There is an epidemic of psychiatric drugs being overprescibed to children
~ Doctors Too Quick to Give Children Antipsychotic Drugs? – Fox Business – VIDEO
~ Over Eight Million Kids on Psychiatric Drugs – YouTube
~ Rise in anti-psychotic drugs taken by children – YouTube
- ~ 1 in 13 children taking psychiatric medication in US – Fox News
- ~ 1 Million 5 Year Olds in the US Prescribed Psychiatric Drugs – Blaze News
- ~ 2.5m children on drugs in US – (2008) – The Guardian
- ~ Are too many kids taking antipsychotic drugs? Use is climbing despite questions about how safe the drugs are and how well they work – Consumer Reports
- ~ Overprescribing and Underperforming: Mental health care for youth in the U.S. relies too heavily on antipsychotics and too little on comprehensive treatment. – US News
- ~ Soaring Numbers of Children on Powerful Adult Psychiatric Drugs – HuffPost Life
- ~ Stimulants, antipsychotics are increasingly overprescribed to children, reports say – MinnPost
- ~ U.S. Kids Take More Psychotropic Drugs Than Europeans – ABC News
- ~ Use of Atypical Antipsychotics in Children At All-time High – Public Citizen
- ~ 8 Million US Kids Taking Psychiatric Drugs- Parents Unaware Deadly Risks – Deep Roots at Home
- ~ 20 Million Schoolchildren Have Been Prescribed Psychiatric Drugs Known to Cause Suicidal Thoughts – Renegade Tribune
- ~ CCHR Warns that 6.7 Million Children on Psychotropic Drugs Could Escalate – CCHR International
- ~ Kids’ Use of Antipsychotic Drugs Rises – WEB MD
- ~ Number of Children & Adolescents Taking Psychiatric Drugs in the U.S. – CCHR International
- ~ Over A Million Children Under the Age of Six Are Currently on Psychiatric Drugs in America – Humans Are Free
Psychiatric drugs are increasingly being prescribed for “off label” uses
- ~ Increased Use of Off-label Antipsychotic Drugs in Children – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
- ~ National Study Cites Increased Off Label Antipsychotic Drug Use Among Children – NRC4Tribes
~ Antipsychotic Drugs on Kids – YouTube
~ Bad meds for kids? – YouTube
~ Florida Kids on Antipsychotics – YouTube
~ Medication Nation – FDA Exposed – YouTube
~ The Medicated Child – FRONTLINE – PBS – VIDEO
- ~ Can Preschoolers Be Depressed? – The New York Times
- ~ Drugging kids for parents’ relief called abusive – CNN.com
- ~ FRONTLINE – The Medicated Child – Season 2008 – Episode 1 – PBS
- ~ Generation meds: the US children who grow up on prescription drugs – The Guardian
- ~ Should Antipsychotic Drugs Be Given to Children?, Part 1 – CBS News
- ~ Should Antipsychotic Drugs Be Given to Children?, Part 2 – CBS News
- ~ The Drugging of the American Boy – Esquire
- ~ The Medicated Child – FRONTLINE – PBS
The psychiatric drugs being overprescribed to children have serious adverse effects
~ Antipsychotic Drugs Prescribed For Children Linked to Weight Gain – YouTube
~ Antipsychotic meds may raise kids’ diabetes risk – CBS News – VIDEO
~ Antipsychotics & Kids- Beneficial or Dangerous- – YouTube
~ Kids read Side Effects of Psychotropic Drugs for Kids – YouTube
~ Psychotropic Drugs Kill Your Children’s Mind – YouTube
- ~ Child’s Ordeal Shows Dangers of Antipsychotic Drugs – The New York Times
- ~ High-Dose Antipsychotics Raise Kids’ Risk of Unexpected Death – Medscape
- ~ Mood disorder drugs may triple kids’ diabetes risk – CBS News
- ~ Some Medications May Alter Childhood Brain Development – Psychology Today
- ~ Health Officials: Antipsychotic Drugs Given to Millions of Children are Very Dangerous – Natural Society
- ~ Mania induced by antidepressants – characteristics and specific phenomena in children and adolescents – Psychiatria Polska – PDF
Documentaries
~ Dead Wrong – How Psychiatric Drugs Can Kill Your Child 2010 – Bitchute
~ Generation Rx – Documentary – Bitchute – VIDEO
~ Generation RX- The Pill Problem – YouTube
Big pharma is pushing drugs on children while hiding the risks, all with FDA approval
- ~ Drug Companies Drive the Psychiatric Drugging of Children – HuffPost Life
- ~ Drug companies have used dangerous tactics to drive sales to treat kids – The Mercury News
- ~ Feds Investigate Antipsychotic Prescribing in Children – Medscape
- ~ Texas Lawsuit Claims This Drugmaker Pushed Antipsychotic to Kids – Bloomberg
More and more kids are becoming addicted to prescription medication
~ Teenage Prescription Addiction: The Role the Medical System Plays – YouTube
Interviews / Conferences
~ Drugging Our Kids- Dr. Raman Sankar – YouTube
~ Drugging Our Kids- Shahram Ahari – YouTube
~ Psychotropic Drugs and Children – YouTube
Advocacy
~ The Drugging of Children—Why We Fight For Kids – YouTube
Reports
- ~ The use of psychotropic medication in preschoolers: indications, safety, and efficacy – PubMed
- ~ Trends in antipsychotic drug use by very young, privately insured children – PubMed
- ~ Use of Psychotropic Medication in Children and Adolescents With Autism Spectrum Disorders – American Academy of Pediatrics
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