http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam en keeto keeto Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:41:00 +0200 daily 1 By Owen Matthews and Anna Nemtsova Newsweek International Sept. 3, 2007 issue - Soviet doc tors once joked that the best way to get thrown into a psychiatric hospital was to send a telegram to Leonid Brezhnev that was critical of the Russian leader. Now that old gallows humor might have to be resurrected. Doctors and Kremlin critics say over the past year at least 10 journalists, political activists or critics of local authorities have been wrongfully hospitalized in mental hospitals. And though forcible psychiatric treatment for political reasons is still rare, the Independent Psychiatric Association, a Moscow watchdog, says Russia's mental hospitals are routinely used by unscrupulous relatives and criminals to remove inconvenient family members for financial gain. "We see cases of psychiatrists taking bribes and faking diagnoses all the time," says Gennady Gudkov, a member of the Duma's Security Committee. In some cases, hospitalization is... Tue, 02 Oct 2007 06:41:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/Russian-authorities-are-sending-critics-psychiatric/5835/ http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/Russian-authorities-are-sending-critics-psychiatric/5835/ In 1998, psychiatric staff forced 13-year-old Stephanie Jobin of Canada to lie face down on the floor and placed a beanbag chair on top of her. A female staff member sat on the chair to pin her down while another staff member held her feet, after she had already been dosed with five different psychiatric drugs. After 20 minutes of struggling, Stephanie stopped breathing and later died. Her death was ruled an accident. The night before 15-year-old Edith Campos was sent to Desert Hills psychiatric hospital in Tucson, Arizona, she made colorful computer drawings for her family. If her mother missed her, all she needed to do was look at the picture and think of her daughter and that she would soon be home. Two weeks later, Edith came home in a coffin. During the time she was hospitalized, her parents were not allowed to speak to her. On February 4, 1998, Edith apparently died of asphyxiation, her chest compressed when she was held to the ground for at least 10 minutes after reportedly... Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:06:26 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/More-Restaint-Deaths-and-Abuse/5832/ http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/More-Restaint-Deaths-and-Abuse/5832/ Psychiatrists persist in inflicting psychosurgery and electroshock on patients even though no valid medical or scientific justification exists for these practices. After more than 60 years, psychiatrists can neither explain how they are supposed to work nor justify their extensive damage. When Jennifer Martin’s 70-year-old mother experienced headaches and nausea and stopped eating and talking, a psychiatrist claimed she was in shock from recent deaths in her family and gave her ECT. Less than 24 hours later she was dead. An autopsy revealed that the problem was not depression, but a brain stem complication. “Shock treatment killed her,” Ms. Martin said. A grieving husband says a psychiatrist recommended electroshock because it would release a chemical in the brain that would make his wife, Dorothy, feel better. Aware of her earlier heart attacks, he administered 38 electroshocks. The last one killed her. Fri, 09 Mar 2007 05:00:33 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/Restaint-Deaths-and-Abuse/5831/ http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/Restaint-Deaths-and-Abuse/5831/ With billions in government appropriations allocated for mental health treatment, just how safe and effective are psychiatric institutions? The following cases illustrate the dangers of a system that lacks scientific understanding of causes of mental health problems, with subsequent lack of workable remedies and the terrible consequences of this. On April 12, 1991, 14-year-old Jeramy Harrel was with his grandmother when a patrol car pulled up beside them, and two hulking uniformed men who appeared to be police officers announced that they were taking Jeramy to Colonial Hills Psychiatric Hospital. They said that psychiatrist Dr. Mark Bowlan and a child welfare agent—who had never spoken with Jeramy or his parents—had filled in an application for the boy’s detention, claiming he was a “substance abuser” and that his grandparents had physically abused him. The psychiatrist also stated that Jeramy was “truant from school, failing... Fri, 09 Mar 2007 04:55:39 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/Abuses-In-Institutions/5830/ http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/Abuses-In-Institutions/5830/   In his book A Dose of Sanity , the late neurologist and psychiatrist Sydney Walker III wrote of the dangers of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders , citing cases such as these: John, a successful and happy family man, began experiencing fatigue and sadness. Two psychiatrists saddled him with a variety of DSM labels and treated him with 26 different drugs without ever conducting a single neurological examination. When a qualified medical doctor finally conducted a thorough diagnostic evaluation, he discovered that John had a brain tumor. Once removed, his “emotional” problems and tiredness rapidly vanished. Lilian, a 46-year-old normally athletic woman, felt sad and weary. A psychiatrist prescribed an antidepressant. “After all, Lilian had enough symptoms to be lumped into the DSM category of ‘depression’—and that was all he needed to know.” However, in the final analysis, “the simplicity was... Fri, 09 Mar 2007 04:52:51 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/Psychiatric-Guesswork/5829/ http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/Psychiatric-Guesswork/5829/ Prescribing psychiatric drugs to children is a multi-billion dollar-a-year industry that permanently damages children. While the U.S. federal government spends nearly $1 billion a month fighting the war on drugs, we