CPS oversight panel updated on botched CPS reports

CPS oversight panel updated on botched CPS reports:

PHOENIX — The head of a newly appointed team tasked with investigating more than 6,500 ignored child abuse and neglect cases says about one-sixth of them had a subsequent report that led to action by the state’s child welfare agency.

ADHD diagnoses soared amid 20-year drug marketing campaign

ADHD diagnoses soared amid 20-year drug marketing campaign - NBC News.com:

After more than 50 years leading the fight to legitimize attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Keith Conners could be celebrating.

Hospital Pressuring Family of Girl "Brain Dead" After Tonsillectomy to Pull the Plug

Hospital Pressuring Family of Girl "Brain Dead" After Tonsillectomy to Pull the Plug | LifeNews.com:

Jahi McMath, 13, as been declared brain-dead, just days after undergoing surgery to have her tonsils removed. her family is already devastated enough but now they are fighting the hospital, which wants to take her off life support against their wishes.

Social workers fired in missing Fitchburg child case

Social workers fired in missing Fitchburg child case - Boston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston:

Boston News, Weather, Sports | FOX 25 | MyFoxBoston

FITCHBURG, Mass. (MyFoxBoston.com) – A social worker and a supervisor at the Mass. Department of Children and Families have been fired in connection with the case of a missing Fitchburg child.

2 More bite the dust! Keep em coming!

The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder

The Selling of Attention Deficit Disorder - NYTimes.com:

After more than 50 years leading the fight to legitimize attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, Keith Conners could be celebrating. (But we're NOT!)

Tahlequah foster mother denied bond in girl's death

Tahlequah foster mother denied bond in girl's death - Tulsa World: State:

TAHLEQUAH— Bond has been denied for a 47-year-old woman charged with first-degree murder in the death of a 2-year-old girl.

Secrecy shrouds details of Georgia child deaths

Secrecy shrouds details of Georgia child deaths | www.ajc.com:

A culture of secrecy undergirds Georgia’s child-protection services, an investigation by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution shows.