Children and Psychiatric Drugs

The Use of Psychiatric Drugs To Treat Children Statistics determine that seventeen million children in the world have been prescribed psychiatric medications for mental illnesses or disorders (“Facts and Statistics”). In a society where one in four people suffer from a mental illness, it’s disturbing to find that many of these people are children. Many of these children will never have the opportunity to live normally without being under the influence of a drug. After taking a position as a lead

It may be argued that children suffering from behavioral symptoms of ADHD may be resolved and assisted in ways other than with the use of psychiatric drugs, which may include much closer monitoring of educational and social activities. However, through research conducted by Graziano, McNamara, Geffken, and Reid (2001), it was found that there are clear implications that untreated ADHD symptoms in children have negative effects on both the child and the parent, which may ultimately result in unnecessary

When kids are exposed to multiple drugs for conditions they may not even have, this could lead to problems later in their life such as drug abuse. The side effects of taking one drug may lead to needing another drug to take that side effect away. The drug abuse of taking medication when it is not needed can lead to addiction later in life. Drug addictions can hurt many people at one time. Drug addictions cause people to steal, lose their jobs, use unnecessary violence, and cause driving accidents

circumstances children with emotional distress occurs as the result of situational stressors. In this situation children can do well with psychotherapy. However, this is not always the case. It has become prevalent that most mental illnesses have onset during childhood, for example Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). As noted in the Handbook of Clinical Pharmacology for Therapists, thirty-three percent of cases of OCD begin during childhood or

Psychotropic medications are drugs that has a powerful effect on the central nervous system in the brain. Psychotropic medication alters the chemical in the brain which effect thought, mood, emotions and behaviors. Drugs are prescribed to treat a diagnosed mental disorder/illness such as Schizophrenia, Bipolar, Depression, etc. Medications can be useful to treat or alleviate the symptoms that an individual may experience. However, at the same time, psychotropic medications can do more harm than good

Parents throughout the country are being pressured and compelled by schools to give psychiatric drugs to their children. Teachers, school psychologists, and administrators commonly make dire threats about their inability to teach children without medicating them. They sometimes suggest that only medication can stave off a bleak future of delinquency and occupational failure. They even call child protective services to investigate parents for child neglect and they sometimes testify against parents

past several decades there has been an immense increase in the popularity of psychiatric medication. Dr. Rex Cowdry a psychiatrist and director of National Institute of Mental Health admits, “We do not know the causes [of any mental illness]. We don’t have the methods of ‘curing’ these illnesses yet." If psychiatrists expect to cure a mental disease, how will they if they don't even know the source of a disease? Psychiatric medications are currently being over prescribed, and cause much more harm than

the life of every human being from childhood to old age. A nation’s future relies on the wellbeing of its children. Unfortunately, American children are sick and overmedicated. The National Center of Health Statistics estimated that 7.5 percent of kids at the age interval of six to seventeen were under medication for emotional or behavioral problems in 2011-2012. Several millions of children in the United States have been diagnosed with childhood mental disorder such as eating disorders, depression

“I no longer recommend psychiatric medications to anyone. I believe the science behind this is seriously flawed. It is based on false assumptions that lead to self-perpetuating mythology (and huge profits for drug companies).” (Smith). While it may sound appealing to simply take a pill for each of your problems, it has almost become common knowledge that medications which directly affect the brain, especially in the long term, can have many direct and indirect consequences. Nearly ¼ of all Americans

hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) is a psychiatric illness characterized by problems with attention as well as hyperactivity. Individuals also tend to act impulsively. The exact cause is unclear but is likely related to genetic factors as first-degree relatives are often affected. The disease frequently begins in childhood and may progress into adulthood. The condition is also often associated with other psychiatric comorbidities such as anxiety, depression, and drug dependence. Patients with severe