Depression signs found in 15 per cent of preschoolers

In a five-year study published in Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, researchers conclude that 15 per cent of infants and preschoolers have symptoms of depression and anxiety.

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Tamiflu misuse yielding drug-resistant strains of H1N1 virus

Indiscriminate use of antiviral medications to prevent and treat influenza could ease the way for drug-resistant strains of the H1N1 virus, or swine flu, to emerge, public health officials warn -- making the fight against a pandemic that much harder.

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Study Links ADHD Drug Abuse With Increase In Prescriptions

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Foster children need compassion better than medication

Children in state care have lost everything: their families, their security and their identity, so it’s natural for them to be sad, depressed and angry against their circumstances.

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How Young is Too Young to Diagnose Depression?

Any parent can attest that the “Terrible 2’s” are a moody, temperamental time in the life of a toddler. Many kids are irritable and seem to throw temper tantrums for no reason, and some engage in more destructive behaviors like biting, hitting, and kicking themselves or others. Unfortunately, for some children, this phase lasts well beyond their third birthday. Are these kids just demonstrating the outward signs of emotional immaturity, or are they suffering from clinical depression? A new study funded by the National Institute of Mental Health and published in Archives of General Psychiatry suggests it may be the latter.

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The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights

The Law Project for Psychiatric Rights (PsychRights) is a non-profit, tax exempt 501(c)(3) public interest law firm whose mission is to mount a strategic legal campaign against forced psychiatric drugging and electroshock in the United States akin to what Thurgood Marshall and the NAACP mounted in the 40's and 50's on behalf of African American civil rights. The public mental health system is creating a huge class of chronic mental patients through forcing them to take ineffective, yet extremely harmful drugs.

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DCF looks to fix drug problem

The head of Florida’s child welfare agency vowed to carry out and put dollars behind recommendations in a recent report that shows officials have often ignored years-old guidelines on medicating children in state care.

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Teen trippin' on ADHD drugs can be a real downer

Teen trippin' on ADHD drugs can be a real downer

Calls to poison control centers about teens abusing attention-deficit drugs soared 76 percent over eight years, sobering evidence about the dangerous consequences of prescription misuse, a study shows.
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Calls to poison control centers for U.S. teenagers who have overdosed on attention deficit drugs rose 76 percent over eight years, researchers reported on Monday.

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Abuse of ADHD Drugs on the Rise

The Dangers of Vaccines

Massive Brain Drugging of Children Now Underway

Get ready for generation Z (Z for zombie). The brains of a generation of children are now being fried by fraudulent brain drugs. Antidepressants are now the number one prescription in America – and our children are the target market.

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Editorial: Fla. must follow drug rules for foster children

Nevertheless, medication policy should not be aimed at mere control, but rather at proper care and nurturing of the child.

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Why aren't these bastards put in jail for drug trafficking?

Codeine may be fatal to children after tonsil surgery

As a result of the new research, published Thursday, physicians at the Hospital for Sick Children no longer prescribe codeine after the operation

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Children at Risk of Accidental Drug Overdose

Most parents install child safety locks on their cleaning closets to keep kids out of the Clorox, but many leave the medicine cabinets unprotected. A new study from the Center for Disease Control shows that children are twice as likely to visit the emergency room for overdosing on medicine than on other household products.

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Testing begins on experimental flu vaccine for children

On one of his last days of summer vacation, Hunter Sears would have preferred to still be in bed at 10 a.m., or maybe just settling in for a few good hours of television.

So why, exactly, was the 13-year-old Anne Arundel County boy sitting in his Annapolis pediatrician's office yesterday, his orange T-shirt rolled up to his shoulder as a nurse first took blood from his arm and then gave him a shot he didn't need to get?

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Schools plan H1N1 vaccination clinics

Schools plan H1N1 vaccination clinics

How does Tamiflu work?

How does Tamiflu work?

The British Medical Journal answers your questions about Tamiflu, the drug being used to treat swine flu

Should 3-Year-Olds Take Antidepressants?

Try to access the Web site of the Archives of General Psychiatry, and you may have to abide an ad for the antidepressant Pristiq before you can enter. (JAMA and its Archives Journals “do not endorse the advertised product,” you’ll be assured.)

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12,000 Oklahoma children to be tested with new H1N1 flu vaccine to see any side effects

Because H1N1 flu is a novel virus, parents are concerned as 12,000 children in Oklahoma are going to be tested with vaccinations for H1N1 to see whether there are any serious side effects. Some parents are complaining the only benefit is going to be for the vaccine manufacturers. Other parents say numerous children will die, not from the new vaccine, but from the novel virus that combines avian, swine, and human viruses.

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Children’s Mercy will test swine flu vaccine on 120 kids

Testing of swine flu vaccine on children could begin next week at Children’s Mercy Hospital and other medical centers nationwide.

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New FDA Study Confirms Antidepressants (SSRIs) Increase Suicide Risks in Children & Young Adults

A study issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) on Tuesday of this week confirms that people under age 25 who take antidepressants are at a greater risk of suicidal thoughts and tendencies than older adults taking the same medication. The antidepressant drugs specifically addressed were those generally referred to as SSRIs and SNRI's which include medications such as Prozac, Paxil, Effexor and Zoloft. This study was not a shocking result, but did confirm the validity of the "black box" warning the FDA required on these types of drugs addressing the increased risk of suicidal thoughts and tendencies in individuals below the age of 25 taking this kind of medication.

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