ignore the worsening problem of legally prescribed psychotropic drugs. The drugs prescribed for so-called learning disorders are completely different from routine medications that medical doctors prescribe for colds or fevers. Psychiatric drugs are addictive and mind-altering substances. The stimulants prescribed for ADHD are listed as controlled substances under Schedule II of the 1971 UN Convention on Psychotropic Substances. Why? They constitute a substantial risk to public health, have little to moderate therapeutic usefulness and can be potentially addictive. The main stimulant used for “ADHD” is an amphetamine-like drug, which purportedly acts as a tranquilizer in children. According to the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration it is more potent... Fri, 09 Mar 2007 04:48:52 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/About-Child-Drugging/5828/ http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/About-Child-Drugging/5828/ Flotsam and Jetsam - Thrash Metal Band www.flotsam-and-jetsam.com Doomsday For The Deceiver 1986 Metal Blade Hammerhead Iron Tears Desecrator Fade To Black Doomsday For The Deceiver Metalshock She Took An Axe U.l.s.w. Der Fuhrer Flotzilla Eric "A.K." Knutson Ed Carlson Michael Gilbert Jason Newsted Kelly David Smith No Place For Disgrace 1988 Elektra ... Sat, 24 Feb 2007 04:15:44 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/Flotsam-and-Jetsam/5827/ http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/Flotsam-and-Jetsam/5827/ DAXING, China - Sun Jiting spends his days locked behind metal bars in this military-run installation, put there by his parents. The 17-year-old high school student is not allowed to communicate with friends back home, and his only companions are psychologists, nurses and other patients. Each morning at 6:30, he is jolted awake by a soldier in fatigues shouting, "This is for your own good!" Sun's offense: Internet addiction. The patients range in age from 12-24 and their parents are paying upwards of 10,000 yuan a month - about 10 times the average salary in China - to 'cure' them. The treatment includes: 1. "counseling" 2. military discipline 3. drugs ...Mom, I'm not addicted to the Net anymore but I could sure use some heroin. 4. hynosis 5. electroshock! ( Read full story > ) Fri, 23 Feb 2007 05:07:00 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/Electric-Shock-Treatment-for-Internet-Addiction-Implemented/5826/ http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/Electric-Shock-Treatment-for-Internet-Addiction-Implemented/5826/ To Hell And Back... The best way of conveying the truth about drugs and their dangers is from the perspective of those who have 'been there' and can pass on what they have learned so others avoid going down the same path. Here is a sampling of such real-life stories from those who have experienced the living hell of drug abuse. Too many however are not here to tell their stories. Share this information with your loved ones. Drug education saves lives. "My goal in life wasn't living...it was getting high. I was falling in a downward spiral towards a point of no return. Over the years, I turned to cocaine, marijuana and alcohol under a false belief it would allow me to escape my problems. It just made things worse. I had everything, a good job, money, a loving family, yet I felt so empty inside. As if I had nothing. Over 20 years of using, I kept saying to myself, I'm going to stop permanently after using this last time. It never happened. There were even... Sat, 17 Feb 2007 20:03:00 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/Real-Life-Stories-About-Drug-Abuse/5825/ http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/Real-Life-Stories-About-Drug-Abuse/5825/ Take this FREE toxic test and find out for yourself. 1. Have you felt fatigued now and then for no apparent reason? 2. Do you sometimes feel wooden and lifeless? 3. Have you ever experienced drug flashbacks? 4. Do you feel less alert than you used to? 5. Do you sometimes get a feeling of light headedness or a feeling of being spaced out? 6. Do you feel irritable without reason or cause? 7. Do you have less energy and vitality than you used to? 8. Do you find it difficult to get excited about people or things? 9. Do you find you feel anxious and don't know why? 10. Do you have trouble reading or trouble learning new things even when you are interested in them? Take the Test! HOW POLLUTANTS AND DRUGS AFFECT US ALL As vicious and damaging as street drugs have proven to be, medical and psychiatric drugs form an equally destructive... Mon, 12 Feb 2007 07:58:00 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/How-Toxic-Are-You/5824/ http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/How-Toxic-Are-You/5824/ Drugs destroy millions of lives every year – too often the lives of young people upon whom our future depends. In a world where more money is spent on drugs than on food, it can be difficult to convince others to just say “no.” Society owes a debt of gratitude to anyone working to salvage others from the harmful effects of drug abuse. Standing by and doing nothing about the drug problem only helps those who profit from its spreading. But working together, we can succeed in educating others to the real dangers of drugs. And it is in that spirit this website has been produced. ( learn more > ) Freeing Society from Drugs The Truth About Joints Heroin Death in the Blood Cocaine A deadly road to personal rui ... Sat, 10 Feb 2007 04:23:00 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/Ecstasy-The-Truth-About-the-Enemy-Behind-the-Mask/5823/ http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/Ecstasy-The-Truth-About-the-Enemy-Behind-the-Mask/5823/ There are certain characteristics and mental attitudes which cause about 20 percent of a race to oppose violently any betterment activity or group. Such people are known to have antisocial tendencies. When the legal or political structure of a country becomes such as to favor such personalities in positions of trust, then all the civilizing organizations of the country become suppressed and a barbarism of criminality and economic