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ifeminists
November 17, 2004
Byron Fraser |
Review: Your Drug May Be Your Problem Excerpts from the book Your Drug May Be Your Problem: How and Why to Stop Taking Psychiatric Medications by Peter Breggin and David Cohen delineating the adverse effects of these medications and how to stop taking them.   |
Salon.com
March 9, 2000
Lawrence H. Diller, M.D. |
Kids on drugs A behavioral pediatrician questions the wisdom of medicating our children. |
Reason
October 2005
Maia Szalavitz |
In Defense of Happy Pills While psychotherapy validated by research has its place, there is no convincing reason why it should be considered inherently superior to drugs. Pleasure can be just as important for emotional recovery and growth as pain, if not more so. |
Reason
January 2003
Jacob Sullum |
Head Games What are the rules for defining mental illness? |
Salon.com
October 25, 2000
Cynthia Kuhn & Wilkie Wilson |
Cured but worried I've been taking medication for my attention-deficit disorder. The drug really helps, but I'm afraid of its long-term effects... |
Salon.com
May 23, 2002
Lawrence H. Diller |
A prescription for disaster The failure to test the effects in children of routinely prescribed drugs has resulted in at least one death. How many kids will die before drug companies take steps to ensure their safety? |
Nurse Practitioner
March 2009
Falkenstern & Bauer |
Helping Kids Grow Interaction of genetic, nutritive, environmental, metabolic, and hormonal factors is necessary for normal growth and account for variability in the growth process. |
ifeminists
May 24, 2006
Gerald K. McOscar |
ADHD Is it child abuse per se for parents to allow doctors to prescribe mind altering drugs with potentially serious or fatal psychiatric side effects to their children, no matter how challenged...or challenging? |
Salon.com
September 25, 2000
Lawrence H. Diller, M.D. |
Just say yes to Ritalin! Parents are being pressured by schools to medicate their kids -- or else. |
Reason
February 2003
Ronald Bailey |
The Battle for Your Brain Science is developing ways to boost intelligence, expand memory, and more. But will you be allowed to change your own mind? |
Nursing Management
February 2008
Susan Gallagher Camden |
A Captive Condition: Childhood Obesity Both patient safety and caregiver injury are fast becoming serious considerations in managing care of children who are obese. |
Salon.com
October 18, 2001
Lawrence H. Diller |
An end run to marketing victory Drug makers find ways to circumvent an advertising ban and promote psychiatric drugs for children... |
Salon.com
July 18, 2001
Lawrence H. Diller |
Defusing the explosive child Prescribing drugs, not discipline, will only escalate conflict, lead to more difficult kids and weaken our already-lax culture of parenting. |
Reason
February 2001
Brian Doherty |
Doctor's Orders Parents battle medical authorities for control of their children... |
ifeminists
February 16, 2009
Wendy McElroy |
Beat up the Kid, Spare the Adults Police removed an unruly 7-year-old from his classroom and forced him to be hospitalized under the state's Baker Act -- against the wishes of his outraged parents. |
Job Journal
August 24, 2008 |
Career Snapshot: Psychiatrist Psychiatrists tend to the mental well-being of society. |
Nutrition Action Healthletter
March 2000 |
Diet & Behavior in Children While stimulant drugs can help keep a child's hyperactivity under control, they can also have side effects like reduced appetite, weight loss, stomachaches, insomnia...or worse. |
ifeminists
September 15, 2004
Wendy McElroy |
Mandatory Mental Health Screening Threatens Privacy, Parental Rights The screenings may be used to force parents to put their children on psychiatric medication. Some parents who have refused to do so under current policies have been threatened or charged with "child abuse" for no other reason than their refusal. |
ifeminists
February 25, 2007
Tony Zizza |
ADHD and Coca-Cola Come Up Flat The selling and marketing of alleged mental disorders remains a part of our popular culture. Ever since the FDA finally put black box warnings on ADHD drugs for children, drug companies and the mainstream media have been trying to convince adults that they also suffer from ADHD. |
Health
April 2007
Joan Raymond |
The "New" Diet Pills Drugs for depression, anxiety, and seizures are being used for weight loss. But do they work and are they safe? |
Wired
September 25, 2007
Patrick Di Justo |
From Benzedrine to Abilify, Chronicling America's Love of Psychiatric Drugs A history of what Americans have used to battle depression. |
AskMen.com
Ross Bonander |
Fatherhood Guide: Setting An Example The following presents some tips on how to set an example for your child. While much of this piece pertains to young children under the age of 8 or so, the issue itself is germane to kids of all ages. |
Financial Advisor
April 2005
Gregory Bresiger |
Selling A Home To A Child Convince a client nearing retirement to stay in a primary residence in a booming real estate market, delaying the move to the Sunbelt for a few years. Have the client sell the home to a child. It could help the client and a child under certain circumstances. |
