April 2011 Blog Posts (260)

the drugging of children exposed

http://www.cchr.org/take-action/parents/message-to-parents.html

Message to Parents

Too many families’ lives have been ruined in some way by today’s widespread psychiatric practice of drugging children with heavy, mind-altering drugs for supposed educational and behavioral problems.

Psychiatrists’ claims and drug makers’ advertising that these drugs are “safe” when…

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Added by Alison J Stevens on April 18, 2011 at 22:13 — No Comments

1. PSYCHIATRIC “DISORDERS” ARE NOT MEDICAL DISEASES.

MPORTANT NOTICE

For the Reader

The psychiatric profession purports to be the sole arbiter on the subject of mental health and “diseases” of the mind. The facts, however, demonstrate otherwise:

1. PSYCHIATRIC “DISORDERS” ARE NOT MEDICAL DISEASES.

In medicine, strict criteria exist for calling a condition a disease: a predictable group of symptoms and the cause of the symptoms or an understanding of their physiology (function) must be proven and…

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Added by Alison J Stevens on April 18, 2011 at 21:53 — No Comments

Real Disease vs. Mental “Disorder”

http://www.cchr.org/quick-facts/real-disease-vs-mental-disorder.html

Real Disease vs. Mental “Disorder”

Added by Alison J Stevens on April 18, 2011 at 21:34 — No Comments

Get the Facts About Psychiatry thank you Brendan Fleming and Lindsay

http://www.cchr.org/videos/cchr-ads.html

Get the Facts About Psychiatry

Posing as “authorities,” their pseudoscience now woven through our educational systems and medical institutions, psychiatrists wreak havoc across the entire social fabric, by prescribing a smorgasbord of mind-altering drugs to…

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Added by Alison J Stevens on April 18, 2011 at 21:14 — No Comments

Feckless father with children by eight women fakes death to avoid paying support to ninth baby on the way… and then claims: ‘I get so much hassle

‘I’m dead’: Keith MacDonald, who has fathered eight children by eight women and has a ninth on the way, reportedly tried to fake his own death because his life was ‘too much hassle’

As Britain’s most feckless father, Keith MacDonald has done almost everything he can to escape responsibility for his eight children by…

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Added by Alison J Stevens on April 17, 2011 at 21:17 — No Comments

Ofsted should be split in two, says MPs’ committee.

Christine Gilbert faced tough questioning from MPs on the quality of child protection inspections

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The high-handed power of social workers and the courts, working in tandem, threatens even the privileges of Parliament, writes Christopher Booker.

John Hemming MP is campaigning for greater transparency in our family protection system Photo: PAUL GROVER…

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Added by Alison J Stevens on April 17, 2011 at 16:57 — No Comments

Councils face High Court challenges over short breaks duty

Councils face High Court challenges over short breaks duty…

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Added by Alison J Stevens on April 17, 2011 at 14:00 — No Comments

Community Care podcast, 8 April 2011

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Added by Alison J Stevens on April 17, 2011 at 13:00 — No Comments

COMMUITY CARE PODCAST 14TH APRIL 2011-LISTEN WITH THE GREATEST OF CONCERN

http://communitycare.podomatic.com/entry/eg/2011-04-14T08_02_13-0

I was very distressed to listen to this.

Social Services are trying to downgrade some initial assessments and deem the children…

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Added by Alison J Stevens on April 17, 2011 at 12:52 — No Comments

OFSTED SHOULD SPLIT IN TWO SAYS MPS

http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/04/17/116698/Ofsted-should-be-split-in-two-say-MPs.htm

Added by Alison J Stevens on April 17, 2011 at 12:32 — No Comments

Consultation: 21st Century Services for Children, Young People and their Families

Starts and Finishes

Starts 15/04/2011 Finishes 08/07/2011

Wards Affected:-

City-wide

Why we are doing this?

We are looking at what services we need in Leicester for children, young people and their parents…

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Added by Alison J Stevens on April 16, 2011 at 22:29 — No Comments

Local CAS pleased with changes to adoption process

http://www.standard-freeholder.com/ArticleDisplay.aspx?e=3075521

Added by Alison J Stevens on April 16, 2011 at 22:00 — No Comments

Lack of social workers sees use of unqualified staff rise

http://www.communitycare.co.uk/Articles/2011/04/15/116689/lack-of-s...

Added by Alison J Stevens on April 16, 2011 at 20:56 — 1 Comment

Legal briefing: Confidentiality and data protection

This briefing note summarises the law on confidential information and the principles under which such information may be disclosed under the Data Protection Act 1998.

This briefing note covers: (1) the position relating to confidentiality under common law, (2) how the Data Protection Act regulates the processing and disclosure of information, (3) the rights of access to information, (4) how to challenge decisions about the…

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Added by Alison J Stevens on April 16, 2011 at 18:20 — No Comments

THE RIGHTS TO GET YOUR MENTAL HEALTH FILES PDF

http://www.disabilityrightsca.org/opr/Information/AccessMHRec.pdf

Added by Alison J Stevens on April 16, 2011 at 17:37 — No Comments

YOU CAN BE ON THE MENTAL REGISTER FOR LIFE AND NOT KNOW ABOUT IT

Three years ago I had a very brief (48 hours) episode of mental illness whilst in hospital. It was later decided that this was probably brought on by the medication that I was being given for heart problems (beta blockers) and the extreme stress of being in a coronary care unit.

The psychiatrist I saw at the time sees no reason for me to be on a mental health register, I recovered quickly and have had no further problems with my mental…

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Added by Alison J Stevens on April 16, 2011 at 17:14 — No Comments