duress ensues. Crime and criminal acts are perpetrated by antisocial personalities. Inmates of institutions commonly trace their state back to contact with such personalities. Thus, in the fields of government, police activities and mental health, to name a few, we see that it is important to be able to detect and isolate this personality type so as to protect society and individuals from the destructive consequences attendant upon letting such have free rein to injure others. As they only comprise 20 percent of the population and... Mon, 05 Feb 2007 21:05:00 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/The-Antisocial-Personality/5822/ http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/The-Antisocial-Personality/5822/ The constant buffeting and chafing of wood on wood that your sculpture has endured drifting on the surfaces of the lakes of Western Canada has created its wonderfully tactile facades. Its silver colouring is the result over time of exposure to the sun. The sculptures are used to the extremes of nature and suited to all weather conditions. As Driftwood is a natural material it will eventually break down, however because our sculptures are formations of Red Cedar, the natural properties found within the wood mean that it deteriorates considerably slower than other species of wood. We therefore recommend the following guidelines to help your sculpture to remain beautiful for as long as possible: • If standing upon grass or burying part of the wood in order to stand it in your garden, paint the base or buried section with a clear preservative. This will help prolong its life and delay its eventual breaking down resulting from contact with the earth. • If standing... Fri, 02 Feb 2007 02:35:00 +0100 http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/How-to-care-for-your-Natural-Driftwood-Sculpture/5821/ http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/How-to-care-for-your-Natural-Driftwood-Sculpture/5821/ Psychiatry: An Industry of Death See the state-of-the-art Museum, featured on CNN. The Museum features 14 documentaries with statements from a number of health professionals, attorneys, educators and other experts; both historical and modern-day footage of psychiatry's barbaric treatments; and interviews with victims of psychiatric brutalities ranging from electroshock and involuntary commitment to political torture, psychosurgery and the devastating effects of psychotropic drugs. Hundreds of authentic photos, artifacts and documents further expose psychiatric human rights abuses inside the museum. The free Museum is located at 6616 Sunset Blvd, Los Angeles, California 90028. Hours of operation: Monday - Friday: 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Saturday and Sunday: 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Bring your friends, family and anyone you like! To book a free tour,... Sun, 10 Sep 2006 07:58:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/The-Flotsam-and-jetsam-of-psychiatry/5820/ http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/The-Flotsam-and-jetsam-of-psychiatry/5820/ Just view and enjoy the asundry Flotsam and Jetsam Art: Flotsam & Jetsam, 149 North Third Street Visit Flotsam & Jetsam’s new spring bedroom showcase including luxurious linens from Kellijane. Flotsam & Jetsam is a European-style interior design atelier with a retail gallery of art and furnishings showing local artists and craftsmen in context with eclectic. Internationally acclaimed New Zealand artists highly sought after work will take you on an artistic journey. Her passion for painting and for natural beauty and light allows the viewers of her work to feel part of the world she has captured. A world so life-like you can 'smell' the perfume of the roses, see the light as it glistens through a dew-drop or feel the nostalgic atmosphere she has created in her still-life studies of much-loved, time-worn objet d'art. nteriors. J etsam is... Fri, 08 Sep 2006 01:08:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/flotsam-jetsam-Art/5819/ http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/flotsam-jetsam-Art/5819/ My collection of Flotsam and Jetsam:   Flotsam and Jetsam http://victorialocal.blogspot.com Thoughts that float through my head like so much detrius.   Flotsam and Jetsam http://www.flotsamandjetsam.org Discarded odds and ends. Flotsam and Jetsam exists to show some of the objects, people and places that I have found, or have found me   Flotsam & Jetsam - Sing a song of England http://www.musichallcds.com/var10_page.htm BC Hilliam and Malcolm McEachern, better known as Flotsam and Jetsam formed their duo in 1926. Remembered today as the precursors of Flanders and Swann,....   Flotsam and Jetsam http://photos.lois.co.uk/portfolio.aspx?id=4 I love the rocks, sand and seaweed of the beach, but also find the brightly coloured things that wash up rather interesting - especially the contrast in colour, surface and form... Thu, 07 Sep 2006 02:57:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/More-flotsam-and-jetsam/5818/ http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/More-flotsam-and-jetsam/5818/ F lotsam and Jetsam: Definition thereof Even though they became popular as metaphors among landlubbers, "flotsam" and "jetsam" were both originally nautical terms. "Flotsam" (from the Anglo-French "floteson," in turn from the Old French "floter," to float) is, strictly speaking, the wreckage of a ship (or its cargo) found floating on the surface of the sea. More generally, "flotsam" can be used for any sort of floating debris. "Flotsam" is presumed to be of accidental origin. "Jetsam," however, is deliberate (if often not entirely voluntary) in origin. "Jetsam" is actually a form of the word "jettison," and originally referred to cargo or other goods thrown overboard to lighten a vessel in distress. (Of course, if that didn't work, the whole shebang often became "flotsam.") The current "sam" ending of "jetsam" was almost certainly modeled on... Thu, 07 Sep 2006 00:45:00 +0200 http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/First-Post/5817/ http://www.blogigo.com/flotsam_and_jetsam/First-Post/5817/