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	<title>Nurses for Human Rights</title>
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	<description>Nurses Impacting Society - by Kenneth W. Thomas, RN, BS</description>
	<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<title>Increases in medication use amongst children astonishing&#8230;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2008 17:27:04 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[More and more drugs intended for adults are being prescribed by doctors to children. Bloomberg reports that diabetes type II meds, statins for cholesterol, and high blood pressure meds are on the rise. More alarmingly meds for ADHD continue to rise for off-label use. An interesting quote: &#8220;There was also a 40 percent rise in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lawsuits mount against antipsychotic medications&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/lawsuits-mount-against-antipsychotic-medications/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:33:47 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here we see one of the many articles showing up in the press everyday regarding the side effects of present day &#8220;atypical&#8221; antipsychotics. The profoundly damaging side effects continue to damage the users without hope for recovery from their mental illness and now their newly developed physical illness. The area that is most interesting to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The beat goes on as side effects of drugs continue in the headlines&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/the-beat-goes-on-as-side-effects-of-drugs-continue-in-the-headlines/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/the-beat-goes-on-as-side-effects-of-drugs-continue-in-the-headlines/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:48:36 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Issues</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The underbelly of the pharmaceutical industry is exposed and vulnerable to litigation as mounting evidence grows that informed consent leaves out crucial side effects from the majority of drugs on the market. This article from Pharmalot indicates a social concern for how much and how often drugs are put on the market with known side [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Grassley lights a fire and questions ethics of the APA&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/grassley-lights-a-fire-and-questions-ethics-of-the-apa/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Jul 2008 13:07:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sen. Grassley requests info on contributions toward the American Psychiatric Association. In my mind, where there&#8217;s smoke, there&#8217;s fire. Using money whether it&#8217;s incentives, gifts, contributions, scholarships&#8230;to influence medical decisions for treatment is unethical. We have rampant drugging of children with psychotropics and no science behind the mental illness diagnosis used to drug them. I [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Woman dies at psych emergency room&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/woman-dies-at-psych-emergency-room/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/woman-dies-at-psych-emergency-room/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Jul 2008 13:26:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Very disturbing story. I watch in horror as minutes tick by and no one observes the waiting room or checks on patients who are seeking help. I imagine it&#8217;s close to shift change and the night crew is counting the moments before clock out time. I&#8217;ve worked emergency rooms. This is deplorable. If mental illness [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Heat increases on Pharma not disclosing Side Effects&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/heat-increases-on-pharma-not-disclosing-side-effects/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/heat-increases-on-pharma-not-disclosing-side-effects/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 14:33:54 +0000</pubDate>
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	<category>Issues</category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when you think you&#8217;ve heard everything, something new shows up. The Public and Media has pounded Glaxo regarding the suicidal side effects of Paxil, an SSRI antidepressant. Evidence is now available that it also causes congenital heart defects and it was not revealed. It is my opinion that the pot is beginning to boil [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Fraud of the Bipolar Child&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/the-fraud-of-the-bipolar-child/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/the-fraud-of-the-bipolar-child/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 24 May 2008 14:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Huffington Post again allows Dr. Peter Breggin, eminent psychiatrist, to explain the fraud of diagnosing children with the label &#8220;bipolar&#8221; and outlines the consequences of psychiatric treatment. I thought Dr. Breggin brought out an interesting point in how the absence of a strong, involved father can help children with behavior problems. I think nurses [...]]]></description>
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		<title>10% of Americans on antidepressants&#8230;that don&#8217;t work!</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/10-of-americans-on-antidepressantsthat-dont-work/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/10-of-americans-on-antidepressantsthat-dont-work/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 17:34:30 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Willamette Week posted this story about a psychiatrist who simply states that antidepressants don&#8217;t work. He says it&#8217;s the industries &#8220;dirty little secret&#8221;. I was surprised, but not really, to find out that 1 in 10 people feel they have to have antidepressants in order to function in life due to depression. What would [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Rebecca Riley&#8217;s psychiatrist on trial&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/rebecca-rileys-psychiatrist-on-trial/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/rebecca-rileys-psychiatrist-on-trial/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 05 Apr 2008 15:40:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Boston Globe reports that the tragic death after poor medical care of Rebecca Riley has spawned a lawsuit against her psychiatrist, Dr. Kayoko Kifuji in Suffolk Superior Court. The attorneys that are taking the case said, &#8220;They made her a 4-year-old zombie,&#8221; per Andrew Meyer, Jr, whose Boston law firm Lubin &#038; Meyer specializes in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Media perpetuates unscientific findings as fact&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/media-perpetuates-unscientific-findings-as-fact/</link>
		<comments>http://www.nurses4humanrights.org/media-perpetuates-unscientific-findings-as-fact/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 14:32:13 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I often wonder how this pill of falsehood about chemical imbalances in the brain causes mental disorders gets swallowed by nurses. We so quickly accept ideas because they show up in medical journals. Not many of us even read the article in full. We&#8217;d rather read the summary or abstract and decide from there. We [...]]]></description>
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