ADHD and Medicating Children
I watched an interesting film today on Pbs.org about ADHD and medicating kids. It attempted to address why two or three kids in every
They boost their sales through these promotional events since advertising psychiatric drugs or stimulants directly to consumers is prohibited by the DEA.
Who is qualified to make the diagnosis? If drug companies are paying off doctors who specialize in ADHD, how do you know which doctors diagnosis to trust?
Noelle and Alex are two of the children on the film that seem happier on the medication than off. They say they feel better and their concentration improves.
Robin stopped taking the medication saying it made him jittery and didn’t help. He was put on several medications until he finally refused any more and was angry with his mother for trying to force it on him.
If you haven’t seen the film Medicating Kids, it expands on the issue. It’s about an hour long and is broken into five parts.
February 10th, 2008 at 3:08 pm
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