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A new study raises serious questions about the increasingly common use of second-generation antidepressant drugs to treat anxiety disorders.

 

Although the practice is becoming increasingly common, researchers worry that the value of the drugs for anxiety may have been overestimated as a result of publication bias.

 

Publication bias occurs when only studies that show beneficial effects of the intervention are published.

 

As reported in JAMA Psychiatry, the new review concludes that studies supporting the value of second-generation antidepressant drugs for the treatment of anxiety have been distorted by publication bias, outcome reporting bias and “spin.”

 

Even though they may still play a role in treating these disorders, the effectiveness of the drugs has been overestimated, say the researchers.

 

In some cases the medications, which are among the most widely prescribed drugs in the world, are not significantly more useful than a placebo.

 

Read More:

http://psychcentral.com/news/2015/03/31/are-we-using-the-best-meds-for-anxiety-disorders/82978.html?utm_source=base&utm_medium=popular-news&utm_campaign=related_test



 

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has just published its first national study on the various forms of treatment used for attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) in children. The study examined the use of medication, behavioral therapy, and dietary supplements — and its results were eye-opening.

 

Almost 1 in 4 preschoolers were treated with medication alone.

 

That is an astounding number, when you stop and consider that a preschooler’s brain is still under active development. Prescribing stimulants to such a young child’s brain is a bad idea, given we have no longitudinal, long-term studies demonstrating that these medications won’t be harmful in a child’s development.

 

Read on to learn more about the study’s key findings.

 

Read More …

http://psychcentral.com/blog/archives/2015/04/03/too-many-preschoolers-getting-medications-for-adhd/



Here we are again. It’s April, and in the coming weeks, Autistic people and our allies will face a long list of non-autistic experts and spokespeople talking about us, without us. For many of us, April is a time when the public is “aware” of autism but chooses to ignore Autistic people.
 

We’re often asked by non-autistic friends and allies what they can do to support the Autistic community in the month of April and beyond. We know that many of you are looking for ways to be a part of the solution. That’s why this month, we’d like to ask you to join us in taking the pledge for Autistic inclusion. It’s a simple message:
 

“I pledge to only attend, speak at or otherwise participate in autism panels, conferences and events that meaningfully involve Autistic people. I choose not to give my business or my time to settings that fail to include Autistic voices in conversations about autism.”
 

Conversations on autism should include Autistic people – it’s as simple as that. That should not be a difficult standard to meet, but for too many conferences, panels and events in the autism community, the most important stakeholders – Autistic people ourselves – are excluded.
 

We think it’s time to change that – and your voice will help make that possible. Will you join us in signing the pledge and taking a stand to support Autistic voices? What you do today matters in building a truly inclusive community for all of us. We hope you’ll join us in standing up for including autistic people in our national conversation on autism. Once you do, tell your friends on social media using the hashtag #AcceptanceIs and we’ll signal boost you to help get the message out.
 

Thank you for your support in helping turn April into Autism Acceptance Month. Autistic people deserve more than just awareness – we deserve respect, inclusion and acceptance. You can help make that happen. As always, Nothing About Us, Without Us!
 

Sincerely,
Ari Ne’eman
President
Autistic Self Advocacy Network

 

Take the Pledge



 

Wednesday, February 25, 2015

 
LIBERTY, Mo. — A Missouri eighth-grader with autism has suffered complications from a severe beating he took in the lunchroom from another student, his parents say.
 
Twelve-year-old Blake Kitchen, of Liberty, has a cracked skull, a fractured jaw and damage to his ear that may require surgery, his mother said.
 
“It makes me sad and angry to see him have that moment of terror,” Destiny Kitchen told Fox 4 News. “Is your son going to make it? To listen to him cry and say, ‘Mommy, I’m going to die. Please don’t let me die. I’m not ready.’ It could have been avoided.
 
“The Liberty School District said in a written statement the incident is being reviewed, and school leaders are cooperating with police.
 
Blake has Asperger syndrome, a form of autism, and likes to sit at the same spot each day in the Liberty Middle School cafeteria. His parents say that turned troublesome last Thursday, when a boy moved Blake’s belongings from his seat. When Blake asked the boy to move, another boy began hitting him until he blacked out.
 
That boy, whose name has not been released, was arrested and has been referred to juvenile court, Liberty police Capt. Andy Hedrick said Tuesday. Hedrick declined to elaborate about the case.
 
