The Medicated Child Summary And Analysis

Making it difficult for patients to receive adequate health care for their psychological issues. From a nursing standpoint, this book was interesting and informative. It demonstrated that the legal and psychological health care systems need to be fixed. At the end of the story, Pete concluded that mental illness is a disease that his son must endure for the rest of his life. However, he will be there to help his son, and will never abandon Mike (Earley page 361).

Today’s children in America have become a primary source of pharmaceutical financial gain. Up until the 1990’s children who were restless just needed physical activity, and children who were not paying attention in class were daydreaming. Presently, however, these same children are being diagnosed with ADD or Depression. They are being treated for these imagined ill-states of mental health with medicine that they do not need. More children today suffer from the side effects of the medication more so than the ‘condition’ itself. A few things to consider before allowing a child to be prescribed behavioral medication are ensuring a true diagnosis, exploring safe non-drug alternatives, and knowing the risks of behavioral medication for our children.

We in America tend to take medications for almost any problem we have, from headaches to gastrointestinal pain, to more serious chronic disorders such as depression and attention deficit disorder. While many of the uses of such medications may be necessary and legitimate, many are not, and due to this fact, many people become dependent on medications, mentally, and or physically. This problem is not simply the fault of the individual; in fact, the blame can also be placed upon the medical community, and the pharmaceutical companies who produce the drugs. How often can one turn on the television to see advertisements for Claritin, Aspirin, Pepto-Bismol, or even Zoloft or Ritalin? The pharmaceutical industry is motivated by monetary

These services are mainly psychotherapy and biomedical therapy. Psychotherapy is understanding your mind and illness, helping cope with feelings and symptoms, and changing behavior patterns that cause symptoms of the illness. When children don’t use the proper mental health services, they are at a greater risk for difficulties later in life such as substance abuse, suicide, or involvement with the correctional system (Turner). Therefore it is, important to not only attend psychotherapy but to also be on the proper medication when dealing any mental illness. In the American Psychiatric Association’s new DSM-5, fifteen new disorders are listed. Some mental health professionals fear that medication will now be given to those who would have earlier been seen as the “worried well” (Rubinstein, 2013). The key is to distinguish when one is mentally ill and needs assistance and when they are just going through a tough situation. Many psychologists have been through the same situation, and could help guide past that tough time in

This distinction, between the legitimate use of psychoactive medicines and the sub rosa use of drugs, is more vexed than ever. We have seen nearly 45 years of the War of Drugs… outcries about the safety of our children and accompanying uproars about nicotine in e-cigarettes, caffeine in energy drinks, “synthetic marijuana”, and heroin… club drugs, designer drugs, experimental drugs, homemade methamphetamine… We have pharmaceutical commercials on TV…to the point that any thinking person would be forgiven for questioning the

This story is a controversial story that uncovers many issues that the health care and legal system have. Pete Earley’s includes the difficult stories that people with mental illness and/or their family members have. As well as, talks about the struggles he went through to get his son into treatment. Mike has bipolar disorder, and would refuse treatment, since he has the right to refuse treatment there was nothing the doctors could do to help Mike. It’s interesting, when Mike would refuse treatment, he was not in the right state of mind, however, there was nothing the health care providers could do. It is astonishing, that if Pete wanted to get Mike involuntary admitted he had to lie and tell the health care providers, that his son threatened to kill him, which is terrible. The health care field is all about being open, and being there for the patient, however, because of all the laws in place, it prevents patients from receiving vital care. Hence, Pete’s story positively impacts nurses to want to help make a change, stand up, and advocate for patients that need help. It is not fair, ethical, or moral

Have you ever wondered why states spend roughly one billion dollars a year on children (20 and under) who are attempting suicide or have attempted suicide (Nami, 2010)? That is due to the thousands of children who live their daily lives with an undiagnosed mental disorder. What is children’s mental health? Children’s mental health is defined as growing emotionally while developing healthful social skills and learning how to deal with problems (CDC, 2013). Some mental disorders found in children include: mood and anxiety disorders, behavior disorders, Autism spectrum disorders, attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), schizophrenia, and substance use disorder. ADHD, a neurodevelopmental disorder, is the most common disorder of children

In less than a years time, Kyle Warren had been seen by four different medical doctors, each one with their own diagnosis that included autism, bipolar disorder (also known as manic depression), insomnia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and oppositional defiant disorder (ODD). Kyle's pill regimen kept multiplying, consuming daily harmful cocktail of mind- altering drugs including Risperdal (anti-psychotic), Prozac (antidepressant), Adderall (psycho-stimulant) and two sleeping medicines. Kyle Warren was only eighteen months old at the time (Wilson 11). Kyles story is not rare, in fact, it has became what I refer to as a “to common” case. For that matter, it was a story much like this one that got me interested in the

