. - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD 9/13/01 - Saturday, September 15, 2001 WSJ wakes up to the psychobabble labeling of children for profit in the USA. - Saturday, September 15, 2001 Letter to Thomas Greening, Ph.D., Editor of Journal of Humanistic Psychology - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD 9/11/01 - Saturday, September 15, 2001 LETTER TO EDITORS OF INSIGHT MAGAZINE - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD 9/13/01 - Thursday, September 13, 2001 INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN AGAINST RITALIN/ADHD - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Thursday, September 13, 2001 CONCERNED PARENT INQUIRES ABOUT EDUCATING SCHOOL BOARD AND OTHERS. - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, September 10, 2001 New Research Indicts Ritalin - Insight Magazine - Monday, September 10, 2001 ALERT! ALERT! National Institutes of Health and Big Pharma perpetuating the myth of mental "diseases" at the Smithsonian. - Response of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, September 10, 2001 EXPLOITING CHILDREN FOR PROFIT - SPONSORED BY DRUG COMPANY - Comments by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, September 9, 2001 LETTER TO CONGRESSMEN BOB SCHAFFER AND PETE HOEKSTRA from Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD-Neurology/Pediatric Neurology 9/5/01 - Wednesday, September 5, 2001 GIVING METHAMPHETAMINE, RITALIN, DEXEDRINE BEFORE BIRTH by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, Neurology/Child Neurology 8/7/01 - Monday, September 3, 2001 APA & NIMH #1 CAUSE OF ADHD EPIDEMIC; CHADD THE VECTOR by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD 8/8/01 - Thursday, August 9, 2001 THE CONGRESS & BIG PHARMA VS. THE PEOPLE OF THE UNITED STATES by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD 8/8/01 (427 wd) - Wednesday, August 8, 2001 FRED A. BAUGHMAN JR., MD RESPONDS TO PRODUCER OF FRONTLINE (PBS) DOCUMENTARY "MEDICATING KIDS" - Wednesday, August 8, 2001 FRED A. BAUGHMAN JR., MD RESPONDS TO NOVARTIS PRESS RELEASE OF 7/23/01 - Wednesday, August 1, 2001 INVENTING PSYCHIATRIC "DISEASES" FOR OVER 40 YEARS - Abstract of, and Commentary by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, July 22, 2001 SPEECH-LANGUAGE PATHOLOGIST WRITES OF THE ABSURDITY OF TEACHERS "DIAGNOSING" CHILDREN ADHD/ADD - Sunday, July 15, 2001 CARETAKER EXPRESSES CONCERN REGARDING MEDICATED CHILD - Sunday, July 15, 2001 Attention-Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder & All Biological Psychiatry as Fraud by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, June 29, 2001 (revised 7/1/01, 7802 words) - Thursday, July 5, 2001 ADHD IN THREE-YEAR-OLDS - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Wednesday, June 27, 2001 THE "INVISIBLE" DISABILITY - ANN LANDERS COLUMN - Comments by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Wednesday, June 27, 2001 TELL THEM 'NO THANK YOU' - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Wednesday, June 27, 2001 THE DIANE BOOTH STORY - Saturday, June 23, 2001 ADULT EXPRESSES CONCERN REGARDING THE DIAGNOSES OF ADHD--A QUESTIONNAIRE - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Saturday, June 23, 2001 ADULT DIAGNOSED AND "BELIEVES" IN ADHD - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Saturday, June 23, 2001 Letter To Producers of FrontLine (PBS) re: Documentary "Medicating Kids" - June 14, 2001 - Wednesday, June 20, 2001 Letter To Editor PARADE - June 17, 2001 - Wednesday, June 20, 2001 Reading research gets respect (Dallas Morning News) - Comments of neurologist/child neurologist, Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, on the "phonics" vs. "whole language." - Wednesday, June 20, 2001 TEACHERS, U.S. CONGRESS, PRACTICE MEDICINE WITHOUT A LICENSE. - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, June 17, 2001 THE BIG PICTURE: THE FAUSTIAN, PSYCHO-PHARM PROPOSITION - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD 6/13/01 - Thursday, June 14, 2001 Detroit-Area Coroner Links Heart Attack Case to Ritalin May or