I highly recommend the book, _Suffer the Children_ by Marilyn Wedge. It was one of the most disturbing as well as inspiring books I have read this year--disturbing as I had no idea how common it has become for psychiatrists to prescribe very strong sedatives for young children with behavioral disorders; inspiring because Ms. Wedge as a life-long experience at effectively working with families to significantly improve the family dynamics and therefore, the child's behaviors, sans medication. She couches her technique in terms such as "humanistic," and Jungian," but, in reality, she is using fairly straightforward cognitive-behavioral strategies.
I encourage you all to at least check out her home page: http://www.marilynwedgephd.com/ Joan [email protected] Jeffry Ricker wrote: > Hi all, > > I haven't read this article yet but, because of the recent discussion about > the internal validity of clinical trials, I thought I would make y'all aware > of it (I think it's available to nonsubscribers): > > Are Psychiatric Medications Making Us Sicker? > By John Horgan > Several generations of psychotropic drugs have proven to be of little or no > benefit, and may be doing considerable harm. > http://chronicle.com/article/Are-Psychiatric-Medications/128976/ > > I haven't been terribly impressed with some previous articles/books by John > Horgan, but this one still might be useful for class discussions, etc. > > Best, > Jeff > --- You are currently subscribed to tips as: [email protected]. To unsubscribe click here: http://fsulist.frostburg.edu/u?id=13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df5d5&n=T&l=tips&o=12766 or send a blank email to leave-12766-13090.68da6e6e5325aa33287ff385b70df...@fsulist.frostburg.edu
