BOSTON, March 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- Psychiatric
watchdog, Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) New
England held an awareness protest Sunday morning to attendees
of a large Boston OBGYN conference to warn that allowing pregnant
mothers to be prescribed psychotropic drugs means that the children
in their wombs are being similarly prescribed and may be born with
birth defects, including a specific brain malformation.
"While writing and researching on the dangers psychiatric drugs
prescribed to children," said CL Garrison, CCHR volunteer and
author of Drugging Kids: Psychiatry's Wholesale Drugging of
Schoolchildren for ADHD, "I found that children were
being harmed in the womb by these same toxic substances."
The main information being passed out was regarding a study
entitled, "Rate of Chiari I malformation in children of
mothers with depression with and without prenatal SSRI
exposure," wherein 18 percent of the children with mothers on
SSRI antidepressants were found to have this serious birth defect
as opposed to only 2 percent of the children from mothers who were
not taking antidepressants while pregnant. 189 children were in the
study and the authors feel that more replication of their study is
needed.
Chiari 1 brain malformation is a condition in which the bottom
of the brain grows into the top of the spinal canal. In some
people, it isn't noticed, while others may experience extreme
negative effects such as constant headaches, neck pains, vision
disturbances, balance problems and weakness.
"Considering the data available regarding birth defects from
antidepressants, we feel that more research on harm to the
fetus is needed and that it would be much better standard
practice in the meantime to utilize safe and natural
alternatives to address the normal hormonal changes in
mothers," said Kevin Hall, New
England Director of CCHR, which was established in 1969 by the
Church of Scientology and psychiatrist Thomas Szasz to investigate and expose
psychiatric violations of human rights.
When looking on the psychiatric drug side effect studies blog
PsychiatryDrugs.wordpress.com under the antidepressant
section, there are studies showing the following potential birth
defects from antidepressants: Chiari I brain malformation,
increased risk of autism from 1 percent to 1.87 percent, language
disorders, infant heart defects and speech, scholastic and motor
disorders. Additionally, a quick web search can reveal to you that
there are several class action suits against antidepressant
manufacturers for causing birth defects.
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