Linkdump and memes

A lot of links I found recently that you might be interested in:

"We've Got Issues": Big Pharma might not be lying

Childhood mental illness was rarely diagnosed in children 100 years ago; since then the number and type of diagnoses have exploded; the number and type of treatments have also exploded; the medications used to treat childhood mental illness are powerful and can have serious side effects; Big Pharma has made a fortune from these medications and is constantly searching for new variations to patent and sell.

But the same things apply to childhood cancer, and no one is suggesting that childhood cancer is over-diagnosed, that chemotherapy is the preferred method for dealing with the normal problems of childhood, and that normal children are being treated with chemotherapy simply because they are quirky and authentic. The conclusions we have drawn from the dramatic increase in the diagnosis of childhood mental illness are wrong. Though childhood cancer was rarely diagnosed 100 years ago, that's not because it didn't exist. It's because we didn't have the tools to recognize it or any effective medications to treat it. Similarly, we need to consider the fact that childhood mental illness is not new, just as childhood cancer is not new; we just lacked the tools to recognize it and any effective medications to treat it.

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I also fiercely believe that the social climate of family life, the machinations of the pharmaceutical industry, and the lives of children and parents dealing with mental health issues have to be viewed as separate phenomena. Not because they aren't interconnected, but because if you let your feelings about industry and society cloud your vision of parents and children, you run the risk of not seeing them at all.

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And now for a few more memes, because I honestly have nothing else I want to do right now:

Ten Top Trivia Tips about Mecteol!

1. The only planet that rotates on its side is Mecteol.
2. Ancient Chinese artists would never paint pictures of Mecteol!
3. Some people in Malaysia bathe their babies in beer to protect them from Mecteol.
4. Mecteol is the traditional gift for a couple on their third wedding anniversary.
5. A thimbleful of Mecteol would weigh over 100 million tons.
6. The state nickname of Iowa is 'The Mecteol state'.
7. Mecteol can use only about ten percent of his brain.
8. It is bad luck to light three cigarettes with the same Mecteol.
9. There is no lead in a lead pencil - it is simply a stick of graphite mixed with Mecteol and water.
10. The military salute is a motion that evolved from medieval times, when knights in armour raised their visors to reveal Mecteol!

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