Drugging our children : how profiteers are pushing antipsychotics on our youngest, and what we can do to stop it /
Drugging our children : how profiteers are pushing antipsychotics on our youngest, and what we can do to stop it /
Sharna Olfman and Brent Dean Robbins, editors.
- Santa Barbara, Calif. : Praeger, c2012.
- xvii, 232 p. ; 24 cm.
- Childhood in America .
- Childhood in America. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. I. Drugging our children : the problem -- 1. Weighing the evidence : what science has to say about prescribing atypical antipsychotics to children / Robert Whitaker -- 2. From ice pick lobotomies to antipsychotics as sleep aids for children : a historical perspective / Brent Dean Robbins -- 3. Drugging our children : a culture that has lost its compass / Sharna Olfman -- 4. The marketing of madness and psychotropic drugs to children / Gwen Olsen -- pt. II. Drugging our children : ethical and legal considerations -- 5. Pediatric antipsychotics : a call for ethical care / Jacqueline A. Sparks and Barry L. Duncan -- 6. Legal issues surrounding the psychiatric drugging of children and youth / Jim Gottstein -- pt. III. Drugging our children : solutions -- 7. Drug-free mental health care for children and youth : lessons from residential treatment / Tony Stanton -- 8. Strategic family therapy as an alternative to antipsychotics / George Stone -- 9. How parents can improve their children's developmental trajectories / Adena B. Meyers and Laura E. Berk -- 10. Building healthy minds : it takes a village / Stuart Shanker -- Afterword / Sharna Olfman.
"Drugging our children documents the impact of antipsychotics on children's health, spotlights the historical and cultural factors that have contributed to this dangerous trend, and exposes the role of the pharmaceutical industry in creating a child market for antipsychotics. The ethical and legal dimensions of the surge in antipsychotic prescriptions for children are also examined. The book explores the rights and responsibilities of non-MD mental health practitioners such as psychologists to intervene if they believe that a child in their care is being harmed by antipsychotics. Additionally, the work considers what legal recourse parents have if their child has been harmed by psychiatric medication--and the risks involved if they refuse to medicate their child. Drugging our children Offers evidence-based interventions for children with emotional and behavioral challenges without recourse to antipsychotics, and it addresses the power of family and communities to foster and protect children's psychological development before problems arise or become entrenched"--Provided by publisher.
9780313396830 (hardcopy : alk. paper) 0313396833 (hardcopy : alk. paper) 9780313396847 (ebook) 0313396841 (ebook)
2011050591
Pediatric psychopharmacology.
Adolescent psychopharmacology.
Child mental health.
Antipsychotic drugs.
Antipsychotic Agents--United States.
Adolescent--United States.
Child--United States.
Drug Industry--ethics--United States.
Mental Disorders--drug therapy--United States.
Mental Health--United States.
Psychopharmacology--methods--United States.
Adolescent psychopharmacology.
Antipsychotic drugs.
Child mental health.
Pediatric psychopharmacology.
Psychopharmakologie.
Entwicklungspsychologie.
Kinderpsychologie.
Neuroleptikum.
RJ504.7 / .D76 2012
618.92/8918
2012 D-071 QV 77.9
Includes bibliographical references and index.
pt. I. Drugging our children : the problem -- 1. Weighing the evidence : what science has to say about prescribing atypical antipsychotics to children / Robert Whitaker -- 2. From ice pick lobotomies to antipsychotics as sleep aids for children : a historical perspective / Brent Dean Robbins -- 3. Drugging our children : a culture that has lost its compass / Sharna Olfman -- 4. The marketing of madness and psychotropic drugs to children / Gwen Olsen -- pt. II. Drugging our children : ethical and legal considerations -- 5. Pediatric antipsychotics : a call for ethical care / Jacqueline A. Sparks and Barry L. Duncan -- 6. Legal issues surrounding the psychiatric drugging of children and youth / Jim Gottstein -- pt. III. Drugging our children : solutions -- 7. Drug-free mental health care for children and youth : lessons from residential treatment / Tony Stanton -- 8. Strategic family therapy as an alternative to antipsychotics / George Stone -- 9. How parents can improve their children's developmental trajectories / Adena B. Meyers and Laura E. Berk -- 10. Building healthy minds : it takes a village / Stuart Shanker -- Afterword / Sharna Olfman.
"Drugging our children documents the impact of antipsychotics on children's health, spotlights the historical and cultural factors that have contributed to this dangerous trend, and exposes the role of the pharmaceutical industry in creating a child market for antipsychotics. The ethical and legal dimensions of the surge in antipsychotic prescriptions for children are also examined. The book explores the rights and responsibilities of non-MD mental health practitioners such as psychologists to intervene if they believe that a child in their care is being harmed by antipsychotics. Additionally, the work considers what legal recourse parents have if their child has been harmed by psychiatric medication--and the risks involved if they refuse to medicate their child. Drugging our children Offers evidence-based interventions for children with emotional and behavioral challenges without recourse to antipsychotics, and it addresses the power of family and communities to foster and protect children's psychological development before problems arise or become entrenched"--Provided by publisher.
9780313396830 (hardcopy : alk. paper) 0313396833 (hardcopy : alk. paper) 9780313396847 (ebook) 0313396841 (ebook)
2011050591
Pediatric psychopharmacology.
Adolescent psychopharmacology.
Child mental health.
Antipsychotic drugs.
Antipsychotic Agents--United States.
Adolescent--United States.
Child--United States.
Drug Industry--ethics--United States.
Mental Disorders--drug therapy--United States.
Mental Health--United States.
Psychopharmacology--methods--United States.
Adolescent psychopharmacology.
Antipsychotic drugs.
Child mental health.
Pediatric psychopharmacology.
Psychopharmakologie.
Entwicklungspsychologie.
Kinderpsychologie.
Neuroleptikum.
RJ504.7 / .D76 2012
618.92/8918
2012 D-071 QV 77.9