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SmackDown: Should Kids Be Heavily Medicated?

by Jo Parente and Joe Parente, Posted Mar 1st 2011 1:00PM

Deciding whether or not to start a child on meds can be a difficult decision for many parents. Illustration by Dori Hartley
We Medicate Kids More for Ourselves Than for Them by Joe Parente My ex-wife bombed ...Are kids better off being medicated for mental disorders, or should parents find alternative therapy?
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Antidepressants not linked to birth defects

by Angie Felton, Posted Jul 2nd 2007 12:00PM

Good news for woman on anti-depressants and thinking about getting pregnant: new research studies were unable to connect drugs commonly prescribed for depression and anxiety (including Prozac, Paxil, and Zoloft) to birth defects. The studies looked ...
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Teens and Prozac: Are parents to blame?

by Jonathon Morgan, Posted Nov 20th 2006 9:03AM

With the rise in the number of kids taking antidepressants such as Prozac, doctors say pushy parents are to blame. Two-thirds of doctors in Britain's National Healthcare System (NHS) admitted to prescribing antidepressants when counseling would've ...
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