CCHR is �a distinguished organization, dedicated to the most worthy cause� the protection of our children from psychiatric drugs.�
� Dr. Samuel Blumenfeld Educator and author

CHAPTER TWO Protecting Children�s Rights

An important function of CCHR has been to protect the rights of parents and children from psychiatric coercion and harm. CCHR testifies before congressional and government investigation panels around the world on psychiatry�s epidemic labeling, drugging and experimental treatment of children.

Because of the American Psychiatric Association�s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV), common childhood behavior� fidgeting, squirming, speaking out of turn, losing toys or pencils, not completing homework, running about excessively�is arbitrarily labeled as symptoms of a mental disorder, such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Despite the complete absence of scientific proof, psychiatry has declared that �learning disorders� such as ADHD actually exist as the result of a �chemical imbalance� or some other problem with a child�s brain.

Dr. Sydney Walker III, psychiatrist, neurologist and author of The Hoax of Hyperactivity reported, �Hyperactivity is not a disease. It�s a hoax perpetrated by doctors who have no idea what�s really wrong with these children.�

Based on this diagnosis and other false childhood psychiatric diagnoses, millions of schoolchildren around the world now take a daily dose of prescription psychiatric drugs, some in the same class as narcotics, others so powerful they can drive young people to commit violent acts and suicide. As a result, schools in many countries are more like mental health clinics than institutions of learning.

Internationally, CCHR�s information and assistance has helped parents to protect their children from psychiatry�s false diagnoses and harmful drugs.

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