February 17th, 2008 by admin

Mental Health in Children:Nutrition as a Common Sense Alternative to Medications and Labels

By Scott M. Shannon, MD

The American medical profession has rejected and avoided the science of nutrition for over a century. Most American physicians ignore well-proven nutritional interventions in spite of solid science, low cost, good safety and exploding patient demand. Our doctors dismiss the value of nutrition without understanding or exploring the information. The pattern is set in medical school where minimal time is devoted to this topic. Sadly, nowhere is this anti-nutrition mindset more obvious than in the specialty of psychiatry. Read the rest of this entry »

February 9th, 2008 by admin

A NEW CHILD PSYCHIATRY: A VISION OF HOPE
By Scott M. Shannon, MD

Every day I hear these concerns from parents struggling to find effective help for their suffering child:

“Dr. Shannon, I have been given three different labels for my son and he still isn’t better.”

“Dr. Shannon, my daughter has been in therapy for two years and she is still suicidal; what can we do to help her?” Read the rest of this entry »