“Require providers to use the current version of the DC:0-5 18diagnostic classification system for mental health assessment and 19diagnosis of children from birth through five years of age.”

For more information please call CCHR Seattle 206-283-1099 steve@cchrseattle.org or cchrseattle@outlook.com

February 7, 2021

Dear Concerned Citizen,

We are all concerned about how our children are treated, especially our youngest from birth to 5 years old. Psychiatry right now in the U.S. has labelled and prescribed psychiatric drugs to over half a million kids aged 0-5, more now, as those are 2015 statistics. That is our local Pro Baseball team’s stadium filled up over 10 times with children 0-5. 

Here in Washington State, our legislature is working on a bill – HB 1325 implementing policies related to children and youth behavioral health which aims to increase the mental health system resources to push towards our youngest – from infant to five years old giving them psychiatric labels that can often lead to psychiatric drugging. The bill will increase the intake and assessment of children in the child’s home and community settings and requires providers to use the DC:0-5 Diagnostic Classification of Mental Health … of Infancy and Early Childhood.

This bill had a public hearing on January 27^th, where Citizens Commission on Human Rights testified against the bill. The bill is now in the House Appropriations Committee awaiting scheduling for a hearing.

You can review the current status of the bill online: Link to HB 1325 on Leg.wa.gov

 What you can do:  Here are what we can do against the bill – what you can tell your legislators:

1. Please vote NO against HB 1325 – we should not fund a system of providing psychiatric drugs to youth aged 0-5, this is not what our children need.
2. You are against the psychiatric labelling and drugging of our youth aged 0-5 with drugs that are untested on youth at those ages.
3. Psychiatric labels are not objective, and no medical test exists to show anything is wrong with the brains of these very young children and the state is not mandating medical testing to identify known issues that can exacerbate and even cause an emotional crisis.
   D.  The first thing infants and youth need who are experiencing emotional issues is a medical diagnosis by a competent, non-psychiatric medical doctor. The legislature must resist the push to overmedicate in favor of providing meaningful protections for parent and children.
4. If you have questions about the bill or want to talk further, please email me cchrseattle@outlook.com

Tell your legislators:  Contact the legislators in leadership positions in both parties:

1. Comment on this bill online: Link to comment on HB 1325–
2. Contact all legislators in House Appropriations and Leadership positions with your message:

House Appropriations Committee Leaders

Name	Email	District	Party	Appropriations
Rep. Chris Corry	chris.corry@leg.wa.gov	14	R	App Asst Rank Minority
Rep. Kelly Chambers	kelly.chambers@leg.wa.gov	25	R	App Asst Rank Minority
Rep. Timm Ormsby	timm.ormsby@leg.wa.gov	3	D	App Chair
Rep. Drew Stokesbary	drew.stokesbary@leg.wa.gov	31	R	App Rank Minority
Rep. Steve Bergquist	steve.bergquist@leg.wa.gov	11	D	App Vice Chair
Rep. Mia Gregerson	mia.gregerson@leg.wa.gov	33	D	App Vice Chair
Rep. Nicole Macri	nicole.macri@leg.wa.gov	43	D	App Vice Chair

