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• Articles

  • Af-x: Natural Therapies in Focus   by Sudha Hamilton

  • Dependence on Antidepressants & Halting SSRIs   by Dr. David Healy MD, FRCPsych

  • Healing our Children with Attentional, Emotional and Learning Challenges   by Susan R. Johnson MD, FAAP

  • Letting Go of Labels   by Sue Parry, OTR

  • Protecting Children   by Dr. Ann Auburn

  • The Leaky Gut Syndrome   by Susan R. Johnson MD, FAAP

  • The Seven Deadly Myths About Depression   by Ian White

• Books

  • The Electroshock Quotationary is a 154-page collection of chronologically-arranged quotations, excerpts, and essays about the nature of electroshock: who gets it and why, how it is administered, what the experience is like and its effects.  The entries date from 47 A.D. to the present.  Opinions and facts, pro and con, are represented in this highly readable, carefully researched expose of one of medicine's most controversial procedures.  It may be downloaded free of charge and without logging-in.   Frank edited the best-selling Random House Webster's Quotationary in 1998 and The History of Shock Treatment in 1978.

• Websites

  • Developed by Ian White, Af-x® is an innovatiave, highly effective and much-needed move away from conventional therapies.  Af-x focuses directly on feelings and acknowledges that at some level, you already "know" the true causes of your problems (and only you could ever truly "know").  An approach to life that understands you already have the resources to bring about positive change and guides you in doing that in just three contact sessions that help your subconscious, self-correcting resources back onto the right track. Read the article above by Sudha Hamilton for his look at Af-x.

  • Breggin.com is the website of Peter Breggin, M.D. who is one of the richest sources for some of the harder to find information on psychiatry.

  • Chemical Imbalance.org is a brand new website still under contruction but well worth the visit even in its clunky stage.   As the realm of mental health becomes more and more a part of our everyday life, with psychiatric diagnosis a part of conversations around water coolers, playgrounds and grocery store check out lines, we need to educate ourselves.   This website serves as a clearinghouse for information and discussion regarding biochemical explanations for mental disorders and also address other topics of interest, such as industry influence in mental health research.

  • Critical Think Rx is a brand new site offering the wonderful service of free education to consumers about psychotropic medications.   This project is funded through the Florida State Attorneys General Consumer and Prescriber Grant Program as part of a multi-state settlement of consumer fraud claims against a pharmaceutical company regarding the marketing of a psychotropic drug.   Originating at Florida International University, Critical Think Rx seeks to educate professionals in child welfare and mental health, but especially those with non-medical training.   The curriculum developed for this project is available on this website, free of charge, for anyone who is interested.   CU credits are not available yet, but the website says to stay tuned, they're pursuing accreditation.

  • Developmental Delay Resources     Don't let the name fool you; this site is a huge treasure chest of information on every kind of health issue you can think of.   Some amazing people doing wonderful work in finding solutions that won't poison us.

  • Environmental Working Group has one of the most helpful websites that I've found.   The Skin Deep section pairs ingredients in nearly 25,000 products against 50 definitive toxicity and regulatory databases, making it the largest integrated data resource of its kind.   Why did a small nonprofit take on such a big project?   Because the FDA doesn't require companies to test their own products for safety.   Check it out and use it to keep our children free from cancer causing products.   If you don't do it, who will?

  • Five Springs Farm is owned by our friends, Jim Sluyter and Jo Meller.   They're wonderful people who live in my idea of heaven and their website is a sweet peek into that heaven.   Jim wrote a beautiful article, The Community in Community Supported Agriculture that helps us understand why what they do is so vital to our health.   If we are what we eat then our farmers are responsible for all that we are.   I wish all farms were like Five Springs Farm.

  • I first heard about HeartMath® from Joseph Chilton Pearce when he was a keynote speaker at a Waldorf conference in Washington D.C.   I was completely won over by the man and he spoke high praise of this place and the work that they're doing.   Explore for yourself this amazing Institute that is dedicated to helping people find balance between their mind and heart in life's activities. Their website is huge, full of free and purchaseable resources; basic research on emotional physiology and heart-brain interactions, clinical studies, and research on the physiology of learning and performance.   An additional line of inquiry aims to further the scientific understanding of the human biofield, intuition, and emotional energetic system.   In their words, "The Institute of HeartMath's research forms the foundation for the development of practical, scientifically-validated tools and technologies that enable people to improve their health, performance, and quality of life."

  • The Magnesium Website is an essential read.   I'm a born skeptic, but this year, with the addition of a magnesium supplement to my diet, I am free of migraine headaches for the first time in decades.   Of course the companies that sell harmful, migraine medication would hate you to discover that a solution might be as simple as that.

  • The National Vaccine Information Center is a national, non-profit organization dedicated to preventing vaccine injuries and deaths through public education and defending the right to informed consent to vaccination.   This subject is so important that this website is posted twice on Joyful Noise.com; here and on the Birth and Infancy page.   Before you choose to vaccinate your child, please educate yourself about the risks.   This page will help you determine what the laws are in your state.   If the State can tag, track down and force citizens against their will to be injected with biologicals of unknown toxicity today, there will be no limit on what individual freedoms the State can take away in the name of the greater good tomorrow. - Barbara Loe Fisher, Co-Founder NVIC

  • Nutrition Within is a caring place created by a woman with a big heart and a genuine passion for good health.   You'll find recipes, a great newsletter and someone who is willing to give you personal help.   I'm so grateful to know Debbie and to be able to share her with you here!

  • Rudolph Steiner Health Center is what true healing is all about.   Physicians and nurses use a wide range of treatments which include homeopathy, nutritional guidelines, artistic and movement therapies to extend the practice of medicine.  As true healers, not the disease mongerers that we're used to, their goal is to consciously understand the interactions of the soul and spirit as well as the body.

  • Slow Food in Schools is a unique national program of garden to table projects with children that cultivates the senses and teaches an ecological approach to food.  A growing program comprising more than 20 garden to table projects across the country, Slow Food in Schools helps children develop an appreciation for real, wholesome food and an understanding of sustainable food practices.

  • The Weston Price Foundation is one of the best sources I know for sound information on nutrition.   This website has a whole library hidden in it and if you want more you can become a member and recieve their newsletter.   Fads and misinformation will come and go, but this is the place for that timeless wisdom we need to build good health.

  • You and Your Child's Health is a library of health information about raising children and creating a healthier family life.   This Living Book also contains personal stories about the joys and triumphs, as well as the struggles and challenges, we face as parents.   It is made freely available as a public service by the sweet and wonderful Susan R. Johnson, M.D., F.A.A.P., and we are eternally grateful.