If you’ve followed my work for any length of time, or you have been in my lectures or training, you’ll know I’ve been teaching about the instability and harm of psychiatric diagnosis for years. The cracks in the system are not new. They are structural. They are conceptual. They are epistemological.
Psychiatry and the DSM are Cornered – So They Reach for ‘Neuro’
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Millions of Dollars of Pharma Money Went to the DSM-5-TR Authors
Congress wants to know if “overmedication” of prescription drugs by VA doctors has been a factor in veteran suicides.
After kicking six different medications, this veteran now studies ‘overmedication’ in VA care
A decision on Red No. 3, the synthetic coloring made from petroleum, could come in the next few weeks.
FDA may finally ban artificial red dye from beverages, candy and other foods
RFK Jr. claims Canadian Froot Loops have 3 ingredients. They have 17.
Kennedy, known for his debunked medical claims, was wrong about the numbers of ingredients in Canadian and American Froot Loops, which are similar: 17 and 16, respectively. The biggest difference is the dyes, which in the American version are known as Red 40, Yellow 5, Yellow 6 and Blue 1. Canadian authorities limit the use of those dyes.
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“Their highest priority is profit to stockholders,” she said.
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About a decade ago, cereal giant General Mills spent two years listening to consumers who said they wanted natural colors in Trix, despite the cereal appearing more pale, Nestle said.
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Other companies have tried to go natural over the years. Candy producer Mars said in 2016 that it would stop using artificial dyes in its confections, which include M&M’s and Skittles, within five years. But five years later, the nonprofit Center for Science in the Public Interest criticized Mars for continuing to use the dyes. Mars posted on its website that “since that time, a cross-functional Mars team” found “consumer expectations regarding colors in food differ widely across markets and categories,” and thus the company would reevaluate its promise.
Some breakfast cereals and other processed foods have faced backlash in the United States over artificial colorings. Last month, activists* protested outside the Michigan headquarters of WK Kellogg Co. to demand that the company remove artificial dyes from its U.S. breakfast cereals.
[Marion] Nestle said the FDA is too cozy with cereal companies to properly regulate the multibillion-dollar businesses [regulatory capture]. She said Trump has shown no interest in regulating the food industry, but she would welcome Kennedy’s attempt to regulate corporate food producers.
I didn’t see WaPo mention that Kellogg’s promised to remove artificial food colorings by 2018, despite the fact that the article that they link to says it! 👇🏻
*Kellogg’s faces protests over food dyes in popular breakfast cereals
Nearly 10 years ago, Kellogg’s, the maker of Froot Loops and Apple Jacks, committed to removing such additives from its products by 2018.
Rock band Linkin Park’s new lead singer grew up in Scientology dorms for its most zealous followers’ children before becoming a “hardcore” church member, the Daily Beast has learned.
New Linkin Park Singer’s Secret Life as ‘Hardcore’ Scientologist Revealed
H/T: Growing Up In Scientology
Previously:
In a new study, researchers found huge improvements in psychiatric symptoms on placebo alone, particularly for depression and anxiety. They included the 10 least biased, most recent randomised controlled trials for nine common diagnoses in their attempt to quantify the improvements that could be expected without treatment.
Placebo effect for all psychiatric diagnoses “of considerable magnitude” (archived)
Police arrested more than 100 children at elementary schools during the 2020-2021 school year, according to newly released data analyzed by CBS News.
New data: Over 100 elementary-aged children arrested in U.S. schools
A report from 2022 was released last week and it indicates that there is no safe level of fluoride in water supply and that it can lower IQ levels in children. The National Toxicology Program (NTP) report was written in 2022 but was blocked from publication by Assistant Health Secretary, Rachel Levine. A court ruled to release it and it shows that 52 out of 55 studies found decreases in child IQ with increased fluoride. This comes from a lawsuit between the EPA and the Fluoride Action Network. The Justice Department, representing the EPA, had asked for an indefinite delay of the trial and requested these reports be blocked. The judge ruled against them and advanced the trial for an April 11 status hearing. The U.S. has been adding fluoride to water since 1945 to prevent dental decay.
“We are being POISONED!” documents reveal Fluoride scam via Redacted
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Emails: Government Blocked Report Confirming Fluoride Lowers IQ in Children
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