Why I do not trust national health care, or any other for that matter.
This is what the result is and will be upon your children, America.
Fed drugs after the "doctors" diagnose the "illness" -- and MAKE a BOODLE on the DRUG PROFITS!!!
Just DOPING UP SOCIETY!!!!!
Another reason to RAGE AGAINST DUMBSHIT, DRUGGED-UP, DRUNK-FUCK, SHIT-FUCK AMURKNS!!!!
Get OUT OF YOUR STUPOR and DO SOMETHING!!!!!!!
Don't you LOVE YOUR KIDS?!?!
Then WHY ARE YOU LETTING THESE MONSTERS POISON THEM?!!
"Bipolar disorder cases boom among youths; Researchers say doctors mislabel many patients" by Denise Gellene/Los Angeles Times September 4, 2007
LOS ANGELES - The diagnosis of bipolar disorder in children and adolescents has risen fortyfold since 1994, according to a new study released yesterday. But researchers partly attributed the dramatic rise to doctors overdiagnosing the serious psychiatric disorder.
The report in the journal Archives of General Psychiatry said bipolar disorder was found in 1,003 of every 100,000 office visits from children and adolescents in 2002-03, compared with 25 of 100,000 office visits in 1994-95 .
The diagnosis of bipolar disorder among adults increased twofold during the same period, researchers said.
The study didn't investigate the reasons for the explosion in bipolar cases among children and adolescents, which began after the 1998 publication of "The Bipolar Child," which made the controversial assertion that one-third to one-half of children with depression had bipolar disorder.
Dr. Mark Olfson, a psychiatrist at Columbia University's College of Physicians and Surgeons and senior author of the latest study, said part of the increase was attributable to an underdiagnosis of bipolar disorder in the past.
But Olfson said another reason was the mislabeling of children and adolescents with aggressive or irritable behaviors as bipolar, an illness that is treated with powerful psychotropic medications.
Dr. Thomas R. Insel , director of the National Institute of Mental Health, which funded the study, called the increase in bipolar diagnoses worrisome.
"The way the label is being used is probably a little exuberant - not fitting with the strict definition of the illness," Insel said. The disorder "is probably not as common as the very high rates we're seeing."
Bipolar disorder is marked by severe mood swings between depression and mania, which is characterized by an excess of energy and restlessness. For most patients, depressive episodes are three times more common and longer-lasting than those of mania. Symptoms of the disorder can interfere with daily activities, and severe cases carry a risk of suicide.
Until recently, the illness, which appears to run in families, was seldom diagnosed in children. It was believed to begin in late adolescence or early adulthood. About 2 percent of American adults are believed to have bipolar disorder, although not all of them have been diagnosed with the illness.
In the latest study, researchers analyzed data from an annual national survey that collects information from doctors about the nature of patient visits. Researchers found striking differences between adults and the young. Among children and adolescents, boys were more likely to be diagnosed with bipolar disorder. Among adults, the illness is more common in women.
Olfson said the gender difference between the groups suggested that some boys with behavior problems or conduct disorders were being misdiagnosed as bipolar. Irritability is a characteristic of bipolar disorder, he said, but it also is a normal part of adolescence.
Young people were 10 times more likely to also receive a diagnosis of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder than bipolar adults, according to the report. Olfson said it was likely that some children with ADHD received the diagnosis of bipolar disorder because the symptoms of the two illnesses overlapped. For example, he said, some children and adolescents with ADHD have a "volatile, aggressive subtype" that is easily confused with bipolar disorder.
Dr. Gabrielle A. Carlson, a psychiatrist at Stony Brook University in New York, said 1 in 5 children referred to her with a diagnosis of bipolar disorder have it. The rest have autism, depression, anxiety, or another psychological disorder. All these conditions involve different treatments, either with drugs or behavioral therapy, or both.