May Not Apply To Death of Boy, 13, at Ooltewah Middle - Saturday, June 9, 2001 Letter to Orange County District Attorney 5/29/01 - Thursday, June 7, 2001 MAKE CHADD ANSWER: IS ADHD A REAL DISEASE—YES OR NO? - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, May 26, 2001 - Sunday, May 27, 2001 RESEARCH IN BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY IS A TOTAL FRAUD, DECEPTION - Fred A. Baughman Jr. MD, May 24, 2001 - Sunday, May 27, 2001 WHY RITALIN SHOULD NEVER BE PRESCRIBED FOR A CHILD & SHOULD NEVER, EVER--IN A DEMOCRACY--BE SCHOOL- OR COURT-ORDERED - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (5/25/01) - Sunday, May 27, 2001 An attorney from the UK writes Dr. Baughman - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (5/15/01) - Tuesday, May 15, 2001 (Revised 5/20/01) HEARING IMPAIRED DAUGHTER WAS MISDIAGNOSED ADHD - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (5/11/01) - Sunday, May 13, 2001 PARENT CONCERNED OVER QUICK ADHD DIAGNOSIS AND POLYPHARMACY - Comments by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (5/11/01) - Sunday, May 13, 2001 PSYCHOLOGIST EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER DECEPTIVE MATERIAL PUBLISHED BY THE NIMH - Comments by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (5/9/01) - Wednesday, May 9, 2001 ANTIPSYCHOTIC/NEUROLEPTIC DRUGS FOR NORMALS 5 AND UNDER ON MEDICAID - Comments by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (5/8/01) - Tuesday, May 8, 2001 DYSLEXIA, DYSPRAXIA and ADHD - CAN NUTRITION HELP? - Comments by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, May 7, 2001 Federal Judge Tosses Class-Action Lawsuit Over ADHD, Ritalin - Comments by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, May 7, 2001 Letter to SCIENCE Editors - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, May 7, 2001 The representation of all psychiatric/psychological/mental disorders as diseases is the greatest health care fraud of all time. - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, April 23, 2001 TEXAS CPS USES ADHD TO TAKE CHILDREN AWAY FROM PARENTS! - Comments by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (4/18/01) - Wednesday, April 18, 2001 CHILDREN LABELED AT THE HANDS OF PHYSICIANS WHO ARE CONTROLLED BY PHARMACUETICAL COMPANIES - Response Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (4/18/01) - Wednesday, April 18, 2001 Drugs not genes cause birth defects in babies of epileptic women - Comments by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, April 16, 2001 HEALY DAVID, PSYCHOPHARMACOLOGIST, TOO HONEST TO SCIENTIFIC TO ETHICAL FOR BIG PHARMA - Comments by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, April 16, 2001 A COURAGEOUS PARENT ARMS SELF, FIGHTS BACK - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (4/12/01) - Monday, April 16, 2001 Comments on PBS FrontLine program "Medicating Kids" - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Saturday, April 14, 2001 Testimony of Fred A. Baughman Jr. MD on Psychiatric Diagnosing and Drugging in Schools to the Minnesota State Senate (Monday, March 26, 2001) and House of Representatives (Wednesday, March 28, 2001) - Wednesday, April 4, 2001 Comments on the John le Carre article In Place of Nations by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (4/2/01) - Tuesday, April 3, 2001 YOUNG MAN DRUGGED TILL MEDICARE RAN OUT THEN INCARCERATED - Response of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (3-29-01) - Thursday, March 29, 2001 CONCERTA = RITALIN = METHYLPHENIDATE CAUSING SIEZURES. - Response of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (3-23-01) - Friday, March 23, 2001 CONGRESSIONAL ACTS MANUFACTURE PATIENTS FOR PSYCHIATRIC/PHARMACEUTICALS - Comments of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (3-23-01) - Friday, March 23, 2001 DR. BAUGHMAN RESPONDS TO ADHD SPECIALIST--ONE WHO MAKES LIVING OFF ADHD - Friday, March 23, 2001 MOTHER EXPRESSES CONCERN REGARDING EX-SPOUSE MEDICATING CHILD - Response of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Friday, March 23, 2001 Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD comments on CHADD claims that ADHD is both a real disease and a real disability: - Tuesday, March 6, 2001 MOTHER ASKS: IF ADHD IS A FRAUD IS SCHIZOPHRENIA ALSO A FRAUD? - Response of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, March 4, 2001 ADHD (Illusory, Non-Disease) or Ritalin/Amphetamines as Heart-Death Risk Factors - Comments of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Friday, March 3, 2001 MOTHER LOSES CUSTODY FOR TAKING SON OF 3 PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS. - Fred A, Baughman Jr., MD responds to e-mail of 2/25/01 - Sunday, February 25, 2001 THEY COME IN WHITE COATS FOR YOUR CHILDREN - Fred A, Baughman Jr., MD responds to e-mail of 2/22/01 - Sunday, February 25, 2001 (MICHIGAN) MOTHER OF ADHD CHILD WRITES DR. BAUGHMAN - Response by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD (2/23/01) - Friday, February 23, 2001 CALIFORNIA MEDICAL BOARD: ON BEING ASKED TO PRESCRIBE BY A NON-PHYSICIAN... - Comments of Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD (2/18/01) - Wednesday, February 21, 2001 THE PRESCHOOL ADHD TREATMENT STUDY: 100% FRAUD & CHILD ABUSE - Comments of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (2/16/01) (All of the Children they Label and Drug are Normal—Wake up America!) - Friday, February 16, 2001 MOTHER'S ONLY PARENTAL INFLUENCE IS TO DRUG HER DAUGHTER (2 16 01) - Comments of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (2/16/01) regarding letter from divorced father of a vivacious, normal, 12 year-old daughter being forced, against-her-will to take Ritalin. - Friday, February 16, 2001 MOTHER OF SON TAKEN BY STATE (NY) TELLS HER STORY - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (2/16/01) - Friday, February 16, 2001 DECEIVED, DUPED, VICTIMIZED BY INVENTORS OF ADHD - Comments by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Friday, February 16, 2001 NY STATE TAKES CUSTODY OF MOTHER'S CHILD OVER RITALIN AND THE NEVER VALIDATED ADHD - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (2/11/01) - Thursday, February 15, 2001 MANNARCC--RITA DICARLO, PRESIDENT A Mind Is A Beautiful Thing To Save - Thursday, February 15, 2001 K-5 BECOMING A PSYCHIATRIC HOSPITAL (2/14/01) - Fred A. Baughman Jr. MD responds to a concerned ‘special educator’ - Thursday, February 15, 2001 AN EVERYDAY CRY FROM A U.S. PARENT - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (2/14/01) - Thursday, February 15, 2001 AMA, ALL OF ORGANIZED MEDICINE FAVOR PSYCH DRUGS FOR CHILDREN - Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD comments (2/12/01) on "AMA Calls for Studies of Psychotropic Use in Children" (1/19/01) - Monday, February 12, 2001 LETTER FROM A CRIMINAL ATTORNEY—EXACTLY WHAT IS NEEDED - Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD responds to a criminal attorney (2/11/01) - Monday, February 12, 2001 A TRULY SCIENTIFIC PSYCHOLOGIST WRITES TO DR. B. - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. (2/3/01) - Saturday, February 3, 2001 THEY HAVE COME FOR YOUR CHILD WHO YOU WILL NOT LABEL, DRUG - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. (2/2/01) - Friday, February 2, 2001 FIRST THE LABEL, THEN THE DRUG, THEN A PATIENT-FOR-LIFE - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. (2/1/01) - Thursday, February 1, 2001 TWO DAYS, TWO DEATHS OF PSYCHIATRIC PATIENTS - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. (2/1/01) - Thursday, February 1, 2001 A TEACHER CERTAIN RITALIN IS THE WAY, WRITES DR. B. (1 31 01) - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. (1/31/01) - Wednesday, January 31, 2001 U.S. EDUCATORS LABEL AND DRUG ANOTHER NORMAL CHILD - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. (1/31/01) - Wednesday, January 31, 2001 DEATH OF YET ANOTHER YOUNG PSYCHIATRIC PATIENT - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. (1/31/01) - Wednesday, January 31, 2001 Study unlocks brain mystery of Ritalin - Comments of Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. (1/30/01) - Tuesday, January 30, 2001 WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION AS PROPAGANDIST FOR DRUG MAKERS - Comments of Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. (1/26/01) - Monday, January 29, 2001 Letter of Objection from Texas Medical Association to the Texas State Board of Education (12/29/00) regarding Resolution for anti-labeling and anti-drugging of school children with response of Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. (1/21/01) - Thursday, January 25, 2001 THE FRAUD CALLING ANY PSYCHIATRY DISORDER A DISEASE - Comments of Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. (1/25/01) - Thursday, January 25, 2001 U.N. Sees Rise in Mental Disorders in Coming Decades (Reuters) - Comments of Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. (1/24/01) - Wednesday, January 24, 2001 TRYING TO MANUFACTURE A PSYCHIATRIC EPIDEMIC IN EAST ASIA - Comments of Fred A. Baughman Jr., M.D. (1/24/01) regarding: "Psychiatric Drugs Hard To Sell In Asia" By THOMAS M. BURTON (1/11/01) Wall Street Journal WSJ.COM - Wednesday, January 24, 2001 LETTER TO A STATE LEGISLATOR CONCERNED ABOUT ADHD 'EPIDEMIC' by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (1-24-01) - Wednesday, January 24, 2001 Fuzzy Math In Drug Studies? By Eric Sabo Jan. 23 2001(CBSHealthWatch) - Comments by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (1-24-01) - Wednesday, January 24, 2001 Sun Deficit Disorder--What next? - Email response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (1-24-01) - Wednesday, January 24, 2001 THEY VICTIMIZE NORMAL CHILDREN THE WORLD OVER! - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Monday, January 22, 2001 MOTHER OF A SON, 14, WITHOUT ACADEMIC SUCCESS - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Saturday, January 20, 2001 Dumbind Down our Children with Drugs - Response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Saturday, January 20, 2001 Don’t Call Her An Airhead By Claudine Chamberlain - Comments by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD on 1/12/01 - Tuesday, January 16, 2001 CHILD TAKES HERSELF OFF RITALIN AND PROVES MISDIAGNOSIS - Email to Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, January 14, 2001 PARENTS PRESSURED BY SCHOOL FOR ADHD LABEL AND MEDICATION - Response of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD - Sunday, January 14, 2001 EXPERT ACKNOWLEDGES CARDIAC RISK OF RITALIN—Ritalin Spreads Throughout the Population - Comments of Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD on: Ritalin abuse scoring high on college illegal drug circuit, Linda Ciampa CNN Medical Correspondent, January 8, 2001 - Wednesday, January 10, 2001 Supreme Court disbars lawyer who blamed ADD for misconduct - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 1/8/01 - Tuesday, January 9, 2001 Response answers ADHD belief vs. scientific fact - by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 1/8/01 - Tuesday, January 9, 2001 Response to father of a boy who had cardiac arrest, nearly died. - by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 1/8/01 - Tuesday, January 9, 2001 MENTAL DISORDERS ARE NOT DISEASES USA Today, New York Volume 128, Issue 2656, Start Page 30, ISSN: 01617389 Jan 2000 - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 1/5/01 - Saturday, January 6, 2001 U.S. OFFERS BLUEPRINT TO AID CHILDREN'S MENTAL HEALTH (Chicago Tribune) - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 1/5/01 - Saturday, January 6, 2001 E-mail to Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD asks: How do you tell if a child has ADHD? - Response by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 1/5/01 - Saturday, January 6, 2001 "Researcher Challenges a Host of Psychological Studies" (MEASURING IN A SUBJECTIVE SCIENCE) Science Times, New York Times - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 1/4/01 - Thursday, January 4, 2001 E-mail of 1/2/01 to Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD from Janet Hall, mother of Stephanie Hall, who died in January, 1996, just prior to her 12th birthday, from cardiac complications of Ritalin. - Thursday, January 4, 2001 ADHD & LEARNING DISABILITIES A FRAUD—HERE’S THE REAL DIAGNOSIS (E-mail from CC, 01/02/01 to Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD) - Response by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 1/2/01 - Tuesday, January 2, 2001 MD ASKS (I BELIEVE) : IF NOT RITALIN, WHAT IS SOLUTION TO ADHD? (E-mail from TP, MD 01/02/01) - Response by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 1/2/01 - Tuesday, January 2, 2001 DANGER TO SELF AND OTHERS FROM RITALIN/AMPHETAMINES (E-Mail To Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, 01/01/01) - Response by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 1/2/01 - Tuesday, January 2, 2001 ADVICE FROM A DAD—VICTIMIZED TO A MOM—VICTIMIZED (BY THE ADHD/RITALIN SCAM) - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/29/00 - Saturday, December 30, 2000 Attention-Deficit-Hyperactivity Disorder (AD/HD) May Be Undertreated, Not Overtreated With Drugs, Says Researcher at The Children's Hospital of PhiladelphiaChildren's Hospital of Philadelphia - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/29/00 - Saturday, December 30, 2000 NEWS FLASH-DRUG ALERT:KIDS DYING FROM ANTIDEPRESSANTS IMIPRAMINE & DESIPRAMINE - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/29/00 - Saturday, December 30, 2000 A MONTESSORI TEACHER LOOKS AT THE LABELING AND DRUGGING - Response by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/29/00 - Saturday, December 30, 2000 Safer Antidepressants Do Not Prevent Self-Harm, December 28, 2000 (Reuters Health) - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/29/00 - Saturday, December 30, 2000 THE EMPEROR HAS NO CLOTHES: No Disease, No Treatment, only Drugging, Poisoning - by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/28/00 - Thursday, December 28, 2000 BRITISH COLUMBIA: Babies on psychiatric drugs - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/21/00 - Thursday, December 21, 2000 MOM OF A 3-YEAR-OLD SUSPECTED OF ADHD WRITES TO DR. BAUGHMAN. - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/19/00 - Tuesday, December 19, 2000 14-YR-OLD NIECE, LABELED, DRUGGED IN PSYCHIATRIC LOCK-UP - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/19/00 - Tuesday, December 19, 2000 Ritalin Supply Stolen From Elementary School - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/19/00 - Tuesday, December 19, 2000 Letter from Parent Concerned by Informed Consent Violations in Schools - Response by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/19/00 - Tuesday, December 19, 2000 PSYCHIATRY PRETENDS TO BE BRANCH OF MEDICINE & SURGERY - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/16/00 - Tuesday, December 19, 2000 Children Can Overdose on Ritalin By Amy Norton (Reuters Health) - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/19/00 - Tuesday, December 19, 2000 NEW DRUG TRIALS: ARE RESULTS A FOREGONE CONCLUSION? - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/18/00 - Monday, December 18, 2000 WHO CONTROLS MEDICAL/PSYCHIATRIC ACADEMIA & IT’S JOURNALS? - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/14/00 - Friday, December 15, 2000 LAWS REGARDING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCES - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/12/00 - Wednesday, December 13, 2000 FATHER WRITES OF MISDIAGNOSED 5 YEAR OLD CHILD - Response by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/12/00 - Wednesday, December 13, 2000 RESPONSE FROM FATHER OF A DAUGHTER DRUGGED BY COURT ORDER - by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/11/00 - Tuesday, December 12, 2000 LEGISLATED, FINANCIAL,INCENTIVES TO DRUG NORMAL U.S. SCHOOLCHILDREN - Letter (12/7/00) to Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD from a concerned father. - Response by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/11/00 - Monday, December 11, 2000 ANOTHER SIDE EFFECT OF PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS—ANTIPSYCHOTIC/NEUROLEPTIC DRUGS. - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/11/00 - Monday, December 11, 2000 THE PROBLEM WITH ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE & ADHD - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/9/00 - Sunday, December 10, 2000 FORCED DX. OF ADHD, RX OF RITALIN--ANGUISH OF A MOTHER - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/9/00 - Sunday, December 10, 2000 Lilly says Ritalin alternative shows significant promise Alternative treats disorder without stimulants. By Thomas M. Burton, THE WALL STREET JOURNAL - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/7/00 - Friday, December 8, 2000 TYRANNIZED BY PSYCHO-LABELS--ADHD (letter from a mother) - Response by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/7/00 - Thursday, December 7, 2000 Children on Ritalin An experiment that's out of control by Jonathan Leo from the Inland Valley Daily Bulletin, Op/Ed page, 12/3/00 - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 12/5/00 - Tuesday, December 5, 2000 CHADD Letter to the Texas State Board of Education (November 22, 2000) by Beth A. Kaplanek, R.N., National Board President CHADD - Response and Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 11/30/00 - Thursday, November 30, 2000 QUESTIONING DOCTOR'S DIAGNOSIS by Ben Hansen - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 11/30/00 - Thursday, November 30, 2000 Board of Education to revisit question of using restraints by Franci Richardson (BostonHerald.com ) - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 11/29/00 - Wednesday, November 29, 2000 COMMENTS OF FRED A. BAUGHMAN JR., MD. RE LETTER OF DM, PSYCHOLOGIST ON AN INDIAN RESERVATION - Sunday, November 12, 2000 Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD Replies to Father of 5 Year Old Labeled ADHD. - Sunday, November 12, 2000 TEXAS BOARD OF EDUCATION RETHINKS RITALIN - by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 11/7/00 - Tuesday, November 7, 2000 NOT BY CHEMICALS ALONE: A HARD LOOK AT "PSYCHIATRIC MEDICINE" BY DAVID KAISER M.D. - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 11/06/00 - Tuesday, November 7, 2000 Texas State Board of Education Passes Resolution on Psychiatric Drugs in the Schools - Press Release, November 3, 2000 - Monday, November 6, 2000 Britain to issue guidelines on Ritalin use (10/31/00) - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 10/31/00 - Thursday, November 2, 2000 Fred Baughman Jr., MD responds (10/29/00) to LA Times article "Detour for Ritalin Issue" - Tuesday, October 31, 2000 MRI BRAIN SCAN LIMITATIONS IN CJD (Newhouse News service, 10 27 00) - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 10/31/00 - Tuesday, October 31, 2000 Fred Baughman Jr., MD responds to American Academy of Neurology on 10/17/00 - Monday, October 23, 2000 Letter to President of American Academy of Neurology - Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 2/18/00 - Monday, October 23, 2000 Fred Baughman Jr., MD responds to Steven Hyman, MD (Director NIMH) on 10/14/00 - Thursday, October 19, 2000 NAMI & CHADD SWITCH EMPLOYEES (NAMI E-News) - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 10/19/00 - Thursday, October 19, 2000 Misdiagnosing Mental Illness (ABCNews.Com) Commentary By Nicholas Regush (10/17/00) - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 10/18/00 - Wednesday, October 18, 2000 A Wonder Drug That Carried the Seeds of Death By EMILY GREEN, Times Staff Writer - Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 10/13/00 responds to comments from Citizens for Responsible Care & Research, a Human Rights Organization - Sunday, October 15, 2000 DISABILITY RIGHTS VS. DIAGNOSES - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 10/12/00 - Thursday, October 12, 2000 THE MILLIONS OF CHILDREN LABELED ADD/ADHD WERE NORMAL ALL ALONG - by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 10/6/00 - Friday, October 6, 2000 NAMI Condemns Congressional Hearing for Putting Children at Risk (PRNewswire) - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 10/6/00 - Friday, October 6, 2000 Pushing pills on kids? Lawyers claim a conspiracy to oversell Ritalin By Nancy Shute - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 10/6/00 - Friday, October 6, 2000 Great Britain is among dissenters questioning soaring popularity of Ritalin (10/5/00) BY SARA SOLOVITCH - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 10/5/00 - Thursday, October 5, 2000 Disabled family takes government for $1.6 million By JOHN CANIGLIA - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 10/4/00 - Thursday, October 5, 2000 Most Americans Underestimate the Number of Children with Mental Health Problems Majority Also Know Disorders Are Real, But Underestimate Treatability (PRNewswire) - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 10/4/00 - Thursday, October 5, 2000 Just say yes to Ritalin! Parents are being pressured by schools to medicate their kids -- or else. By Lawrence H. Diller, M.D. Sep. 25, 2000 - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 10/3/00 - Tuesday, October 3, 2000 RUSH LIMBAUGH ON THE FRAUD SUITS AGAINST ADHD - Comments by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 9/19/00 - Tuesday, September 19, 2000 DIAGNOSED AND REFERRED FOR ADHD BY HIS PRE-K - by Fred A. Baughman, Jr., MD, 9/16/00 - Sunday, September 17, 2000 LETTER FROM A FATHER-OF-DIVORCE FIGHTING TO KEEP HIS DAUGHTER OFF RITALIN, TO AN EDITOR OF A NATIONAL NEWS AGENCY - Sunday, September 17, 2000 Letter to San Diego Union Tribune regarding "Advocates for the deaf hope people are listening." - Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD (9/11/00) - Sunday, September 17, 2000 Conspiracy Theory Suits Filed Against Ritalin Manufacturer, Doctors (ABCNEWS.COM) - Friday, September 15, 2000 Suits Charge Conspiracy to Expand Ritalin Use (NY Times) - Thursday, September 14, 2000 YET ANOTHER CHILD/FAMILY HAS RITALIN FORCED DOWN IT’S THROAT - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD 9/10/00 - Sunday, September 10, 2000 SCHOOLCHILDREN POISONED IN THE NAME OF "TREATMENT" - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD 9/8/00 - Friday, September 8, 2000 Every Parent with a Child Diagnosed ‘ADHD’ Should Write to Stephan E. Hyman, Director of the NIMH, and Demand a 'Yes' or 'No' Answer. - Friday, September 8, 2000 Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD critiques the views of child psychiatrist, Dr. Harold S. Koplewicz, recently expressed on Parentsknow.com. - Tuesday, September 5, 2000 No Charges in Little City (The Courier News) - E-mail response by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, 8/28/00 - Thursday, August 31, 2000 How Psychiatrists Team with Teachers and Prey upon Normal Children— How to Recognize and Defend Against It - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, 8/25/00 - Tuesday, August 29, 2000 SCIENCE (JUNK OR OTHERWISE?) ADHD, AND DR. JENSEN - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, 8/22/00 - Wednesday, August 23, 2000 WHO TEACHES PSYCHIATRISTS TO BELIEVE THEY TREAT REAL DISEASES - by Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, 7/27/00 - Tuesday, August 8, 2000 MOTHER FEARS LABELING & DRUGGING GOING TO NEUROLOGIST - Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, 8/5/00 (may copy with attribution) - Saturday, August 5, 2000 PARENTS IN THE U.S.A. NOT BELIEVING IN ADHD & RITALIN ARE HELD IN CONTEMPT, GO TO JAIL, LOSE CUSTODY OF THEIR CHILDREN - Fred A. Baughman Jr., MD, 8/5/00 (may be used, reprinted with attribution) - Saturday, August 5, 2000 Rethink method of protecting patients (USA TODAY) - Thursday, August 3, 2000 US Approves Once-Daily Drug for ADHD NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Wednesday August 2 10:38 AM ET In Genetics in Medicine: Real Promises, Unreal Expectations, by Steve Jones, for the Milbank Memorial Fund... Drug OK Could Be a Boon for Alza FDA approves firm's pill for hyperactivity - Wednesday, August 2, 2000 Children, Mental Health Treatments Statement From Michael Faenza, NMHA President and CEO (PRNewswire) - Wednesday, August 1, 2000 Controversy Over Stimulant Use Among Children NEW YORK (Reuters Health) - Monday July 31 6:07 PM ET TRUE, COMPLETE, INFORMED CONSENT IN ADHD (Is Dr. Sinaiko’s Treatment Worse than any Other?) - Wednesday, August 8, 1999