Blake’s parents said they sent a letter to the school’s principal about a month ago complaining about the same boy bullying Blake’s older brother.
 
Blake spent four days at Children’s Mercy Hospital and was released Monday, Jessica Salazar, a spokeswoman for the hospital, said Tuesday.
 


Kimberly Greenberg. Photo courtesy LAPD.

Kimberly Greenberg. Photo courtesy LAPD.

 

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Police Tuesday continued their search for a teenager missing for the past week from her home in Mar Vista.

 

Kimberly Greenberg, 15, has not been seen since last Tuesday, when she went missing around 8 p.m. from her home in the 11200 block of Westminster Avenue.

 

Family members are concerned because she takes medication for autism and has not made contact with them since she disappeared.

 

Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Daniel Gonzales said officers would continue to search the area Tuesday but were hoping Kimberly would contact her family of her own accord.

 

“We’re hoping someone will call in with some information, or she will check in with her mom,” Gonzales said.

 

The teen is Hispanic, with long brown hair, brown eyes and a light complexion. She is 4 feet 10 inches and weighs about 110 pounds. She was wearing a red sweater, jeans and Ugg shoes when last seen.

 

Anyone with information about her whereabouts was asked to call the Los Angeles Police Department’s Pacific Division Watch Commander at (310) 482-6371.

 

-City News Service

 

Source:

http://mynewsla.com/crime/2015/03/31/cops-still-searching-for-missing-autistic-mar-vista-teen/





 Mosaic portrait of Alan Turing using the mathematical analysis used to decode the Enigma machines during the World War II. Credit: Charis Tsevis

 

Dear Readers,

 

Stephen Fry notified me a week ago of the following petition.  Please join us in signing, if you will:

 

Alan Turing was the greatest computer scientist ever born in Britain. In one stroke he defined the criteria by which the Nazis’ “impossible” Enigma code could be broken and laid the foundations of modern computing. He was a hero.

 

He was also gay. He was prosecuted for it, punished with chemical castration and took his own life, aged 41. In 2013 the British Government rightly pardoned Turing. But Turing was not the only man convicted for being gay under the laws of “gross indecency”. These were pernicious, cruel laws that fortunately don’t exist now but whose shadow still looms over too many.

 

More than 49,000 men were convicted under these and similar laws. Their lives were destroyed. They suffered humiliation, violence and total estrangement from their families which in some cases also led to suicide.

 

That is why I’m lending my support to calls for Her Majesty’s Government to pardon all the men, alive or deceased, who, like Alan Turing, were convicted under ‘anti-gay’ laws.

 

Please join me by signing this petition.

 

The Imitation Game film has brought Alan Turing’s story to cinemas around the globe. But what about all of the men whose stories will never be heard? They also deserve their names to be cleared.

 

The UK’s homophobic laws made the lives of generations of gay and bisexual men intolerable. It’s time we acknowledge this mark on our history and correct it. Take a moment to sign the petition here.

 

Thank you,
Stephen Fry

Sign the petition

 

UPDATE:  Nick Clegg MP has responded:

 

 

Alan Turing and the thousands of other men should never have been prosecuted. It is utterly wrong that so many people were convicted simply for being who they are.

 

The Liberal Democrats and I will work to make sure those with convictions for consensual homosexual activity between adults are pardoned. It should never have been a crime in the first place.

 

Nick



ACTION ALERT

ESEA Reauthorization Bill Moving Fast

YOUR ADVOCACY NEEDED!

 

SUMMARY:
Senator Alexander and Senator Murray (D-W), the Ranking Member on the Committee, are negotiating changes to the bill. Many Members of Congress do not understand the impact these changes would have on students with disabilities and they need to hear directly from their constituents.

Three parts of the bill threaten quality education and the future of students with disabilities:
 

1)     Allowing an unlimited number of students with disabilities to be diverted from pursuing a high school diploma;
2)     Lowering standards for teaching children with disabilities, thereby making them not ready for any post-secondary education and entry level jobs;
3)     Making it easier for school districts to overrule parents and place their children with disabilities on track to receive a lower quality education.

