Pharma Front Group, NAMI National Alliance on Mental Illness

Pharma Front Group, NAMI, National Alliance on Mental Illness

Dr. Breeding discusses how the National Alliance on Mental Illness is really mostly paid for by the pharmaceutical industry to help promote mental health treatments and sell more psychiatric drugs.

Purported as a non-profit advocacy group, NAMI helps promote the agenda of biological psychiatry to push drugs on mental health consumers by forwarding the Big Pharma marketing line that mental disorders are caused by chemical imbalances in the brain.

Dr. Breeding goes over how powerful mind alternating drugs like SSRI antidepressants, antipsychotic and ADHD stimulant medications dont actually cure mental problems but cover symptoms of mental distress, numb the person, etc.

Is NAMI really an advocacy group or are they bought and paid for by drug companies to help produce profit?

Dr. Breeding has a Ph.D. in psychology is the author of several book.

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[cometepiace]

You have some problems, they give you some pills, there are side effects, then you tell your doctor about those side effects and he prescribes you some more pills to take care of THOSE problems, then you start having some other problems, more side effects, he tells you to just take some of this new stuff and that makes you feel....

and so on, and so on, and so on..........

that's why you find old people on 5-15 different drugs at a time.

Seems like a giant Pharmaceutical Pyramid Scheme.

[fatbob1950]

What does a 59 year old on Lithium for 26 years and risperdal for two years do? I want to be me not what my doctor prescribes.

[bijanjosephoveida]

maybe meds aren't for everybody, but they work for a lot of people that have to remain functional in their job and in life. If you are worried about your doctors conflicting interests, find a better doctor, dont shun medication or you may find yourself back in a bad situation. for every good doctor there are two bad doctors. most doctors dont understand how important it is to listen. Its possible to improve your stability and life functioning with meds while minimizing the # of pills you take.

[3whisperedwords]

I thought the idea was to get away from "mental illness" and towards "brain disorder"?

BTW, I commend all out there who continue there medications to stay healthy. I know sometimes the side effects are not always pleasant. I just really respect those who stay on tract and make it a priority to stay in check. KUDOS to you all.

[moderndayrambo]

@raycid74 yeah well im out of the system you folks call, and ill be the one to take it all down. Imagine all the power stations shutting down, Obama gets kidnapped, and all pscyh establishments lit up with C4

[sboyer38]

It is true that NAMI has taken donations from some of these companies and I agree that it is something to be looked at but lets not throw the baby out with the bath water. Any person who has been treated for an ongoing illness can tell you that there are no services out there for us that are all good or all bad. You have to figure out what works best for you. Personally my medication makes it possible for me to deal with my symptoms and move foward in my life.

[multiversedancer]

@fatbob1950 See a naturopathic doctor, chiropractor, spiritual counselor, nutritionist. It takes a huge support team to get off meds.

[skirts365]

NAMI fronts for Pharma? OK, easy to believe. But who owns Pharma? The PILGRIMS SOCIETY that's who. The World Money POWER!!

[terratagONE]

Mr Breeding do you think mental health charities keep stigma alive?

[raycid74]

@raycid74 btw im also a mental health patient im not a professional, but i've been in the system a while