HR20-New Mother's Mandated Mental Health Test-JUST PASSED HOUSE!

Hi,

No, this legislation is actually very bad. Dr. David W. Tanton, Ph.D. in Brave New World of Coerced Drugging states, "The obvious objective is to find a way to broaden the drug industry’s market in every way possible. For years, it was adults (especially seniors). Once they had basically saturated that market, then they began targeting our kids (even very young preschoolers). Now, the only untapped large market appears to be expectant mothers."

Pat Risser of the National Empowerment Center writes, "There's been a fair amount of publicity about the Mothers Act." "Yet there's been comparatively little publicity about the "Veterans Mental Health Treatment First Act" (S.2573) introduced in the U.S. Senate on January 30, 2008." "Like the Mothers Act, the Veterans Mental Health Treatment First Act is a transparent effort by Big Pharma to expand the psychiatric drug market."

So Depression an emotion is a medical condition.

Bill must be well intentioned... because it does not say in specific words that they intend to get the maximum amount of sales increase for their patented trademarked nerve drug agents. Pharma lawyers may be manipulating it that way, you understand.

Cambridge psychiatrists Janet Wozniak and Joe Biederman demonstrated to the U.S. psychiatric community that "Bipolar" could be diagnosed in tottlers. This increased drug sales. Google: Biederman Johnson & Johnson. -- "Dr. Joseph Biederman, a prominent child psychiatrist at Harvard University, promised the drug company Johnson & Johnson that certain studies of its medicines in children would yield positive results for the company"

Melanie Blocker Stokes, MOTHERS act:
A named made-up medical condition that they can't do a chemical biological test for, and that they can't say what causes it, nor, naturally, how to cure it. -- Since they can't test for this medical condition, that has a name of an emotion attached to it, they propose to screen for people who are at risk of getting this diagnosis, and to diagnosis this by a professional interview.

Though they can't detect it, define it or cure it they have quote "effective treatment" (This is all, naturally, a repeat of the formula for all the billabale disorder/diseases in the lucrative DSM4, psychiaric drug sales bible.)

Hunterdon Healthcare:
"Treatment - Fortunately, even though the causes are not completely understood, effective treatment for postpartum reactions is available.

Reaching out for the proper help is an important step toward recovery – get help as soon as possible if you have any concerns."

Looking around here we have for insteance Hunterdon saying treatment exists and to call for help. They don't specify what treatment there. Nothing mandatory mentioned. Wonder what treatments are fortunately available? I just Bet fluorinated SSRIs that cause birth defects and homicidal and suicidal ideation are one of those treatments.Hmmm, here we have....

Canadian Mental Health
www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=3-86-87-88

"The exact cause of postpartum depression is not known."

"postpartum depression continues to be under-diagnosed. It is an illness that can be effectively treated. The sooner the condition is diagnosed, the more effective the treatment. It is important to recognize and acknowledge the symptoms of postpartum depression in yourself or another as soon as possible"

Most new mothers experience the "baby blues" after delivery. About one out of every 10 of these women will develop a more severe and longer-lasting depression after delivery. One in 1,000 women develops a more serious condition called postpartum psychosis."

SO, about 1 in 10 mothers have this "depression" which is an "illness" (that could add up to a lot of sales!)....and though the cause, "is not known," they do use the word "medicines," here. SSRI "antidepresant" "medications"

Although not in the bill, you understand, all of these related sites are Directly connected to the implications and impact of the deceitful legislation. Not to be "paranoid" but in looking around on the net, 'regular people' and 'supporters' who happen to mention how it does not say "mandatory" screening or drugs is itself a common occurance. What do you think the legislation is for? It does explicitly state, "Epidemiological studies." What is this? "Epidemiology is the study of factors affecting the health and illness of populations, and serves as the foundation and logic of interventions made in the interest of public health and preventive medicine." It is the logic of interventions for the public health. You read the bill and your honest conclusion is that it is not for increasing toxic drug sales to pregnant and nursing woman? These people have no problem using schill professors at Cambridge to get toddlers drugged nationally. The conclusion, that it is not about mandatory screening or drugging, and it should be voted for, no-problem, is shared by a woman who supports the bill who tells us she had a six-figure salary in marketing at Coca-Cola prior to doing this unpaid, losing-money, advocacy of this humanitarian bill. Susan Stone, Quote, "my husband and I pay out of our own pockets for all the expenses associated with this work." http://postpartumprogress.typepad.com/weblog/melanie_blocker...

It does not say in the bill that Big Pharma created the both the bill and all of the the support and related ersatz medical opinion peices, and that the bill is intended to force-feed more nerve-druging agents into yet more people for yet more profit. It doesn't say it, but -- lawyers are smart.

"How is postpartum depression treated?"
www.cmha.ca/bins/content_page.asp?cid=3-86-87-88

"Therapy, support networks and medicines such as antidepressants are used to treat postpartum depression."

