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Study: Number of Children Who Think They’re The Wrong Gender Surges 50X in 10 Years

New research from England shows a steep increase in children identifying as the wrong gender, sparking debate over the causes and implications. Some believe societal pressures and online influences are fueling this rapid growth in gender-related distress.

Key Facts:

  • Diagnoses of gender dysphoria rose from fewer than 200 cases in 2011 to over 10,000 in 2021.
  • Girls made up about twice as many cases as boys by 2021.
  • Over half of those diagnosed had anxiety, depression, or a history of self-harm.
  • Around 5% were prescribed puberty blockers, and 8% were given gender-altering hormones.
  • The landmark Cass review advised caution about rushing children into treatments they might later regret.

The Rest of The Story:

The University of York study analyzed thousands of anonymized GP records between 2011 and 2021.

Researchers concluded that more children than ever believe they were born the wrong gender, with one in 1,200 young people now diagnosed.

Previously, it was just one in 60,000.

A surge in mental health problems accompanied this trend, leaving experts to ponder which comes first: the distress or the gender confusion.

Professor Tim Doran, one of the authors, suggested social media and increasing public awareness may play key roles.

The study’s findings echo concerns raised by the Cass review, which argued that care must be taken before offering irreversible medical interventions to minors.

Researchers also discovered high rates of anxiety and depression in this group, calling for better mental health support.

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With more Americans able to access legalized marijuana, fewer are picking up prescriptions for anti-anxiety medications – new research

In states where both medical and recreational marijuana are legal, fewer patients are filling prescriptions for medications used to treat anxiety. That is the key finding of my recent study, published in the journal JAMA Network Open.

I am an applied policy researcher who studies the economics of risky behaviors and substance use within the United States. My collaborators and I wanted to understand how medical and recreational marijuana laws and marijuana dispensary openings have affected the rate at which patients fill prescriptions for anti-anxiety medications among people who have private medical insurance.

These include:

  • Benzodiazepines, which work by increasing the level of gamma-aminobutyric acid, or GABA, a neurotransmitter that elicits a calming effect by reducing activity in the nervous system. This category includes the depressants Valium, Xanax and Ativan, among others.
  • Antipsychotics, a class of drug that addresses psychosis symptoms in a variety of ways.
  • Antidepressants, which relieve symptoms of depression by affecting neurotransmitters such as serotonin, norepinephrine and dopamine. The most well-known example of these is selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitors, or SSRIs.

We also included barbiturates, which are sedatives, and sleep medications – sometimes called “Z-drugs” – both of which are used to treat insomnia. In contrast to the other three categories, we did not estimate any policy impacts for either of these types of drugs.

We find consistent evidence that increased marijuana access is associated with reductions in benzodiazepine prescription fills. “Fills” refer to the number of prescriptions being picked up by patients, rather than the number of prescriptions doctors write. This is based on calculating the rate of individual patients who filled a prescription in a state, the average days of supply per prescription fill, and average prescription fills per patient.

Notably, we found that not all state policies led to similar changes in prescription fill patterns.

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Woman who stabbed classmate to please Slender Man can be released from psychiatric hospital

A Wisconsin woman who at age 12 stabbed her sixth grade classmate nearly to death to please online horror character Slender Man will be released from a psychiatric hospital, a judge ordered Thursday after a trio of experts testified that she has made considerable progress battling mental illness.

Morgan Geyser has spent nearly seven years at the Winnebago Mental Health Institute. She has petitioned Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren, who committed her, for release four times since June 2022. She withdrew her first two petitions. Bohren denied her third request this past April, finding she still presented a threat to the public.

Geyser, now 22 years old, filed her latest petition in October. Bohren decided to grant her release after a day-long hearing Thursday, finding that she had maximized her treatment options at the facility and is no longer a safety risk. He ordered the state Department of Health Services to set up a plan to house her in a group home and supervise her for his consideration at a hearing within 60 days.

The judge said that her crime was a “brutal, terrible offense” but Geyser has since grown up and to be truly rehabilitated she must exist as part of society.

“She’s done what she’s supposed to do,” Bohren said. “She appears to have a good attitude.”

Geyser and Anissa Weier were 12 years old in 2014 when they lured their classmate, Payton Leutner, to a Waukesha park after a sleepover. Geyser stabbed Leutner 19 times while Weier egged her on. Leutner barely survived.

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Mental Illness In the Political & Media Class

In one of Cicero’s letters to a friend, he references Pompey the Great’s decision to divorce his wife, Mucia. Cicero attributes it to Pompey’s discovery that she was having an affair with Julius Caesar. Cicero believed that Caesar had many affairs with the wives of Roman patricians, and he perceived this as a sign that Caesar was a dangerously aggressive man.

