Documentary Description
In the absence of any objective medical tests to determine who has
ADD or ADHD, doctors rely in part on standardized assessments and the
impressions of teachers and guardians while the they administer leave
little room for other causes or aggravating factors, such as diet, or
environment.
Hence, diagnosing a child or adolescent with ADD or
ADHD is often the outcome, although no organic basis for either disease
has yet to be clinically proven. Psychiatrists may then prescribe
psychotropic drugs for the children without first without making it
clear to parents that these medications can have severe side-effects
including insomnia, loss of appetite, headaches, psychotic symptoms and
even potentially fatal adverse reactions, such as cardiac arrhythmia.
And yet, despite these dangers, many school systems actually work
with government agencies to force parents to drug their children,
threatening those who refuse with the prospect of having their children
taken from the home unless they cooperate.
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