Psychiatric prescriptions under state investigation, agency says

A Texas health agency has begun investigating more than three dozen healthcare providers who prescribed large quantities of powerful psychiatric drugs -- some to children -- after a U.S. senator raised questions about the medications.

Psychiatric prescriptions under state investigation, agency says

Small Children, Big Drugs: Are Kids Overmedicated?

Behavioral diagnoses are increasingly common at younger ages, but doctors and parents are sometimes at odds about how young is too young.

Letter: Beware over-medication of youth

The psychiatric community has been increasingly labeling our children with ADHD, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and depression and putting these kids on strong psychotropic medications.

Letter: Beware over-medication of youth

Hospitalized Kids Overmedicated, Study Finds

Many children receive multiple medications while they are hospitalized even though there may be safety concerns about some of the drugs, according to a new study.

Hospitalized Kids Overmedicated, Study Finds

Are We Over-Medicating Our Children?

Andrew is like many seven-year-olds. He likes to pretend, often in costume. But Andrew's grandmother, Nancy Brizendine, says unlike many of his peers, he is escaping from villains that torture his mind. Andrew has been diagnosed with schizo-affective disorder. He has hallucinations along with sadness and anger. Andrew has had four stays since last fall at Marillac, a psychiatric treatment facility for kids in Overland Park.

Are We Over-Medicating Our Children?

Doing an About-Face on ‘Overmedicated’ Children

Doing an About-Face on ‘Overmedicated’ Children

Picture a cupped hand. A capsule and a pill lie in the palm. The hand is extended toward a small child. The caption reads, “Take your vitamins.”

Fewer children drug poisoned

The number of children admitted to hospital with drug poisoning has fallen to its lowest level in four years, new figures show.

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Overmedicating our kids

How do you deal with a school, an elementary school, that tells a parent, "We want your child out. We would rather see your child fail than the whole class fail." We have a lot of difficult children at QUEST, but this little girl is not one of them. Pretty quiet, always needing hugs and prone to simple tears. But compared to the bedlam in the rest of the room, she is almost a model child. And, this is a biggie, she has a mom who cares, who goes to meet with teachers and sends her child for psychological intervention.

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