Steph- PBS - Medicating children

[Guest guest]

I should preface all this by stating the subject

matter was about medicating children with behavioral /

depression / anxiety and some personality disorders.

It was not specifically about medicating children with

DS for the purpose of better brain development. This

rather talked about the results of using the meds. But

in the end the subjects are related because the out

come and long term effects are what it is all about.

I actually need to watch it again tonight. It was very

intriguing and a little scary. But after sleeping on

all the info I still say a parent working with their

child's providers knows when medicating is

necessary/appropriate. I also thought that some of the

children show cased had issues that should have first

been resolved through better parenting (of course I

have not walked a mile in those parents shoes). There

needs to be a good understanding that the effect of

the long term use of these medications (in children)

is still not known. The part that scared me most was

that there are NO studies by the pharmaceutical

companies in children. They have no incentive to

produce the studies. President Clinton gave cancer med

manufactures an incentive (extended time on

pattens=$$$$) to produce studies in children.

Hopefully we can see that happen again with SSRI and

anti psychotic drugs. I also walked away from it

thinking there clearly is a great deal of confusion

amongst the psychiatric and pediatric community about

when it is appropriate to use meds and what treatment

plan is appropriate. There is too much experimentation

for a class of drugs that still are not completely

understood in children. I will watch it again on line

tonight. Just my two cents.

nna

Mommy to Freddie 6 yrs

Full Inclusion Kindy (Again-But it's a good thing!!!)

--- Carlson <scarlson1@...> wrote:

> I have not watched it yet but I taped it on my DVR..

> I saw it advertised a week a go and set my timer to

> record. I just wanted to see it.. I had no idea it

> would be at all related to anything on a list : )

> What was your take on it?

>

>

>

> Steph

> [sPAM] PBS -

> Medicating children

>

>

> While channel surfing tonight, I accidentally came

> across a PBS show called " The medicated child " . I

> wish

> you all could have watched it and I hope to hear I

> was

> not the only one who caught it. Right up the alley

> of

> the subject matter of recent threads. Just a

> plethora

> of information. I got so many answers on lingering

> questions. Lots of pros and cons. You can watch it

> at

> PBS.Org or try this link:

>

>

>

www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/medicatedchild/?campaign=pbshomefeatures_2_fron\

tlinebrthemedicatedchild_2008-01-08

>

> nna

> Mommy to Freddie 6 yrs

> Full Inclusion Kindy (Again-But it's a good

> thing!!!)

>

>

>

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