In her article, More Kids Than Ever Are on Antipsychotics: But is There an Alternative? (Forbes online, August 18, 2012) Alice G. Walton reports that the prescribing of antipsychotics for kids jumped seven times from the years 1993-1990 and 2005-2009. She sites a professional paper stating that attention deficit/hyperactivity disorder accounted for 37.8% of antipsychotic …
Tag: Child
Jun 30 2014
How Could There Be a 80% Increase in Mental Health Discharges for Kids 5 to 13 Years Old? – Vol. 116, September 1, 2011
According to Joseph C. Blader of Stony Brook State University of New York as reported in Archives of General Psychiatry, August 1, 2011, discharges for psychiatric hospitals rose by more than 80% for 5 to 13 year olds and 42% for older teens between 1996 and 2007. These numbers were based on those kids who …
Feb 16 2013
Is An Eating Disorder Robbing You of The Gentle Hearted Kid You Brought Into This World? Some Answers to Turn It Around
Vol. 188, Feb 16, 2013 I came into the world of anorexia when I was 12 years old. My sister who was 5 years older had a best friend, Laurie, come home from college with her after her first year. She was in my sister’s room helping her to paint it from a lavender purple …
Jun 15 2012
A better way to treat anxiety disorders in children
Suzanne argues for the use of hypnosis to treat childrens’ emotional issues.