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"In one study18 207 patients with severe, violent behavior disorders were treated with a comprehensive metabolic and biochemical systems approach. They were tested, and their problems with metals, methylation, blood sugar, nutrient deficiencies, and gut problems were all corrected. Seventy-six percent of the group actually followed the program. More than 90 percent of the participants significantly reduced violent behavior, and 54 percent had total elimination of their severe behavior problems. This study should be headline news." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"The FDA's report also identified stimulant-induced aggression: Numerous postmarketing reports of aggression or violent behavior during therapy of ADHD have been received, most of which were classified as non-serious, although approximately 20 percent of cases overall were considered life-threatening or required hospital admission. In addition, a few cases resulted in incarceration of juveniles. Once again, positive rechallenge reports were found for each drug. Finally, suicide also appeared as a risk." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"Mood Disturbances and Violent Behavior: A sub-optimal intake of lithium might be a predisposing risk factor for mood disturbances, violent behavior, and possibly even incarceration. Lithium might have a favorable effect on the prevention of violence and other associated crimes. In a 1990 study by G.N. Schrauzer and K.P. Shrestha, the drinking water of 27 Texas counties was analyzed for its lithium content. Normally, lithium in drinking water should range from 70-170 mcg/L." - Abram Hoffer, PhD, MD, FRCP(C) and Dr. Jonathan Prousjy, DPHE, DSC, ND, FRSH, Naturopathic Nutrition: A Guide to Nutrient-rich Food & Nutritional Supplements for Optimum Health (Get the book.)

"Five months later: The murder trial: 15 February 2005—In a story that received national media coverage, a teenager who blamed the antidepressant Zoloft for his violent behavior was convicted of killing his grandparents when he was 12 years old. Pfizer, which has fourteen criminal cases pending, welcomed the decision. "Zoloft didn't cause his problems, nor did the medication drive him to commit murder. On these two points, both Pfizer and the jury agree?'' Whatever their effectiveness, one thing is sure: SSRIs are used more than ever to treat depression in children and adolescents." - Gerald E. Markle and Frances B. McCrea, What If Medicine Disappeared? (Get the book.)

"The DSM-IV recognizes that neuroleptic-induced akathisia can produce suicidal and violent behavior, and a general worsening of the individual's condition. It estimates neuroleptic-induced akathisia to occur in 20 to 75 percent of patients.13 Withdrawal is the other exception in which neuroleptics can cause activation with anxiety and agitation rather than more stupefied reactions. During withdrawal, as described earlier, Regina experienced an intense lethargy and depression." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.) "Ritalin] include psychiatric events such as visual hallucinations, suicidal ideation, psychotic behavior, as well as aggression or violent behavior. We intend to make labeling changes describing these events.2 The FDA warning was accompanied by a summary of fifty-two adverse psychiatric reactions reported over the prior year for Concerta and Ritalin. The list was dominated by cases of overstimulation (agitation and mania), depression, psychosis, aggression and violence, and suicidal behavior." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.) "Under the warnings section, the FDA-approved label for Rebetron contains the following bold-letter statement:5 Psychiatric Severe psychiatric adverse events, including depression, psychoses, aggressive behavior, hallucinations, violent behavior (suicidal ideation, suicidal attempts, suicides), and rare instances of homicidal ideation have occurred during combination REBETOL/INTRON A therapy, both in patients with and without a previous psychiatric disorder. I have been consulted in suicide cases involving prisoners who were given this drug for experimental research." - Peter Breggin, Medication Madness: A Psychiatrist Exposes the Dangers of Mood-Altering Medications (Get the book.)

"My residents presented a twenty-two-year-old patient who had been in and out of the hospital for bouts of violent behavior. He mentioned that he had been on Ritalin as a hyperactive teenager but had long since been taken off the medicine. It was believed that kids simply grew out of their hyperactivity after adolescence and that it was dangerous to keep them on stimulants into adulthood, for fear they'd become addicted. I suggested we try the Ritalin again, and it really toned down his violent outbursts. He was so relieved; he said he'd forgotten that he could feel calm and focused." - John J. Ratey, MD, Spark: The Revolutionary New Science of Exercise and the Brain (Get the book.)

