One of the biggest tragedies of the past two decades has been and is the medicating of children with psy hiatric drugs. Many prescribed off label. Many of those children are on multiple psychiatric drugs. Trials were never done on children. There haven't been studies on the long term effects of children taking multiple psychiatric drugs. Children who have public health insurance are prescribed psychiatric drugs at a higher rate than the general population of children. Children in foster care are prescribed psychiatric drugs at an even higher rate. Children who have been abused and/or neglected already feel stigmatized. The message they receive when prescribed psychiatric drugs is that there is something inherently wrong with them rather than the reality that some bad things happened to them.
There is a flip side on the fact that children on public health plans get more psych drugs: I learned that there is quite a high # of children showing early psychotic symptoms (eg hearing voices, hallucinations etc), they are often not identified without screening (cos kids w these symptoms often assume they are “normal” or hide them for other reasons), but once identified it is much easier to get children into appropriate wrap around services if they are on state or federal health plans, then if they are covered by parents private insurance, where it is up to the parents to negotiate a complex web of individual specialists who are not working as a team around that child. So some of the higher rates of drugs may be beneficial
I've been working in children's mental health for 30 years. Hearing voices and/or having hallucinations is relatively rare. Most children who are prescribed psychiatric drugs....I would say at the very least 90% have not reported hearing voices or having hallucinations.
I used to work as a children's performing arts therapist alongside some of the types of professions you mention. I will drop you a couple of stories, and also I have a professor I suggest you get in touch with.
Please take all the time you need to do your investigations in the best way possible. We will support you. Your work is indispensable to America's current moment.
Thank you all so much for your comments. And, I keep hearing "gantlet" not "gauntlet." The dictionary suggests that "gauntlet" is now an alternative spelling of "gantlet." Am I just wrong?
If you are talking about.a run between lines of people beating you with sticks it's gantlet (punishment run.) If you are referring to a glove that can be thrown down as a challenge to fight, it's gauntlet (glove.)
I consulted Garner’s Modern English Usage, here quoted in part:
“gantlet; gauntlet. Lexicographers and usage critics—especially American ones—have sought since the 19th century to make a distinction. One runs the gantlet (= a kind of ordeal or punishment) but throws down the gauntlet (= a glove). The trend, however, is to use gauntlet for all senses (a trend reinforced by the 1977 Clint Eastwood movie The Gauntlet). In fact, though, writers of English have never reserved gantlet for the ordeal. Instead, despite etymological faultiness in conflating two different words—gauntlet (glove) and gantlope (ordeal)—gauntlet has taken over both meanings. One is tempted to resist, as this book did in earlier editions, but empirical evidence now available shows that run the gauntlet outdistances run the gantlet by an 11-to-1 margin and has consistently done so since about 1800”
It's a matter of whether you want to continue a mistake because of its overwhelming popularity or use the original in order to preserve the distinction in meaning and origin with a distinction in form. Since the 'gantlope' (borrowed from Swedish) had nothing to do with a glove, it might be worth using the 'gantlet' spelling to remind oneself and one's readers of that. Or not.
Your book, Irreversible Damage, was the first book I ever read on transgender dysphoria. Never before I felt the desire to read anything on the topic. Then I saw you on Tucker Carlson Tonight, where you talked about your book, and I downloaded right away. Thank you for being so brave putting out a book that was so controversial, but well worth it. It opened my eyes about things I could never have imagined happening to young kids, and the devastation that is causing in our society. Thank you!
I appreciate your comment, Cory. Abigail is brave and wonderful and a good writer. I never desired to read a book on this topic but got dragged into this world of self diagnosed "dysphoric" teens as a parent. Now, I believe Gender Ideology has taken hold to the point that it is damaging all corners of society with many barely aware of it.
If you wish to glance at a list of parent articles, I recommend you click on the "Parents With Inconvenient Truths About Trans" site : https://pitt.substack.com/
Preventing children from harming themselves (abetted by schools, therapists, and doctors) should not be controversial!
I have been exposing the social agendas in psychiatry since 2005. From my site MiriamGrossmanMD.com:
I examine the social agendas that permeate my profession, and how they harm society, especially women. My focus is on sex education and reproductive health: sexually transmitted infections, high risk behaviors, contraception, fertility, and abortion. I also describe my profession’s flawed approach to gender and same-sex attraction, and its denial of the importance of faith to wellness.
The institutionalized approach to these subjects is misinformed and outdated. As a result, young lives are endangered. That’s a serious accusation, to be sure, but I make it after years of practice, research, and careful deliberation.
My mission is to expose this fiasco, hold those responsible for it accountable, and provide educational material that is based on hard science and common sense. If you are a young adult, parent, grandparent, teacher, health provider, psychotherapist, sex educator, women’s health advocate, gender activist, or policy maker, you want to hear what I have to say.
Looking forward to your next piece. The diagnosing and medicating of children, and the damage inflicted on developing brains was the precursor to warm us up for the gender craze. First it was (mostly) boys, now the girls are the main target, with adults making $ off the backs of children. Keep up the great work!
I can just imagine. Child custody is already fraught. I have two sisters who went through this with abusive husbands -- having come through the fire, broken, both sisters decided custody issues need to be in Criminal Court not Family Court. I think they have a point. But adding gender identity fuel to the fire, what a mess. The poor children. And parents too.
I’m beyond grateful for the work you are doing! Please keep it up! Your work is absolutely vital for our children, our families, our future.
Thank you!