House Democrats Leadership

Name	Email	District	Party	Leadership Democrats
Rep. Laurie Jinkins	laurie.jinkins@leg.wa.gov	27	D	Speaker
Rep. Tina Orwall	tina.orwall@leg.wa.gov	33	D	Speaker Pro Tem
Rep. John Lovick	john.lovick@leg.wa.gov	44	D	D/Speaker Pro Tem
Rep. Pat Sullivan	pat.sullivan@leg.wa.gov	47	D	Majority Leader
Rep. Lillian Ortiz-Self	lillian.ortiz-self@leg.wa.gov	21	D	Maj Caucus Chair
Rep. Monica Jurado Stonier	monica.stonier@leg.wa.gov	49	D	Maj Floor Leader
Rep. Marcus Riccelli	marcus.riccelli@leg.wa.gov	3	D	Marority Whip
Rep. Larry Springer	larry.springer@leg.wa.gov	45	D	Dep Majority Leader
Rep. My-Linh Thai	my-linh.thai@leg.wa.gov	41	D	Maj Cacus V/Chair
Rep. Melanie Morgan	melanie.morgan@leg.wa.gov	29	D	D/Maj Flr Leader
Rep. Alex Ramel	alex.ramel@leg.wa.gov	40	D	D/Maj Whip
Rep. Emily Wicks	emily.wicks@leg.wa.gov	38	D	Asst Maj Whip
Rep. Bill Ramos	bill.ramos@leg.wa.gov	5	D	Asst Maj Whip
Rep. Davina Duerr	davina.duerr@leg.wa.gov	1	D	Asst Maj Whip
House Republicans	Leadership
Name	Email	District	Party	Leadership Republicans
Rep. J.T. Wilcox	jt.wilcox@leg.wa.gov	2	R	Minority Leader
Rep. Joel Kretz	joel.kretz@leg.wa.gov	7	R	Dep Minority Leader
Rep. Paul Harris	paul.harris@leg.wa.gov	17	R	Minority Caucus Chair
Rep. Jacquelin Maycumber	jacquelin.maycumber@leg.wa.gov	7	R	Min Floor Leader
Rep. Dan Griffey	dan.griffey@leg.wa.gov	35	R	Minority Whip
Rep. Gina Mosbrucker	gina.mosbrucker@leg.wa.gov	14	R	Min Caucus V/Chair
Rep. Brad Klippert	brad.klippert@leg.wa.gov	8	R	Min Caucus Vice Chair
Rep. Drew MacEwen	drew.macewen@leg.wa.gov	35	R	Asst Min Flr Leader
Rep. Chris Corry	chris.corry@leg.wa.gov	14	R	Asst Minority Flr Leader
Rep. Jenny Graham	jenny.graham@leg.wa.gov	6	R	Deputy Min Whip
Rep. Cyndy Jacobsen	Cyndy.Jacobsen@leg.wa.gov	25	R	Asst Min Whip
Rep. Joel McEntire	Joel.McEntire@leg.wa.gov	19	R	Asst Min Whip

Steven Pearce, Director

Citizens Commission on Human Rights

206-283-1099 VM 

steve@cchrseattle.org 

cchrseattle@outlook.com

 

Here are some examples of thorough medical examinations:

FINDING THE MEDICAL CAUSES OF SEVERE MENTAL SYMPTOMS: THE EXTRAORDINARY WALKER EXAM

http://alternativementalhealth.com/articles/stradford.htm

WHAT CAUSES SEVERE MENTAL ILLNESS, PSYCHOSIS AND MANIA?

https://psychoticdisorders.wordpress.com/bmj-best-practice-assessment-of-psychosis/

MEDICAL EVALUATION FIELD MANUAL

http://www.alternativementalhealth.com/articles/fieldmanual.htm

I believe legislators have been led to believe a lot of psychiatric marketing in order to pass laws by the psychiatric lobby. You probably do not realize that psychiatric front groups that are funded and supported by the pharmaceutical companies. The New York Times has reported “that nearly 75 percent of NAMI’s donations come from pharmaceutical companies — $23 million over 3 years’ time…” [this is a national figure] for example. Much of what drives this mental health bill is psychiatric marketing designed to impress you with psychiatric ideals that simply result in larger psychiatric programs. Witness the 2010 laws that changed involuntary commitment criteria that resulted in psychiatric patients stacking up in local hospitals that resulted in a court decision to mandate the state to build more psych facilities. And if you notice, the 2010 laws to make it easier to commit people did not make our streets safer. So it is not like we are even trading away our liberty for safety. What we need are real solutions that help people through their emotional crises that doesn’t feed the 330 Billion dollar a year psychiatric industry in the United States!

The Mental Health Transformation Grant of recent years brought out the concept that what people need to recover from mental illness is compassion and help by people who care – hence peer counselors have made a lot of headway. But has anyone really stopped to consider that it is the forced and coercive psychiatric treatment that dehumanizes individual in the first place that they need to recover from?

Sincerely,

Steven Pearce

Director

CCHR Seattle  * PO Box 19633  * 206.283.1099 * steve@cchrseattle.org

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