"More than 90 percent of the participants significantly reduced violent behavior, and 54 percent had total elimination of their severe behavior problems. This study should be headline news. But you don't hear about it, because it is not a new drug or procedure but a simple diet and nutrient-based approach.19 These simple treatments help restore normal metabolism and biochemistry. Things can go quite awry in the brain when digestion doesn't work. One possibility is toxic chemicals that are sometimes created when bad bugs get into your gut, as discussed above." - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.) "A three-year-old boy with violent behavior who calmed down after balancing his blood sugar and clearing out toxic bacteria from his intestinal tract. •f* A twenty-three-year-old woman with lifelong anxiety and depression that lifted after she quit eating foods that she was allergic to. • ;?A seventy-year-old man who was losing a grip on his memory and had been diagnosed with early dementia, who after getting all the mercury out of his body, came back to life and was able to work and function. ??" - Mark Hyman MD, The UltraMind Solution: Fix Your Broken Brain by Healing Your Body First (Get the book.)

"Side effects of its use include: stunted growth, weight loss, maniac behavior, future drug dependence, heart palpitations, cardiac arrhythmia, anxiety, insomnia, violent behavior and even death.15* Violence is one result of this, anxiety another. Maniac behavior (artificially enthusiastic and crazy about something) and body sicknesses, including death, may be the case. Currently, there is something called TeenScreen. The plan of psychiatry is to do regular check-ups of children in schools, health care facilities, juvenile justice and child welfare organizations." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.) "As well, "it is estimated that between 10% and 25% of SSRI users experience akathisia,119 often in conjunction with suicidal thoughts, hostility and violent behavior." As if that isn't bad enough, antidepressants can accumulate in the lungs, so that if a second antidepressant is prescribed, they may be released in toxic levels.120 Anti-hypertensive medications are blood-pressure reduction pills. Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory medications are those that reduce joint pain, used in the treatment of gout, arthritis and other inflammations." - Kenneth W Thomas, Ron Gilbert, Gerd Schaller, Side Effects: The Hidden Agenda of the Pharmaceutical Drug Cartel (Get the book.)

"One has to wonder, though: If the APA's spokesman is right and the language is closer to the actual science, that the threat is only in the short-term clinical trials, what exactly was the reason for the FDA to warn the public about the possibility of violent behavior and self-harm?" - Kelly Patricia O'Meara, Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills That Kill (Get the book.)

"Like cocaine, meth initially creates a sense of well-being, but regular use quickly leads to aggressive, paranoid, and violent behavior. Meth is broken down much more slowly than cocaine is in the body, and meth users may go up to two weeks without sleeping. They often don't need a provocation to become violent, but confronting a meth user (as police may do) can increase the likelihood of a violent response. When alcohol is combined with meth, the behavior becomes especially volatile." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.) "Walsh reported that three-fourths of patients with intense angry outbursts and violent behavior had abnormally high levels of copper relative to zinc. In fact, the high-copper, low-zinc pattern is strongly associated with an explosive temper, "like a volcano going off." About one-third of the patients had difficulty dealing with sugar and other refined carbohydrates, which aggravated existing mood and behavior problems. In his research, Walsh has consistently found nutrient-handling problems in violent criminals." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.) "For example, feelings of resentment are related to stronger feelings of anger and violent behavior. Similarly, anxiety ranges from vague feelings of nervousness to panic attacks. Sometimes minor mood problems escalate to more serious ones, and it's usually easier to correct these problems while they remain relatively 167 minor. The chances of your physically hurting yourself or another person, or damaging your relationships, increase as your moods and behavior become more intense. In these chapters, you'll notice that there is often overlap between moods." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.) "PART III Improving Your Specific Mood and Behavior Concerns 8 Dealing with Irritability, Anger, Aggressiveness, and violent behavior n this part of the book, I organized much of my advice about nutrition, supplements, and lifestyle into specific plans for improving mood and behavior problems." - Jack Challem, The Food-Mood Solution: All-Natural Ways to Banish Anxiety, Depression, Anger, Stress, Overeating, and Alcohol and Drug Problems--and Feel Good Again (Get the book.)

"Elevated lead levels in children have also been well-correlated to hyperactivity, substance abuse, increased violent behavior, and crime. Combine this with the toxicity of mercury, arsenic, aluminum, and chlorine, as well as fluoride itself, and you have a very toxic mixture being consumed every day by individuals at substantially increased risk of any one of a number of diseases—from cancer to degenerative brain disorders to accelerated aging. In 1993 the U.S." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.)

"This was an angry, heartbroken audience and the overriding message was that physicians, psychiatrists, pharmaceutical companies and the federal agencies tasked with oversight had not been honest and had failed to make the public aware that suicidal thoughts, suicide and violent behavior were possible adverse reactions in some people who are prescribed psychiatric mind-altering antidepressants. Perhaps the most extraordinary aspect of this February 2004 hearing was that these families, like those who went before them, could do nothing to help their own." - Kelly Patricia O'Meara, Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills That Kill (Get the book.) "Recall that in February and September of 2004, the FDA held hearings to establish whether the SSRI class of drugs was causing self-harm and violent behavior in children. Having reviewed all the available data, the FDA concluded that in 12 of 15 clinical trials the SSRIs under consideration were no more effective than placebo (sugar pills) and acknowledged "an increased risk of suicidal thoughts and behavior ('suicidality') in children and adolescents being treated with antidepressants..." - Kelly Patricia O'Meara, Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills That Kill (Get the book.)