One of the biggest tragedies of the past two decades has been and is the medicating of children with psy hiatric drugs. Many prescribed off label. Many of those children are on multiple psychiatric drugs. Trials were never done on children. There haven't been studies on the long term effects of children taking multiple psychiatric drugs. Children who have public health insurance are prescribed psychiatric drugs at a higher rate than the general population of children. Children in foster care are prescribed psychiatric drugs at an even higher rate. Children who have been abused and/or neglected already feel stigmatized. The message they receive when prescribed psychiatric drugs is that there is something inherently wrong with them rather than the reality that some bad things happened to them.
This is an area well worth researching.
There is a flip side on the fact that children on public health plans get more psych drugs: I learned that there is quite a high # of children showing early psychotic symptoms (eg hearing voices, hallucinations etc), they are often not identified without screening (cos kids w these symptoms often assume they are “normal” or hide them for other reasons), but once identified it is much easier to get children into appropriate wrap around services if they are on state or federal health plans, then if they are covered by parents private insurance, where it is up to the parents to negotiate a complex web of individual specialists who are not working as a team around that child. So some of the higher rates of drugs may be beneficial
I've been working in children's mental health for 30 years. Hearing voices and/or having hallucinations is relatively rare. Most children who are prescribed psychiatric drugs....I would say at the very least 90% have not reported hearing voices or having hallucinations.
I used to work as a children's performing arts therapist alongside some of the types of professions you mention. I will drop you a couple of stories, and also I have a professor I suggest you get in touch with.
Please take all the time you need to do your investigations in the best way possible. We will support you. Your work is indispensable to America's current moment.
Fabulous! Thank you. And, thank you. :)
Thank you all so much for your comments. And, I keep hearing "gantlet" not "gauntlet." The dictionary suggests that "gauntlet" is now an alternative spelling of "gantlet." Am I just wrong?
If you are talking about.a run between lines of people beating you with sticks it's gantlet (punishment run.) If you are referring to a glove that can be thrown down as a challenge to fight, it's gauntlet (glove.)
It’s time to throw down the gauntlet on this.
I consulted Garner’s Modern English Usage, here quoted in part:
“gantlet; gauntlet. Lexicographers and usage critics—especially American ones—have sought since the 19th century to make a distinction. One runs the gantlet (= a kind of ordeal or punishment) but throws down the gauntlet (= a glove). The trend, however, is to use gauntlet for all senses (a trend reinforced by the 1977 Clint Eastwood movie The Gauntlet). In fact, though, writers of English have never reserved gantlet for the ordeal. Instead, despite etymological faultiness in conflating two different words—gauntlet (glove) and gantlope (ordeal)—gauntlet has taken over both meanings. One is tempted to resist, as this book did in earlier editions, but empirical evidence now available shows that run the gauntlet outdistances run the gantlet by an 11-to-1 margin and has consistently done so since about 1800”
It's a matter of whether you want to continue a mistake because of its overwhelming popularity or use the original in order to preserve the distinction in meaning and origin with a distinction in form. Since the 'gantlope' (borrowed from Swedish) had nothing to do with a glove, it might be worth using the 'gantlet' spelling to remind oneself and one's readers of that. Or not.
Interesting. Well, if we ever have chips implanted in our brains, we will all use the language uniformly by default, I reckon
I am excited to hear you're working on a new book!
Thank you, dear Joseph!
Hooray!
שבת שלום, eager to see your latest research.
Your book, Irreversible Damage, was the first book I ever read on transgender dysphoria. Never before I felt the desire to read anything on the topic. Then I saw you on Tucker Carlson Tonight, where you talked about your book, and I downloaded right away. Thank you for being so brave putting out a book that was so controversial, but well worth it. It opened my eyes about things I could never have imagined happening to young kids, and the devastation that is causing in our society. Thank you!
I appreciate your comment, Cory. Abigail is brave and wonderful and a good writer. I never desired to read a book on this topic but got dragged into this world of self diagnosed "dysphoric" teens as a parent. Now, I believe Gender Ideology has taken hold to the point that it is damaging all corners of society with many barely aware of it.
If you wish to glance at a list of parent articles, I recommend you click on the "Parents With Inconvenient Truths About Trans" site : https://pitt.substack.com/
Preventing children from harming themselves (abetted by schools, therapists, and doctors) should not be controversial!
Great work Abigail,
I have been exposing the social agendas in psychiatry since 2005. From my site MiriamGrossmanMD.com:
I examine the social agendas that permeate my profession, and how they harm society, especially women. My focus is on sex education and reproductive health: sexually transmitted infections, high risk behaviors, contraception, fertility, and abortion. I also describe my profession’s flawed approach to gender and same-sex attraction, and its denial of the importance of faith to wellness.
The institutionalized approach to these subjects is misinformed and outdated. As a result, young lives are endangered. That’s a serious accusation, to be sure, but I make it after years of practice, research, and careful deliberation.
My mission is to expose this fiasco, hold those responsible for it accountable, and provide educational material that is based on hard science and common sense. If you are a young adult, parent, grandparent, teacher, health provider, psychotherapist, sex educator, women’s health advocate, gender activist, or policy maker, you want to hear what I have to say.
Looking forward to your next piece. The diagnosing and medicating of children, and the damage inflicted on developing brains was the precursor to warm us up for the gender craze. First it was (mostly) boys, now the girls are the main target, with adults making $ off the backs of children. Keep up the great work!
I can just imagine. Child custody is already fraught. I have two sisters who went through this with abusive husbands -- having come through the fire, broken, both sisters decided custody issues need to be in Criminal Court not Family Court. I think they have a point. But adding gender identity fuel to the fire, what a mess. The poor children. And parents too.
Thanks for standing up- you work is helping turn the tide of stupidity
Sincerely, incredibly grateful for your work, deeply so. It's going to change the world for the better!
So brave Abigail. Love you!
Thank you for exposing this social contagion. It is criminal what is happening to teen girls in our culture.
Keep up your great work. You are not a voice in the wilderness. We are listening.