Study: Kids with ADHD taking strong drugs with major side effects

As Georgia students get ready to head back to class, a disturbing study.

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Drugging kids with medication still best way to get through long trips

The CDC announced today that after two more years of research, giving small children cough medicine and Gravol is still the best way for parents to make in through a long trip.

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ADHD: A Destructive and Disempowering Label; Not an Illness

In recent years, we've seen an increasing number of articles and papers from psychiatrists in which they seem to be accepting at least some of the antipsychiatry criticisms, and appear interested in reforms.  It is tempting to see this development as an indication of progress, but as in many aspects of life, things aren't always what they seem.

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The Drugging of Abused Children

Foster children, traumatized by abuse and/or neglect, are frequently prescribed psychiatric medications at a much higher rate and at much higher doses than children in the general population.  But psychiatric medication is not the treatment for trauma, psychotherapy is.

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John Rosemond: Educators Too Often Label Children ADHD

Our 8-year-old is scheduled to enter third grade at a public school this coming fall. Last year, he did very well; nonetheless, his second grade teacher was convinced he had ADHD. At a meeting with the principal, school psychologist, school social worker and the head of the special education department, lots of pressure was put on us to have him tested and put on medication.

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New rules to protect foster kids from being drugged by physicians lacking

Proposed laws aimed at cracking down on the overuse of psychiatric medication in foster care require more from judges, lawyers, nurses, social workers, caregivers and state investigators to better protect children from potentially dangerous drugs.

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Reducing Psychotropic Prescriptions Requires Systemic Reform

The over-reliance on psychotropic medication for children in foster care has been drawing a lot of attention both among policymakers and in the media. A recent study reports that in 2012, Pennsylvania’s foster children were nearly three times as likely to be prescribed psychotropic drugs for behavior problems as other children on Medicaid.

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Clinic Shut After 5 Children Receive Wrong or Out-of-Date Vaccines

Health authorities have shut down a New Jersey clinic after finding that five children had been given improper vaccines at the county-run facility.

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ADHD – Are We Drugging Our Children in Canada?

There is nothing new about the controversy over how we are treating our children who suffer from ADHD, Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder, and the debate isn’t likely to end any time in the near future. As long as the large pharmaceutical companies are allowed to continue manufacturing psychostimulants and doctors are diagnosing our children with this disorder, we will continue to ‘discuss’ the pros and cons of medicating our youth. For parents concerned over the potentially dangerous treatments for ADHD, here is a bit of information that may be enlightening.

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Kids With ADHD Getting Wrong Drugs, Study Finds

Kids With ADHD Getting Wrong Drugs, Study Finds

Are Too Many Young Americans Getting Antipsychotics for ADHD?

A growing number of teens and young adults are being prescribed powerful antipsychotics, even though the medications aren't approved to treat two disorders -- ADHD and depression -- they are commonly used for, a new study shows.

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Antipsychotics Too Often Prescribed For Aggression In Children

Powerful antipsychotic medications are being used to treat children and teenagers with ADHD, aggression and behavior problems, a study finds, even though safer treatments are available and should be used first.

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JIM CARREY GOES TO BAT FOR CALIFORNIA PARENTS & MEDICAL CHOICE

Many Californians are still in shock at the speed Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Senate Bill 277 (SB-277). Governor Brown, along with the bill’s authors, seem to now all confirm signs of drug company backing and influence. The question of integrity in a political system known to be greatly influenced by pharmaceutical lobbying now seems to be put to rest. The historic outpouring of peaceful, grassroots resistance to the bill has served to awaken the nation.

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BAY AREA PARENTS WILL HOMESCHOOL CHILD TO AVOID VACCINE REQUIREMENT

Less than 24 hours after state lawmakers approved a new bill requiring all school children in California to be vaccinated, that bill is now law. Gov. Jerry Brown wasted no time and signed Senate Bill 277 Tuesday morning.

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Why are so many foster kids taking psychiatric drugs?

California’s Legislature is poised to pass a law making it much harder to offer psychiatric medication to kids in foster care, responding to growing concern that foster kids get too many psychotropic medications.

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