"There have been many cases in which children were denied an education because their parents refused to put them on narcotic stimulants, antidepressants, and other drugs that we now know cause violent behavior and increased risk of suicide. There were schools actually forcing parents to put their children on drugs that would cause aggressive behavior and suicidal thoughts." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"Unfortunately, drugs have side effects, one of which, in certain individuals, is violent behavior. We seldom heard of depression as a common disease a generation ago. Has something fundamental changed in the makeup of the brain since then? Or could it be that we have removed some vital factor in our environments that once was in plentiful supply? Could that factor be sunlight? A well-known therapy for depression is bright light therapy, and full-spectrum lighting systems are advised for lifting moods and increasing a sense of well-being." - Marc Sorenson, Solar Power For Optimal Health (Get the book.)

"Furthermore, several studies of prison populations have linked low serotonin levels to violent behavior. The neurotransmitter, dopamine, also plays an important role in behavioral functions, and is similarly lowered by lead exposure during critical periods of brain growth. The social cost of lead toxicity cannot be adequately assessed because of the subtle nature of some of its effects, but we do know that several studies have shown that lead-exposed children require more remedial education than do children free from lead exposure.171 The same is true of behavioral problems." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.) "Stoll found that supplying large doses of N-3 oils could dramatically reduce or even cure patients suffering from major depression, bipolar disorder, and violent behavior. The N-3 oils have a number of beneficial effects on the brain. One of the most researched is its effect on synaptic function, the microscopic connections between neurons. N-3 oils improve synaptic function by improving membrane fluidity, enhancing neurotransmitter control, preventing excitotoxicity, improving glutamate (NMDA) receptor function, and reducing microglial activation." - Russell L. Blaylock, M.D., Health and Nutrition Secrets (Get the book.)

"The drugs actually appear to promote violent thoughts and violent behavior. The drugs are so dangerous, in fact, that in the U.K., many of the antidepressant drugs are no longer legal to even prescribe to children. Of course, in the United States, since the FDA loves to protect the pharmaceutical industry, these drugs continue to remain legal and they're just sold with small-print warnings that most people ignore. But you don't need drugs to treat depression. You need nutrition and a few other things I'll cover here." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.) "As a result, children are being used as guinea pigs for unproven, mind-altering drugs that are now being increasingly recognized as causing violent behavior, suicidal thoughts, and other bizarre side effects. Here's what Dr. John March, a professor of child psychiatry at Duke University, says: "We are using these medications and don't know how they work, if they work, or at what cost... It amounts to a huge experiment with the lives of American kids." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.) "That's why antidepressant drugs are now strongly correlated with not only violent thoughts, but also violent behavior and suicides. Violent shootings correlated with antidepressant drugs In fact, remember the school shootings in Columbine where those high school students took rifles to school and blew away their classmates? Those students were on antidepressant drugs. Remember comedian Phil Hartman, whose wife killed him with a firearm and then shot herself? She was reportedly on antidepressant drugs, too." - Mike Adams, Natural Health Solutions (Get the book.)

"According to a Columbus Dispatch series titled "Drugged into Submission" that reported on the increased use of psychiatric drugs on babies; "Nearly 40,000 Ohio children on Medicaid were taking drugs for anxiety, depression, delusions, hyperactivity and violent behavior as of July (2004)." The article further reported that 696 Ohio children, ranging in age from newborns to 3 years old, received sedatives and powerful, mood-altering, mental health drugs.. ."" - Kelly Patricia O'Meara, Psyched Out: How Psychiatry Sells Mental Illness and Pushes Pills That Kill (Get the book.)

"Even the clinical trials involving antidepressants have been distorted and selectively chosen to shed good light on SSRIs, but as we are now learning, these drugs actually promote violent behavior and can cause people to commit suicide. Are these the kinds of drugs we want to be giving pregnant women? Wouldn't it make a lot more sense to help educate women about why they might be feeling down in the first place, due to their dietary imbalances and their nutritional deficiencies, and then help them alleviate those at the core?" - Dr David W Tanton, Ph.D., Antidepressants, Antipsychotics, And Stimulants - Dangerous Drugs on Trial (Get the book.)

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