Pompey apparently didn’t take the matter too seriously, and according to Suetonius, he humorously called Caesar “Aegisthus,” the name of a Greek mythological character who was known to have seduced a king’s wife. It’s likely that Pompey later regretted not taking it seriously when Caesar waged war against him and defeated him in the so-called “Caesar’s civil war.”

It takes a lot of energy, drive, and ambition to get ahead in this competitive world, but I’ve often wondered if these advantageous traits are sometimes—or perhaps even frequently—combined with mental disorders.

In recent years I have watched many prominent figures in the public forum say and do things that strike me as expressive of a mental disorder.

According to the NIH National Institute of Mental Health:

Mental illnesses are common in the United States and around the world. It is estimated that more than one in five U.S. adults live with a mental illness (59.3 million in 2022; 23.1% of the U.S. adult population). Mental illnesses include many different conditions that vary in degree of severity, ranging from mild to moderate to severe. Two broad categories can be used to describe these conditions: Any Mental Illness (AMI) and Serious Mental Illness (SMI). AMI encompasses all recognized mental illnesses. SMI is a smaller and more severe subset of AMI. Additional information on mental illnesses can be found on the NIMH Health Topics Pages.

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Just how far does the malfeasance of the FDA extend? Clinical trials of psychiatric drugs show negative outcomes – more chemical drugs are required to treat side effects

The Reality of Psychiatric Medications

Mental health conditions are often treated with pharmaceuticals, but are these products really as “safe and effective” as public health officials, healthcare professionals and drug manufacturers claim them to be?

David Wayne, psychiatric nurse, returns to “Pediatric Perspectives” to spill the beans on the true risks associated with common medications for depression, anxiety and related diagnoses.

The information contained in this episode is for informational purposes only. No material is intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.”

The interview is wide-ranging and covers treatments such as anti-psychotic and anti-depressant drugs, as well as SSRI’s and Serotonin (and impotency).

Of note are the failed clinical trials and side effects that require ever more chemical drugs that are just as bad, with their own harmful side effects.

Aaron Siri pointed out the clinical trial detail in the package inserts of vaccines such as Hep B.

It looks like the same information on bad trial outcomes applies to psychiatric drugs.

The information is in the package inserts – from (dodgy) memory – I think these details are in section 6,

There are many reports of the deteriorating mental health of Americans. These “leaves rustling in the wind” could mean that these mental health issues and other physical issues, are caused by chemicals in psychiatric drugs.

All “approved” by the FDA as “safe and effective”.

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California religious school shooter’s sickening motive revealed in typed note on his body

The man suspected of shooting two kindergartners at a school in California before turning the gun on himself believed the religion that runs it is responsible for Israel‘s war on Hamas and American attacks in Yemen.

Glenn Litton, 56, has been identified as the shooter who walked onto the campus of Feather River School of Seventh-Day Adventists, claiming to be meeting about enrolling a child, before opening fire.

Honea then claimed that Litton was politically motivated, as they have evidence – a typed note on his body – indicating Litton believed the Seventh-Day Adventist Church was responsible for ‘genocide’ and ‘oppression’ of the Palestinian people as well as American attacks in Yemen.

Litton – an alumnus of Paradise Adventist School as a child  – has a ‘lengthy criminal history and mental health’ issues, including convictions on theft, fraud and forgery. Authorities believe he was homeless.

Honea says they recovered a ghost gun at the scene. As a convicted felon, Litton cannot legally own a firearm.  

The two victims – identified as 6-year-old Roman Mendez and 5-year-old Elias Wolfhard – are currently in critical but stable condition, according to Butte County Sheriff Kory Honea.

Crowdfunding pages have been started for both victims and their families. 

A Gofundme for Wolfhard says the shooter’s bullets ‘went through his chest and abdomen, piercing and nicking multiple organs before exiting.’

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Deadly Weapon — The Mental Health Industry’s Lethal Treatments

Spencer Pearson, a former high school football star, was handed a life sentence last week for his 2023 violent and vicious stabbing attack of then 17-year-old Madison Schemitz in Ponte Vedra, Fla. It’s reported that Pearson “trembled and bowed his head in court” as the judge passed sentence.

Yes, as one would expect when one’s life is on the line, Pearson was contrite. And it’s important to note that Pearson’s attorney tried, unsuccessfully, to use the attackers “varied mental illnesses” as a mitigating defense. Of course, anyone would argue that someone who committed such a brutal attack must be suffering from mental illness. But is it that easy? Or is it possible that something else is at play?

