Bipolar diagnosing in children being questioned…
The Boston Globe is providing a follow-up report on drugging children for mental health disorders and questioning the ethics of such proliferation of using psychotropic drugs on infants since the tragic death of 4 year old Rebecca Riley. One of the leading child psychaitrist, Dr. Joseph Beiderman of Massachusettes General Hospital, has been promoting the use of drugs on infants on the assumption that mental illness can be diagnosed “from the moment the child opened his eyes”. Despite the fact that there is no substantiating research evidence of any physical or physiological condition causing any mental illness, much less be reproducible in a lab setting, psychiatrists continue to push damaging psychotropic drugs on children at an ever earlier age. Nurses should not condone this damaging practice just because some “experts” say it’s real. Most of us are parents and know how to handle an unrulely child. It doesn’t require medication. It requires good parenting skills and good nutrition and proper rest. Go here to see the article and make any comments you want about it here. Also, sign the petition below.
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