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Psychiatric Medicines We’ve Tried

Thursday, December 10, 2009

So, as of now, Rye is not on any meds. This is not to say, however, that we have never tried meds. We have tried many and have not had good results so far. In fact, for us they seem to have caused more problems that we had originally sought treatment for and this in [...]

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CABF’s Response to Frontline’s The Medicated Child

Monday, November 30, 2009

Here it is:

http://www.bpkids.org/site/PageServer/PageServer?pagename=fd_pr_jan08
CABF, I think you do some good work but I’m concerned about your response.
You state:
Jacob’s family and doctors stand by his diagnosis of bipolar disorder 14 years after the initial diagnosis and his parents feel he is doing well. While Jacob experiences an unfortunate side of effect of his medication, he is alive, living [...]

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Frontline: Medicating Kids

Friday, November 27, 2009

Medicating Kids is a documentary video on PBS that talks about the use of ADHD medicines in children and follows four families and their use and/or option not to use ADHD medications.
This is the video that came before The Medicated Child, the video about bipolar medication use in children, which I had posted about previously.
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