Susan Dowd Stone, supporter of the bill, writes,

www.empowher.com/news/herarticle/2009/04/07/melanie-blocker-...

"The detractors are crafty. Notice they don’t offer a link to the actual language of the bill on their websites, because if they did…. readers would quickly discover that The Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act does not promote medication, in fact, it specifically does NOT fund medication. Nor does The Melanie Blocker Stokes MOTHERS Act mandate screening."

Susan Stone writes:
http://postpartumprogress.typepad.com/weblog/melanie_blocker...

"Postpartum depression is a serious and disabling condition affecting hundreds of thousands of new mothers each year. The new legislation would increase federal efforts to combat postpartum depression by:

* Requiring the Secretary of HHS to conduct a study on the benefits of screening for postpartum depression and postpartum psychosis."
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Thus...It requires a study on the benefits of screening -- it doesn't require mandatory screening. {Never-mind those crafty detractors... who are just enemies of Big Pharma for some old reason. They do not refer to the actual wording of the legislation.}

It calls for setting up means to provide - unspecified - services to people,
and legislates a taxpayer funded national public awareness campaign.

I am glad Ron Paul voted against this.

HR 20 Or The MOTHERS Act Opens Up State Control Over Family Planning
http://dprogram.net/2009/04/22/hr-20-or-the-mothers-act-open...

Stess Testing The MOTHERS Act
by Kelly O'Meara
http://uniteforlife.wordpress.com/2009/05/07/stres-testing-t...

EVELYN PRINGLE
Motherhood and the Psycho-Pharmaceutical Complex
www.counterpunch.org/pringle04072009.html
SSRI Pushers under fire: www.scoop.co.nz/stories/HL0901/S00008.htm

John Breeding, Ph.D. Psychologist
Mandatory Psychiatry Screening Scam, Mothers Act
www.youtube.com/watch?v=tzb2gD1fWpE
"Psych Screening" www.youtube.com/watch?v=VI9E71FaJ5M
NAMI www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXgyfYKzb28

Dangers of Psych Drugs in Pregnancy Byron Richards
www.newswithviews.com/Richards/byron52.htm

The MOTHERS Act - A Dangerous Prescription
http://mothersact.wordpress.com/

Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Psychiatric Disorders
www.groupadpsych.org/files/2003/omega3.pdf

"The physiology of pregnancy involves the mobilization of polyunsaturated fatty acids from maternal stores to the fetus, and supplementation with essential fatty acids may ensure adequate supplies for the needs of the mother and the developing fetus. Hornstra et al. (1995) demonstrated that maternal essential fatty acids, especially the DHA proportion, progressively decrease during pregnancy.

Without sufficient dietary intake, mothers become depleted of DHA, and depletion of maternal n-3 fatty acids has been noted during pregnancy (Otto et al., 1997). Lactation may increase the period needed for DHA to return to normal levels (Otto et al., 2001). Multiple births exacerbate the DHA deficiency (Al et al., 2000). Maternal DHA can be reduced by 50% during pregnancy and not fully restored at 6 months postpartum (Holman et al., 1991; Al et al., 1995).

Mothers selectively transfer DHA via a placental membrane fatty acid-binding protein to their fetuses to enable optimal neurological development during pregnancy (Campbell et al., 1998; Dutta-Roy, 2000; Martin et al., 2000)."

Pregnancy is a time of increased nutritional requirements
www.jirehhealthhk.com/health_detail.php?id=7

“The essential fatty acids (EFAs) and some of their derivatives are of utmost nutritional importance during pregnancy and lactation (8) . During the last trimester of pregnancy and the first months after birth, major developments in the growth and maturation of the infants central nervous system (CNS) and sensory apparatus, such as the eyes, take place.”

"Animal studies show that severe EFA deficiency during pregnancy leads to more severe deficiencies in mental and sensory capability (20) . There also appears to be a connection between maternal omega-3 status and the length of gestation: The lower the serum levels of omega-3 fatty acids, the greater the chance of giving birth prematurely (22, 25) . Finally, women with postpartum depression lack omega-3 fatty acids compared to women who gave birth without any problems (16). "

Essential Fatty Acids, DHA and the Human Brain
Meharban Singh
http://medind.nic.in/icb/t05/i3/icbt05i3p239.pdf

"It is recommended that the pregnant and nursing woman should take at least 2.6 g of omega-3 fatty acids and 100-300 mg of DHA daily to look after the needs of her fetus and suckling infant. The follow-up studies have shown that infants of mothers supplemented with EFAs and DHA had higher mental processing scores, psychomotor development, eye-hand coordination and stereo acuity at 4 years of age. Intake of EFAs and DHA during preschool years may also have a beneficial role in the prevention of attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and enhancing learning capability and academic performance."

Indian journal of pediatrics. 2005 Mar;72(3): 239-42