However, according to the Florida Department of Health,
Division of Medical Quality Assurance (381.026 Florida Patient's
Bill of Rights and Responsibilities), every
individual has the basic human right to be informed about the medical treatment
or procedure that is being proposed to them.
Physical Tests Cannot
Prove Psychiatric Disorders
When psychiatrists were interviewed at an American
Psychiatric Association Convention, they were asked on video if there are any
medical tests that can evidence a mental illness. One hundred percent of the psychiatrists
interviewed, responded with the fact that there are no medical tests that can
be performed to evidence one single psychiatric disorder. No brain scan, no
blood test, no chemical imbalance test.
This vital information is typically not explained to the
parent when their child is brought into a medical doctor’s or psychiatrist’s
office. Furthermore, parents are not
told that, of the 170 panel members who wrote psychiatry’s bible, The
Diagnostic and Statistical Manual, “95 (56%) had one or more financial
associations with companies in the pharmaceutical industry.
“One hundred percent of the members of the panels on ‘Mood
Disorders’ and ‘Schizophrenia and Other Psychotic Disorders’ had financial ties
to drug companies.”
What Does that Suggest?
This is an incredible concept when examining the fact that
most children are prescribed
psychiatric medication within 2-5 minutes of entering the
practitioner’s office and again, typically, parents and guardians are not
assured their basic human right of full information prior to the diagnosing and
medicating of their child and are not told that the FDA listed side effects on
psychiatric drugs include, mania, psychosis, depression, suicidal thoughts and
death.
Everyone deserves all
the facts when making important decisions that will affect their child’s life. In
keeping with the Florida
Patient's Bill of Rights and Responsibilities, individuals have the right to
know about alternative treatment. They have the right to know that there are
medical doctors throughout the world who can do medical tests to detect any
potential underlying physical cause of unwanted mental health and behavioral
health symptoms.
This article is brought to you by our friends at the Citizens Commission on Human Rights in Florida, a
non-profit that is not only dedicated to educating Americans about
their rights in the mental health sector, they are also actively
involved investigating and exposing psychiatric violations against human
rights.
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