For example, lots of young teenage boys’ experience getting dumped by girlfriends and don’t stalk them and then violently, repeatedly stab the former girlfriend, her mother and a stranger who stepped in to try and stop the rampage.

No. Something else is at play here and, based on other brutal attacks carried out by seemingly normal unassuming teenage boys, one cannot help but admit this attack has the odor of a life of mental health intervention.

Of course, it’s difficult to know for sure, but there are clues. According to one article in the Jacksonville Florida Times-Union “while in the third grade, a teacher made his parents aware that he suffered from anxiety.”

Did his parents act on that information and get their son mental health help to deal with his anxiety? Like so many other young boys, was third-grader Pearson “treated” with psychiatric mind-altering drugs at that time? That information has not been made public.

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Prozac: A Safe and Effective Treatment for Young People With Depression?

Could a commonly prescribed medication like Prozac be unsafe and ineffective for young people? According to a study published in the International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine, the answer is a clear yes.

This revelation challenges the widespread use of Prozac in treating adolescent depression and raises important questions about its safety and efficacy.

Prozac is one of the most frequently prescribed selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors (SSRIs) for adolescents struggling with depression.

However, the International Journal of Risk & Safety in Medicine study highlights significant safety concerns and questions the drug’s effectiveness in this vulnerable age group.

These findings suggest that what was once considered a standard treatment may not be as beneficial as previously thought.

Furthermore, regulatory data has highlighted inconsistencies in the reporting of adverse events, particularly suicidal behaviors, in clinical trials.

This underreporting distorts the true safety profile of Prozac, again indicating that the risks associated with the medication may be greater than the published studies suggest.

In light of these concerns, lifestyle changes and psychotherapy emerge as safer and more effective alternatives for treating adolescent depression.

Studies have shown that therapeutic approaches significantly reduce the risk of suicide among young patients. Understanding these alternatives is key for making informed decisions about mental health treatments for youth.

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Family: FBI knew Oklahoma bomb plot suspect is schizophrenic

The family of a man accused of attempting to detonate what he believed was an explosives-laden van outside an Oklahoma bank says he is a paranoid schizophrenic and that the FBI knew it.

Clifford and Melonie Varnell, of Sayre, Oklahoma, issued a statement late Tuesday that questions the tactics undercover FBI agents used to arrest 23-year-old Jerry Drake Varnell. He was taken into custody early Saturday for the alleged plot to detonate a vehicle bomb in an alley adjacent to BancFirst in downtown Oklahoma City.

Varnell, who lives with his mother and stepfather in Sayre, about 130 miles west of Oklahoma City, is jobless due to his schizophrenia and does not have the resources to carry out such an act alone, according to the family’s statement.

“The FBI came and picked him up from our home, they gave him a vehicle, gave him a fake bomb, and every means to make this happen,” the statement said, adding that authorities “should not have aided and abetted a paranoid schizophrenic to commit this act.”

FBI spokeswoman Jessica Rice in Oklahoma City and Assistant U.S. Attorney Scott Williams declined comment Wednesday.

Varnell “has suffered through countless serious full-blown schizophrenic delusional episodes and he has been put in numerous mental hospitals since he was 16 years old,” the family’s statement said. It added that his parents are his legal guardians and do all they can “to keep him safe and functional.”

“The mental health system has consistently failed us due to the lack of establishments and health care coverage for a person like him,” the statement said. Varnell takes medication “but he will never be completely functional in life,” it said.

The Varnells say their son is easily influenced and they believe a confidential informant who tipped FBI agents off to the alleged plot may have helped inspire it.

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15.5 Million Adult Americans Think They Have ADHD

Like most alleged psychiatric disorders, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a fraud diagnosis. Put simply, and honestly, there is no abnormality in the brain that is ADHD.

The mental health and pharmaceutical industries can say it exists…that it’s a real brain disorder, but it just isn’t true. This doesn’t stop such august institutions like the Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) from reporting that fifteen and a half million American adults suffer from ADHD. Of course, this is the same federal agency that said the covid vaccine was effective, would stop people from getting covid and stop them from spreading covid. Oops!

Nevertheless, the recent report from the CDC’s National Center for Health Statistics (NCHS) claims that 15.5 million US adults are living with the condition and explain that “many are being let down by poor access to treatment.”

First let’s review what the American Psychiatric Association says about ADHD in its billing bible, the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual 5. According to the nation’s top psychiatric doctors, ADHD in adults consists of the following:

An ADHD presentation that’s predominantly hyperactive/impulsive can be diagnosed if five or more symptoms of hyperactivity/impulsivity have persisted for at least six months. The person should also have less than five symptoms of inattention.[3]

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