Overmedicating Children

Why Are We Still Medicating Our Kids?

Marilyn Wedge, Ph.D. | Posted 05.28.2011

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Marilyn Wedge, Ph.D.

So, if family therapy is safe, effective, and brief, why do very few people know about it? The answer is simple: follow the money.

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Generation Rx Grows Up: A Response to Judith Warner

Kaitlin Bell Barnett | Posted 11.17.2011

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Kaitlin Bell Barnett

In deconstructing the "overmedicated kids" storyline, Warner has taken an important first step toward reframing the debate. But we need to go further in our reassessment of kids and medication.

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'We've Got Issues': The Myth Of The Overmedicated Child

Judith Warner | Posted 05.25.2011

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Judith Warner

It's time for us to rethink our certainties about the state of children's mental health in America. Maybe then we can move forward with making the promises of our era real for the children who need help the most.

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