Carlson, who has studied the increase in bipolar diagnoses, said some parents seemed to prefer a diagnosis of the disorder because the illness, thought to be largely genetic, absolves them of blame. "They don't have to deal with their chaos, their psychiatric disorder, their marital troubles or abuse."
[FINE!! STINK FUCK FUCKIN DUMBHIT AMURKNS!!!!!!!!!!
Fucking FEAST on your ROTTEN, DRUG-SOAKED, WAR DEAD you fucking ASSHOLES WHO DON'T EVEN CARE ABOUT YOUR KIDS!!!!!!!!]
She said that in some cases providers diagnose psychological problems in children as bipolar disorder to obtain insurance reimbursement for hospitalizations - a practice called upcoding.
[You know what? FUCK YOUR GOVERNMENT-RUN ANYTHING, and FUCK YOUR MENTAL TESTS we will have to take to be enrolled!!!
FUCK OFF, STINKFUCK FUCKING AMURKA!!!! Sig Heil!]
Insel said his institute was conducting research that might lead to more accurate diagnoses of bipolar disorder in young people. The agency said recent imaging studies had detected differences between the brains of children with and without bipolar disorder. A large study looking for the genes responsible for the disorder is nearing completion and may yield additional clues, Insel said.
In addition, the agency is tracking children with bipolar disorder to see how their symptoms change over time. A small fraction of children referred for the study actually had bipolar disorder, Insel said, another indication that the label is misused.
"We urgently need to improve diagnosis and treatment for these kids with severe emotional problems," he said.
[Yeah, FUCK YOUR MENTAL "DIAGNOSES" and your FUCKING MIND-NUMBING DRUGS!!!!
FUCK OFF, MAD SCIENTIST "DOCTOR!"]
"Bipolar Illness Soars as a Diagnosis for the Young" by BENEDICT CAREY
Many experts theorize that the jump reflects that doctors are more aggressively applying the diagnosis to children, and not that the incidence of the disorder has increased.
But the magnitude of the increase surprises many psychiatrists. They say it is likely to intensify the debate over the validity of the diagnosis, which has shaken child psychiatry.
[Why? 'Cause you guys are POISONING OUR KIDS?!?!]
Bipolar disorder is characterized by extreme mood swings. Until relatively recently, it was thought to emerge almost exclusively in adulthood. But in the 1990s, psychiatrists began looking more closely for symptoms in younger patients.
[Called CREATING a MARKET!]
Some experts say greater awareness, reflected in the increasing diagnoses, is letting youngsters with the disorder obtain the treatment they need.
Other experts say bipolar disorder is overdiagnosed. The term, the critics say, has become a catchall applied to almost any explosive, aggressive child.
After children are classified, the experts add, they are treated with powerful psychiatric drugs that have few proven benefits in children and potentially serious side effects like rapid weight gain.
[Like the drugs that Cho was on, right?]
The spread of the diagnosis is a boon to drug makers, some psychiatrists point out, because treatments typically include medications that can be three to five times more expensive than those for other disorders like depression or anxiety.
[Yeah, they CARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH, all right!]
Dr. John March, chief of child and adolescent psychiatry at the Duke University School of Medicine, who was not involved in the research:
“I think the increase shows that the field is maturing when it comes to recognizing pediatric bipolar disorder, but the tremendous controversy reflects the fact that we haven’t matured enough. From a developmental point of view, we simply don’t know how accurately we can diagnose bipolar disorder or whether those diagnosed at age 5 or 6 or 7 will grow up to be adults with the illness. The label may or may not reflect reality.”
Most children who qualify for the diagnosis do not proceed to develop the classic features of adult bipolar disorder like mania, researchers have found. They are far more likely to become depressed.
Dr. Mani Pavuluri, director of the pediatric mood disorders program at the University of Illinois, Chicago, said the label was often better than any of the other diagnoses often given to difficult children:
“These are kids that have rage, anger, bubbling emotions that are just intolerable for them, and it is good that this is finally being recognized as part of a single disorder.”