 

To keep protections in place for children and youth with disabilities and to keep expectations high and keep open their opportunities in the future, tell your senator:

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  • *that you have great expectations for children with disabilities and that you want schools to have those same high expectations.
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  • *that students with disabilities should have the equal opportunity to earn a high school diploma and quality for a job
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  • *that the decision to remove a child from the general education curriculum that will allow him or her to graduate with a high school diploma shouldn’t be happening without parental permission;
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  • *that you oppose any revision to ESEA that allows for unlimited numbers of students to be assessed using an alternate assessment;
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  • *that research tells us that less than 1% of students with the most significant cognitive disabilities need alternate assessments; and
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  • *that no more than 1% students should be tested with an alternate assessment so that as many students as possible can earn a high school diploma, a chance to go on for further education, and the opportunity to work.


The reauthorization of ESEA is happening fast – purposely fast so that we don’t have time to oppose!  Senator Alexander’s version could be very harmful to the future of children with disabilities.  Your senators need to hear from you now about the issues above and that you OPPOSE the bill as it is currently written.

HERE’S HOW TO TAKE ACTION:

Call your Senators:

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  • *Call the Capitol Switchboard at 202-224-3121 and ask for the office of your Senators

 

Message:  “I am calling to ask Senator _________ to oppose Sen. Alexander’s version of the reauthorization of ESEA and to make sure any reauthorization of ESEA includes all students with disabilities in the assessment and accountability systems using the same standards and assessments with accommodations.  Students with disabilities can achieve, they can work, they can contribute to society, and they can go on to college and other education programs after high school.  Don’t limit them by having low expectations and tracking their future as early as third grade.  Limit the ability of schools to lower expectations for children with disabilities by limiting the use of lower standards and alternate assessments.  Senator Alexander’s draft bill puts the future of children with disabilities at risk.  Please oppose Senator Alexander’s bill and keep the expectations for my child as high as possible.”

 

You can also send a message to your senator at: http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm



 

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Even though I’m a member of Generation Y, I will cling to non-smartphones until they become obsolete. But my cell phone is automatically encompassed in my daily routine.
 
Has a day gone by where I haven’t composed a text message? Not really. And the Internet is an integral part of my life, an undeniable dependency for work, recreation or contact.
 
“The Internet buzzes in the background of my life, comforting —  always there to entertain me, to feed me information, to connect me to my grid of friends and family and to writers I follow,” Lisa Shanahan wrote in her personal narrative about an ‘unplugged’ vacation with her husband. “It percolates my day like a high tech coffee pot, brewing a stimulant that smells good, that tastes good  –  a companion that I need, like a cup of coffee. I could live without coffee, but it would suck.”

 
I recently spent a weekend away, deciding to go ‘off the grid.’ Now, it wasn’t nearly as dramatic as that sounds because I was based in New York City and not the wilderness, but I did abstain from phone and Internet usage. And you know what? I felt rejuvenated.
 
My senses were heightened, my mind was clear, and my attention was solely focused on the moment. I ogled at the shops on Bleecker Street — cheese, records, books. I absorbed the quirky scene in Washington Square. I focused on the modern art in a museum. I breathed in the beautiful colors of sunsets and the wintry scene in Central Park. I savored the company of who I was with, without checking my phone every so often.
 
An article on Psych Central discusses how excessive use of technology can affect cognitive development. When one becomes accustomed to habitual entertainment, attention deficit issues may surface.
 


Applications for Autism Campus Inclusion (ACI) 2015 are due this Sunday, February 15, 2015. Get yours in today!

 

The ACI summer leadership training prepares Autistic students to create systems change on their college campuses. Accepted applicants will travel to Washington, DC and participate in advocacy training from May 30 to June 6, 2015. Participants will acquire valuable skills in community organizing, policy formation, and activism. Travel and lodging are fully covered by ASAN.

 

View our flyer

 

Watch the video of our 2013 alumni sharing their experiences

 

Applicants must identify as Autistic and current college students with at least one year remaining before graduation. The Autistic Self Advocacy Network will cover travel and lodging costs for all ACI students. We specifically encourage students of color, LGBT students, students with intellectual disabilities, AAC users, and students from other or multiply marginalized communities to apply.

 

To apply, please submit a completed application by February 15, 2015 to Natalia Rivera Morales at NRiveraMorales@autisticadvo cacy.org with the subject line “2015 ACI Application”.

 

View and download the application here

 

If you need assistance or accommodations at any stage, please contact Natalia Rivera Morales at NRiveraMorales@autisticadvo cacy.org.

 

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ACI is made possible with the generous support of the Mitsubishi Electric America Foundation and the HSC Foundation. 



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