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This Is Your Child on Drugs

Submitted by Victor Dotson, Jan 9, 2008 14:08

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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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 

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