[And a good thing we can pump all these DUMB-MAKING, PROFIT-MAKING DRUGS INTO THEM]
Dr. Mark Olfson , the senior author of the study by the New York State Psychiatric Institute at the Columbia University Medical Center:
“I have been studying trends in mental health services for some time, and this finding really stands out as one of the most striking increases in this short a time.”
The increase makes bipolar disorder more common among children than clinical depression, the authors said. Psychiatrists made almost 90 percent of the diagnoses, and two-thirds of the young patients were boys, said the study, published in the September issue of The Archives of General Psychiatry.
About half the patients were identified as having other mental difficulties, mostly attention deficit disorder.
The children’s treatments almost always included medication. About half received antipsychotic drugs like Risperdal from Janssen or Seroquel from Astrazeneca, both developed to treat schizophrenia.
A third were prescribed so-called mood stabilizers, most often the epilepsy drug Depakote. Antidepressants and stimulants were also common.
Most children took a combination of two or more drugs, and 4 in 10 received psychotherapy.
[$$$$$$$$$$$$$$]
The increased children’s diagnoses reflect several factors, experts say. Symptoms appear earlier in life than previously thought, in teenagers and young children who later develop the full-scale disorder, recent studies suggest.
The label also gives doctors and desperate parents a quick way to try to manage children’s rages and outbursts in an era when long-term psychotherapy and hospital care are less accessible, they say.
[Yeah, DOPE the kid up, then WONDER WHY HE'S DUMB!]
In addition, drug makers and company-sponsored psychiatrists have been encouraging doctors to look for the disorder since several drugs were approved to treat it in adults.
[Yup, the fucking mad doctors will SHOVE IT DOWN YOUR THROAT -- because THEY SAY you have the "illness."
I WILL NEVER TRUST THESE QUACK DOCTORS!!! NEVER!!!!]
Last month, the Food and Drug Administration approved one of the medications, Risperdal, to treat bipolar in children. Experts say they expect that move will increase the use of Risperdal and similar drugs for young people.
Dr. Gabrielle Carlson, a professor of psychiatry and pediatrics at the Stony Brook University School of Medicine on Long Island:
“We are just inundated with stuff from drug companies, publications, throwaways, that tell us six ways from Sunday that, Oh my God, we’re missing bipolar. And if you’re a parent with a difficult child, you go online, and there’s a Web site for bipolar, and you think: ‘Thank God, I’ve found a diagnosis. I’ve found a home.’ ”
[What did we ever do for THOUSANDS of YEARS without these drugs to cure our kids?
HOW DID HUMANITY SURVIVE all these problems all these years WITHOUT THESE DRUGS?!?!
Unless it is the DRUGS and DOCTORS that are CAUSING the PROBLEM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!]
Some parents whose children have received the diagnosis say that, with time, the label led to effective treatment.
“It’s been a godsend for us,” said Kelly Simons of Montrose, Colo., whose son Brit, 15, was prone to angry outbursts until given a combination of lithium, a mood stabilizer, and Risperdal, which was often given to children “off label,” several years ago. He now takes just lithium and is an honor roll student.
[So they GAVE HIM IT ILLEGALLY?
Then, FUCK YOUR LAWS!!!!! And FUCK OUR HEALTH, apparently!]
Other parents say their children have suffered side effects of drugs for bipolar disorder.
Ashley Ocampo, 40, of Tallahassee, Fla., whose 8-year-old son is being treated for bipolar, said that he had tried several antipsychotic drugs and mood stabilizers and that he had improved:
“He has gained weight to the point where we were struggling find clothes for him. He’s had tremors and still has some fine motor problems that he’s getting therapy for. But he’s a fabulous kid. And I think, I hope, that we’re close to finding the right combination of medications to help him.”
[I would tell the kid, "JUST SAY NO!!"
Isn't that what children are SUPPOSED TO SAY TO DRUG-PUSHERS!!!???]
