BRENDAN BERNHARD is very accurate with her opinions on recent PBS article. I had similar feelings after hearing the sickenly neutral PBS treatment of this subject. Over medications of children is a serious problem in the country and needs to be adressed by our medical community. "Explosive irritability" is not a symptom of Bipolar Disorder and this diagnosis should not be applied to children especially ones as young as 3.
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It's too bad there was no mention of the many ways that children are being helped without drugs. If the... [MORE]
Jane Hersey
Jan 9, 2008 23:31
BRENDAN BERNHARD is very accurate with her opinions on recent PBS article. I had similar feelings after hearing the sickenly...
Victor Dotson
Jan 9, 2008 14:08
I agree with you. After turning off the TV, when the show was over, my first comment was that I... [MORE]