Whitaker expands on the fact that the mentally ill who use psychiatric drugs suffer serious physical tolls on their bodies, indicating that there are more than just mental consequences to using such drugs. From the 1950’s until now, and in the future, the currently prescribed psychiatric drugs continue to hold a broad range of physical health risks. For example, Whitaker

Drugs are poisoning our society. Our children are being given “psychotropic drugs at an alarming rate” (Rapoport, 2013). It seems that some of these mental health care

According to Dr. Robert Epstein, Medco’s chief medical officer, seventeen percent of total drug cost spending last year was for behavior medicines; compared with sixteen percent for both asthma and antibiotics, eleven percent for skin disorders and six percent for allergy medicines. There was also a 369% increase in spending on ADHD drugs for kids under the age of five. A lot of children have been diagnosed with ADHD, and many of their parents have opted to give them behavioral drugs. Some parents give the drugs because they are not aware of the long term effects or the psychological dependency, and lastly because they are not aware of the alternatives. As parents we have to be more cognizant of what these disorders are and how they

Today, people are likely to take prescription medication to cure illness. Instead of taking alternative methods to reduce the desease symptomes, many people are relying on drug and are even overusing it without carefully considering. In the article “ Medicating Ourselves”, the author, Robyn Sarah discusses how today’s people excessively use medication to alleviate depression or mental disorders. The author shows that not only the adults use drug to cure mental illness, but the children are recommended to take drug, like Ritalin, to calm them down so they do not trigger actions that disrupt the classroom. The author states that, since people are overusing the medication to reduce the psychic pain, they do not know what are the root reasons that

It is becoming more recognized and well- known around the world that the mental well-being of one’s parents largely affects the development and or the emotional and mental states of oneself. Research is becoming much more widespread and researchers could make important recommendations on how to intervene in the lives of children with parents suffering from mental illness to best prevent harm to their health and well-being as they grow. It has been found that the most common mental illnesses among people of child-bearing age are anxiety, depression, and eating disorders. Most policy however deals with the care of children whose parents must be hospitalized due to their conditions. Much of the current research though aims to show that even those which do not require extreme medical intervention can impact children physically, emotionally, socially, cognitively, etcetera.

I often hear the advertisements on the television about the list of side effects to watch for when taking various medications. Several medicines mention the possibility of causing the very disorder they are supposed to relieve.There are medications prescribed to treat depression, with side effects that can actually cause it.Some of us have mineral and vitamin B deficiencies that also can be causing depression and mood disorders. An article in the Sunday Sun Sentinel News titled "It 's your pick; Natural supplements or drugs" by pharmacist Suzy Cohen describes the benefits, of moving from prescription medications to vitamins and minerals, when dealing with depression . Ms Cohen, in the field of Pharmacology for 22 years, defending her stand on vitamins versus medications states, " Lives depend on us being educated about natural remedies as well as pharmaceuticals. Ms Cohen further states a deficiency of Vitamin C, or B12 cannot be replaced by drugs and that using medication to accomplish this can actually cause depression. In this article Ms Cohen compares the side effects of Medication versus the side effects of the various minerals and vitamins "Magnesium, Vitamin C, B6, folic acid and 5-HTP can enhance mood." "When taken in natural, physiological dosages these nutrients are well tolerated. Typical side effects are gas, diarrhea and/or minor stomach upset." Comparing with this the gold standard antidepressants, she continues; "Depending on ones age and medical history,

They are working with the doctors to prescribe medication so that they can make money. Doctors agree because it makes them money also and favors. I read many article accusing them of doing this and the evidence is undeniable. The websites I got information from were cchrint.org, psychologytoday.com and alternt.org. These websites all talk about a woman named Marcia Angell MD who wrote a book about Big Pharma and it’s desire for money and willingness to push people over to get it. The book is called The Truth About Drug Companies: How They Deceive Us and What to Do About It. In this book it discusses how Big Pharma is deceiving us and what can be done about it. Basically, Big Pharma is putting out new drugs that we really don’t need just to make money instead of helping the people who are suffering and need something to take away the pain that doesn’t cost a fortune. This is creating a bad wrap for the people who need the drugs. Big Pharma is continuing to add the mental health stigma because it is the way it can make a profit rather than helping the people who need help and aren’t willing to pay the price of something that will just make them crazier anyway. It is sad that we are being manipulated and we are just letting it happen but we can do something. We can know our limits and stand up to the companies that are trying to push us down by using the drugs that we know work and denying the new drugs that our doctor is trying to put us