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No Child Left Different (Paperback)
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No Child Left Different (Paperback)
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Over the past 15 years, there has been a 300 percent increase in
the use of psychotropic medications with girls and boys under the
age of 20, and prescriptions for preschoolers have skyrocketed. A
stellar group of authors from across disciplines explains this
increase, questions the causes, and presents disturbing thoughts
regarding this phenomenon as they describe the risks it creates for
children. While there are certainly extreme cases where drugs are
the only option, medication rather than psychotherapy and
counseling has become the first choice for treatment rather than a
last resort. The experts who joined forces for this book take an
in-depth look at the conditions that have led to "drugging our
children," and stress how emotional, social, cultural, and physical
environments can both damage and heal young minds. The so-called
medical model, one maintaining that psychological disturbance is
genetic and thus requires medication, is challenged in this volume.
Contributors range from a pediatrician who has testified before
Congress and been featured in a Time magazine cover story, to a top
child psychiatrist who is an official for the American Academy of
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, along with a well-known child
psychiatrist, psychologists, environmentalists, and a public policy
consultant. This is riveting reading for all who care about the
youngest members of society. Among other issues, this work looks at
controversy over whether psychiatric medications are safe or
effective for children--and what little we know about their effect
on still-developing brains--as well as the role of corporate
interests in the increased use of psychotropics for children.
Chapters address the roleof environment in both causing and curing
disorders more and more often diagnosed in our youngsters: from
ADHD, depression, and anxiety to eating disorders. The core
questions addressed by this sage group of contributors are these:
Why are so many children being diagnosed with "psychiatric"
disturbances and given drugs? Why have drugs become the first
treatment of choice to deal with those disorders?
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